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  • Afghan-US Strategic Pact (Full Text)

    AfghanCorner
    2 May 2012 | 3:12 am
    May 2, 2012.Afghan-US Strategic Pact (Full Text)http://afghancorner.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

  • Post Taliban, Saad Mohseni Builds Afghan Media Empire

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    16 May 2012 | 5:02 am
    May 16, 2012 Morning Edition's Renee Montagne winds down her reporting from Kabul with a look at how the Afghan media landscape has changed in the decade since the fall of the Taliban. Today ...

  • Fading Hopes of Transitional Justice in Afghanistan

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    IWPR London
    11 May 2012 | 4:12 am
    No one has yet called alleged perpetrators of war crimes to account, and there is little chance of it happening once foreign troops leave in 2014. The recent IWPR film “The Forgotten Victims”  highlights the issue of transitional justice in Afghanistan. IWPR Afghanistan country director  Noorrahman Rahmani discusses the traumas of past conflicts, and whether there is any hope of the victims securing some kind of justice. Programme:  Afghanistan read more

  • 600 students poisoned in Khost

    RAWA News
    15 May 2012 | 4:01 pm
    PAN: Hundreds of schoolchildren were poisoned in the Ismailkhel Mandozai district of southeastern Khost province on Tuesday, an official said. The incident took place in the Urzi area, where all the 600 students of a middle school were poisoned, education department spokesman Syed Musa Majrooh told Pajhwok Afghan News.

  • The U.S Struggle on Drug War in Afghanistan

    Afghan Lord
    24 Apr 2012 | 8:46 pm
    The United States in essence has been waging two wars: a counterinsurgency against the Taliban and Al Qaeda, and a war to eradicate the opium trade in Afghanistan. At the beginning, the latter war was a much lower priority of the U.S. because the main goal of the U.S. was to focus on the war on terror; destroying and dismantling Al Qaeda, overthrowing the Taliban regime that gave sanctuary to Al Qaeda, and creating a viable democratic state. The U.S. began the war against the Taliban on October 7, 2001 and over the span of a month the Taliban were ousted from power. The purpose of this brief…
 
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  • Fading Hopes of Transitional Justice in Afghanistan

    IWPR London
    11 May 2012 | 4:12 am
    No one has yet called alleged perpetrators of war crimes to account, and there is little chance of it happening once foreign troops leave in 2014. The recent IWPR film “The Forgotten Victims”  highlights the issue of transitional justice in Afghanistan. IWPR Afghanistan country director  Noorrahman Rahmani discusses the traumas of past conflicts, and whether there is any hope of the victims securing some kind of justice. Programme:  Afghanistan read more

  • Afghans See No Signs of Security Handover in North

    IWPR London
    10 May 2012 | 10:22 am
    In Balkh province, residents say foreign troops are conducting searches just the same as before. Although NATO-led troops officially handed over to their Afghan counterparts in the northern Balkh province in January, residents complain that they are still as visible as ever. Programme:  Afghanistan read more

  • Karzai Mulls Early Afghan Election

    IWPR London
    10 May 2012 | 8:15 am
    President says foreign troop withdrawal could make 2014 poll impossible. Afghan president Hamid Karzai has said he may bring the next presidential election forward by a year, to reduce pressure on the government during the 2014 withdrawal of foreign troops. Programme:  Afghanistan read more

  • Healthcare Crisis in Central Afghan District

    IWPR London
    3 May 2012 | 8:45 am
    In one area of Uruzgan province, two doctors are supposed to look after tens of thousands of people. With health professionals and medicines in short supply, falling ill in rural Afghanistan is always bad news. Programme:  Afghanistan read more

  • IWPR Press Centre for Isolated Afghan Province

    IWPR London
    1 May 2012 | 12:18 pm
    Media resource centre will connect Uruzgan to the outside world. An IWPR press centre complete with computers and internet access has been hailed as a timely response to the needs of journalists in Afghanistan’s central Uruzgan province, where equipment sh Programme:  Afghanistan read more
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  • 600 students poisoned in Khost

    15 May 2012 | 4:01 pm
    PAN: Hundreds of schoolchildren were poisoned in the Ismailkhel Mandozai district of southeastern Khost province on Tuesday, an official said. The incident took place in the Urzi area, where all the 600 students of a middle school were poisoned, education department spokesman Syed Musa Majrooh told Pajhwok Afghan News.

