By: Carla Benini: Public Diplomacy Officer in the U.S. Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
On April 6, 2011, the Department of State and Meridian International Center hosted a reception to celebrate the opening of the U.S. Embassy Kabul-funded exhibit, “In Small Things Remembered: The Early Years of U.S.-Afghan Relations.” Over 300 guests viewed the 80 photographs and documents that recalled the first Peace Corps volunteers in Afghanistan, visits to the White House by Afghan kings, infrastructure projects, and cultural emissaries such as Duke Ellington and Dave Brubeck…
