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Dear all,

My name is Michael and I am a French amateur writer working on a novel about a young man traveling in Asia in the seventies and trying to make sense of his life (like in Meetings With Remarkable Men).

In 1979, my character arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan, and meets a Christian movement that tries to evangelize among young drug addicts.
As I heard and read that the Youth With A Mission and the Children of God movements were in Kabul during that decade, I wonder if you know more about this, or about other groups involved in the same kind of activity in the seventies, and especially in the year 1979.

I'm actually looking for information on the details of their stay in Kabul, like their daily life, livelihoods, accommodation, organization, interactions with the administration and the locals, that sort of things.
This kind of information would indeed be very valuable to me because it would help me build a more realistic story.

Thank you to those who will take the time to answer me - and even to others ...

Michael
 
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Dear all,

My name is Michael and I am a French amateur writer working on a novel about a young man traveling in Asia in the seventies and trying to make sense of his life (like in Meetings With Remarkable Men).

En 1979, my character arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan, and meets a Christian movement that tries to evangelize among young drug addicts.
As I heard and read that the Youth With A Mission and the Children of God movements were in Kabul during that decade, I wonder if you know more about this, or about other groups involved in the same kind of activity in the seventies, and especially in the year 1979.

I'm actually looking for information on the details of their stay in Kabul, like their daily life, livelihoods, accommodation, organization, interactions with the administration and the locals, that sort of things.
This kind of information would indeed be very valuable to me because it would help me build a more realistic story.

Thank you to those who will take the time to answer me - and even to others ...

Michael

Welcome to CF, Michael! Hopefully someone has the info that can help with your novel!
 
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Dear all,

My name is Michael and I am a French amateur writer working on a novel about a young man traveling in Asia in the seventies and trying to make sense of his life (like in Meetings With Remarkable Men).

In 1979, my character arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan, and meets a Christian movement that tries to evangelize among young drug addicts.
As I heard and read that the Youth With A Mission and the Children of God movements were in Kabul during that decade, I wonder if you know more about this, or about other groups involved in the same kind of activity in the seventies, and especially in the year 1979.

I'm actually looking for information on the details of their stay in Kabul, like their daily life, livelihoods, accommodation, organization, interactions with the administration and the locals, that sort of things.
This kind of information would indeed be very valuable to me because it would help me build a more realistic story.

Thank you to those who will take the time to answer me - and even to others ...

Michael

Hi Michael, check out The Writer's Guild and The Book Club in the forums.
Welcome!
 
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Hello Michael, welcome to CF.

I hope you'll enjoy your stay here.




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