OSHER 57 - Three Years in Afghanistan

John Wecker served three tours in Afghanistan as a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State between 2008 and 2019. While there, he was an advisor to Afghanistan's only female governor in Bamiyan, led rule of law programming in Mazar-e- Sharif, and was the political advisor to the Commander of the Joint Special Forces, Afghanistan at Bagram. During this lecture presentation, he will share his unique experiences from that time, and many of the amazing photographs he took along the way.