{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"Budd MacKenzie, an American helping Afghans peacefully","author_name":"Nathan Hartle","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article2903.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article2903.html'\u003EBudd MacKenzie, an American helping Afghans peacefully\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBy Nathan Hartle \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\n\tWhen Budd MacKenzie visits Lalander, a poverty-stricken Afghan village near the capital city of Kabul, the six-foot tall American has no shortage of friends. \u201cI\u2019ve always been treated very hospitably,\u201d he says. \u201cThey will welcome you in, they invite you to dinner, they get upset with you if you don\u2019t eat enough.\u201d \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\n\tLocated in the Char-Asiab Valley just south of the capital, this village of a few hundred families has been ravaged by decades of war. Nevertheless, it is (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}