  • Insurgent threats shut Farah schools

    14 May 2012 | 1:07 pm
    PAN: Local officials in western Farah province said on Monday that there was no school in Bakwa district while militant threats had forced the closure of five schools in Gulistan town. There was only one school that Taliban fighters destroyed five years ago, depriving many girls and boys of education Bakwa, said Mohammad Ismail, the district’s administrative chief.

  • We’re Fighting in a War We Lost Before the War Began

    11 May 2012 | 5:48 pm
    Institute for Policy Studies: It shouldn’t surprise anyone, but support for the longest U.S. war is dropping further and faster than ever. The latest national U.S. poll, released on May 9, shows 66 percent of Americans are against the war in Afghanistan – with 40 percent “strongly opposed.” We can expect to hear the usual spin, claims that it’s a hard slog but Afghans are still better off and we have to finish what we started.

  • Violence in Afghanistan claims 13 lives

    10 May 2012 | 6:21 pm
    The Associated Press: Taliban militants dressed in police uniforms blew themselves up after being caught trying to sneak through a checkpoint Thursday in eastern Afghanistan, killing five people, authorities said. Police at the checkpoint in Paktika province’s Yayakhil district became suspicious of the men and told them to stop, said provincial police chief Dawlit Khan Zadran.

  • Call to rein in Kunduz militias

    9 May 2012 | 4:42 pm
    PAN: Hundreds of residents including tribal elders, influential and Ulama, urge the government to stop militiamen from harassing people in northern Kunduz province. The militia is a voluntary armed tribal force created by locals to ensure security for their communities. However, they are presently deployed as an armed force but with no official rank in the government. They are equipped and supported by the government and US forces to fight the rebels.
 
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  • Afghan-US Strategic Pact (Full Text)

    2 May 2012 | 3:12 am
    May 2, 2012.Afghan-US Strategic Pact (Full Text)http://afghancorner.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

  • Video & Transcript: Obama's Speech On Strategic Pact with Afghanistan

    1 May 2012 | 7:06 pm
    Source:White HouseVideo: Transcript:Good evening from Bagram Air Base. This outpost is more than seven thousand miles from home, but for over a decade it has been close to our hearts. Because here, in Afghanistan, more than half a million of our sons and daughters have sacrificed to protect our country.Today, I signed an historic agreement between the United States and Afghanistan that defines a new kind of relationship between our countries – a future in which Afghans are responsible for the security of their nation, and we build an equal partnership between two sovereign states; a future…

  • AfghanCorner: King Amanullah Khan & the golden period of Afghanistan

    28 Apr 2012 | 3:03 am
    A short history of a golden period of Afghanistan. Here is more info about King Amnahullah Khan and Queen Suraya Aman Tarzi. http://afghancorner.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

  • Afghan Lawmaker Fighting Insurgents

    17 Apr 2012 | 1:33 am
    April 15, 2012: Haji Naeem Lalay, member of Afghan parliament, fires on insurgent from roof of parliament building in Kabul. Insurgents entered a nearby building to aim at the building of Afghan parliament. No MPs harmed.http://afghancorner.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

  • April 15 2012 Afghanistan Attacks (Photos)

    16 Apr 2012 | 9:11 am
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    Afghan Lord

  • The U.S Struggle on Drug War in Afghanistan

    24 Apr 2012 | 8:46 pm
    The United States in essence has been waging two wars: a counterinsurgency against the Taliban and Al Qaeda, and a war to eradicate the opium trade in Afghanistan. At the beginning, the latter war was a much lower priority of the U.S. because the main goal of the U.S. was to focus on the war on terror; destroying and dismantling Al Qaeda, overthrowing the Taliban regime that gave sanctuary to Al Qaeda, and creating a viable democratic state. The U.S. began the war against the Taliban on October 7, 2001 and over the span of a month the Taliban were ousted from power. The purpose of this brief…

  • Civic Education and Democratic Change in Afghanistan

    28 Mar 2012 | 9:40 am
    Here is a successful story of civic education in Afghanistan that has rarely heard in the U.S. because of overwhelming news focus on war on terrorism . Aziz Royesh's work is beyond explanation, what he has been doing is life changing in the country. Royesh is a Reagan-Fascell Democracy fellow at National Endowment for Democracy in D.C. He was also a fellow a Yale University last year. This video tells a lot about his achievement and more importantly about his student's achievements.

