5:11 am Mon May 27, 2013  Food Entrepreneur Is A New Breed Of
Afghan Business Owner  Originally published on Mon May 27, 2013
10:11 am    MORNING EDITION's Renee Montagne has been in Kabul,
a place she knows well. It's her ninth trip to Afghanistan since
2001. This time, she's reporting on a new generation in
Afghanistan: young people born after the Soviet invasion, which
set in motion more than three decades of conflict. These young
Afghans will be the ones shaping their country after 2014.
That's when U.S. and Allied combat operations are set to end and
foreign aid and support is expected to dwindle. This morning,
Renee introduces us to a young entrepreneur struggling to make a
go of her small startup in the food business.   Afghanistan is a
nation of small businesses. Until a few years ago, though, it
was the rare business that was owned by a woman - nearly all
hairdressers, catering to weddings. So you could say that Shilla
Qiyam is a new breed, a product of new opportunities and
expectations. At 27 years