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Tim Kaine: “Since the Taliban fell in Afghanistan, life expectancy in Afghanistan has improved from 45 years to 62 years.”

On the recordMarch 11, 2014
Since the Taliban fell in Afghanistan, life expectancy in Afghanistan has improved from 45 years to 62 years.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine highlights significant improvements in Afghan life expectancy post-Taliban.

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