  • 10 Years Changes in Afghanistan

    20 Oct 2011 | 12:00 am
    Note: This piece first appeared on NATO Review.First, I fled Taliban brutality. Then I spent time in refugee camps in Iran and Pakistan. Finally, I found myself working in Dubai. It was while I was in Dubai that I heard one evening BBC Radio announcing the assassination of the Northern Alliance commander Ahmad Shah Massoud by two Arabs. Two days later, I was watching CNN when I saw a plane crash into the World Trade Center. I thought it was a movie. But then I switched over to Al Jazeera and the BBC. I realised it was real. Some of my Afghan friends were happy when they heard that the United…

  • Afghanistan's Story in Pictures

    19 Oct 2011 | 9:04 pm
    My second photostory is about 10 years changes in Afghanistan. This month, Afghanistan marks the 10th anniversary of the start of U.S. and NATO operations to oust the Taliban. The NATO Review asked me to make a photostory to illustrate the biggest changes since 2001.Please find the photostory on this link "Afghanistan's Story in Pictures."

  • In Afghanistan, 'A Generation of Hope and Change'

    2 Oct 2011 | 12:10 pm
    In some countries, young people have led in bringing change. In 2010, in Egypt and Tunisia, they toppled the government; in Iran, they have become the biggest and longest threat to the theocratic regime. In Iran, over 60 percent of 75 the million people in the country are under 30 years old. In Afghanistan, according to a United Nations report in 2008, 68 percent are under 25 years of age.Traditionally, Afghan youth as a group have been quiet and never caused trouble. That may be changing. The Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings that spilled over to many other Arab countries have also inspired…
 
 
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  • Taliban stronger, instead of weaker?

    Stan R. Mitchell
    15 May 2012 | 9:07 am
    It’s been a rough week for the cheerleaders of the Afghan mission. Besides several different i

  • What Could Possibly Go Wrong? U.S. Army Wants To Give War Robots More Power To 'Make Their Own Decisions'

    Gunny G
    15 May 2012 | 7:12 am
    Armies of robots including dog-like creatures walking on four legs and huge lumbering trucks are the

  • The Breakfast Buffet #120515: The Dinner Buffet and Teen Burns Down School on Meth

    batdoc
    15 May 2012 | 7:05 am
    A clip from our late show, The Dinner Buffet, where Doc screws up the intro.  Then the crew discusses how the show syndicates around the world.  And Miranda shares a story about a girl who burns down a school while on meth. The Dinner Buffet and Teen Burns Down School on Meth

  • From Britain to Bastion, to protect and deter

    britisharmy
    15 May 2012 | 7:01 am
    Trooper James Campbell Trooper James Campbell is a member of the Headquarters Squadron of The King’s

  • MIA...

    Suzie
    15 May 2012 | 7:00 am
    Really, I’m not missing in action.  I just tend to leave on occasion.  I’ve had a bit of the blah-blues but, I’m also super busy with photography projects.  I love doing photo shoots but the time that I spend editing just about drives me bonkers!!  It’s soooo time consuming.  No wonder professional photographers make bookoo bucks!!  And yeah, I have no idea if that’s how you spell bookoo. I’ll recap the week though.  I did have a bit of fun coloring the ends of my hair.  It brightened my hair and spirits.  It did take a couple of times but, yeah I…
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  • U.S.-Afghan Pact Won't End War – Or SOF Night Raids

    2 May 2012 | 10:07 am
    The optics surrounding the Barack Obama administration's "Enduring Strategic Partnership" agreement with Afghanistan and the Memorandums of Understanding accompanying it emphasise transition to Afghan responsibility and an end to U.S. war.

