Afghanistan: It's History and Challenges for the Future

Toby Marion, who served in the Peace Corps in Afghanistan, and who has kept up with developments in Afghanistan, will discuss the subject of his book

Afghanistan: Crossroads and Kingdoms - My 1970s Peace Corps Service and Recent Afghan History.

He will address the challenges of the past 50 years, what has happened and what may lie ahead.
Toby was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Afghanistan from end 1971 to January 1975. 

He grew up in Whittier, CA and Mamaroneck, NY, and attended Cornell for a BS and MIT for an MS in Chemical Engineering. After the Peace Corps, he spent 24 years with Caltex Oil, which is now a Chevron subsidiary, in NY, Bahrain, Australia, Dallas, Japan, Thailand and Hong Kong.
After this, he worked in consulting with two companies in Hong Kong and started a wine distributorship for California wines in Hong Kong and China.
He is currently retired and living in Tiburon with his wife.