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NewsThe other battlefield
The author journeys to Afghanistan and discovers that Afghan women don’t need us to rescue them. They need security and education in order to flourish on their own terms. By Brian Platt Aurelia du Vignau/Abaca...
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NewsWolesi Jirga elects second deputy speaker, 1st secretary
Ahmad Behzad KABUL (AIP/(NN): Wolesi Jirga, Afghan lower house of parliament, on Monday elected second deputy speaker and 1st secretary while candidates running for the seat of 1st deputy speaker failed to get the required...
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ArtBamiyan Buddhas once glowed in red, white and blue
25.02.2011, Press releases The monumental Buddhas of Bamiyan once shone in glowing colors. Restorers from the Technische Universität Muenchen (TUM) have analyzed hundreds of fragments of the statues that were blow up by the Taliban....
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NewsAfghanistan’s imperial presidency
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has little standing in his way. Jean MacKenzie | February 20, 2011 Hamid Karzai (Majid Saeedi/AFP/Getty Images)KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s long-simmering governmental crisis is about to reach the boiling point. President...
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NewsMaking Friends in High Places
Three American peace activists meet their young Afghani counterparts by Kathy Kelly, Jerica Arents, and David Smith-Ferri | The Humanist Published in the March/April 2011 Humanist Bamiyan Province in Afghanistan, a stunningly beautiful mountainous region,...
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NewsTen students were killed by heavy snowfall in Daikundi
Daikundi: Ten students were killed when ice avalanches fell down on houses in Daikundi province, an official said Saturday. The Daikundi Governor Qurban Ali Uruzgani told to media: ice avalanches had fallen down on two...
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Latin America, US & CanadaRemarks at the Launch of Strategic Dialogue with Civil Society
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State William J. Burns Under Secretary for Political Affairs Rajiv Shah USAID Administrator Egyptian Activist Sherif Mansour and Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission Chair Sima Samar Ben Franklin Room...
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DiscriminationThe tribalist Karzai government is the killer of 21 Hazaras in Daikundi, not snowfall
Hazara People: The Chief of Daikundi Province, Qurban Ali Orazgani, while taking to the media, stated that at least 21 people were killed and 5 others wounded so far this year in Daikundi owing to...
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Human RightsThe human rights community finally notices the Taliban’s war crimes
News Flash: The Taliban Violate Human Rights The human rights community finally notices the Taliban’s war crimes. By Christopher Hitchens Even in a week that concentrated all eyes on the magnificent courage and maturity of...
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NewsAfghanistan: Government Takeover of Shelters Threatens Women’s Safety
Conservative Forces Hostile to Women’s Rights Drive Proposed Regulation Human Rights Watch | FEBRUARY 13, 2011 Photo: TOLO News(New York) – An Afghan government move to take over the operations of women’s shelters threatens the...
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