  • Afghan Journalists Strain Against Gags

    18 Apr 2012 | 7:33 am
    Afghanistan is quickly becoming one of the deadliest countries in the world for foreign and local journalists. In the last decade alone, 16 journalists have been killed on the job and so far no one has been brought to justice for these murders.

  • Taliban Attacks Weaken U.S., NATO Position

    17 Apr 2012 | 1:01 pm
    Sunday's well-orchestrated - if unsuccessful - attacks by Taliban forces on Kabul and three provincial capitals in eastern Afghanistan could further shake ebbing public confidence in the U.S. and its allies that their strategy for securing Afghanistan is working.

  • War on Terror Traumatises Pakistani Women

    16 Apr 2012 | 12:34 am
    Collateral damage caused by the ‘war on terror', prosecuted by the United States and its allies in Afghanistan since 2001, may well extend to psychological trauma sustained by thousands of women in the bordering areas of northwestern Pakistan.

  • U.S. Withdrawal a Blessing and a Curse for Afghans

    7 Apr 2012 | 5:15 am
    Though the United States' announcement to pull its troops from Afghanistan by 2014 was celebrated by most Afghans as the imminent end of a protracted and controversial foreign occupation, there are lingering questions about the outcome of such a withdrawal.
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  • Afghanistan: How to Use an Afghan Box Camera

    Juliana Rincón Parra
    10 May 2012 | 10:25 pm
    The Presurfer shares a small video documentary of one of the only two remaining Afghan box photographers left in Kabul, and how he takes pictures and processes them inside a small black box. Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · comments (0) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon · delicious · Instapaper

  • Afghanistan: Citizens March to Protest against Karzai’s Neglect

    Adil Nurmakov
    1 May 2012 | 4:58 pm
    Basir Ahang from the Afghan PenLog blog tells about a a demonstration of hundreds of the Bamiyan region residents, who rallied against injustice and discrimination in their province. Written by Adil Nurmakov · comments (0) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon · delicious · Instapaper

  • Afghanistan: ICG skeptical about peace talks

    Adil Nurmakov
    1 May 2012 | 4:33 pm
    According to a report from the International Crisis Group, current talks with the Taliban are unlikely to result in a sustainable peace, but could even lead to further destabilisation of the country, Nick Fielding says. Written by Adil Nurmakov · comments (0) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon · delicious · Instapaper

  • Afghanistan: Pay up or go to Hell, says Taliban financial offer

    Adil Nurmakov
    1 May 2012 | 4:27 pm
    Nick Fielding writes that funds appear to be getting tight for the Taliban, whose Financial Commission has issued a plea for funds on the organisation's website - backed by the threat of Hellfire. Written by Adil Nurmakov · comments (0) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon · delicious · Instapaper

  • Video: Mothers Around the World Share Their Different Experiences

    Juliana Rincón Parra
    25 Apr 2012 | 9:04 pm
    In the International Museum of Women, the current online exhibit is all about mothers. MAMA: Motherhood around the Globe explores the different aspects of motherhood through video interviews to women in Nigeria, Kenya, Afghanistan, USA, Colombia, Hungary, China and Norway. Lusina from Kenya is one of the interviewed mothers for IMOW Mama to Be is the section on the expectations around motherhood and pregnancy, and how the different women, some not even out of their teens reacted and faced their impending motherhood. How many women in the world actually have an opportunity to decide if, how,…
 
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  • چرایی مقاومت بهسود و سوالات فرا راه

    محمد کاظم وحیدی
    16 May 2012 | 4:47 pm
    1 2 3 4 5 6 هنگام بازنویسی این نوشته از طریق یکی از وکلای پارلمان باخبر شدم که متجاوزین کوچی نما در «دشت گوله» حضور یافته و تا یکی دو هفته ی دیگر باز سروکله ی این ناخواندگان جنایت کار در سرزمین های نیاکانی ما پیدا می شود که مطابق برنامه ی اشغال گام به گام هزارستان باستان پا به آن-جا می گذارند. باز هم با تمامی وعده هایی که برای اسکان کوچی…

  • وزارت معادن: استخراج نفت 5‌ماه بعد آغاز می‌شود

    ظفرشاه رویی
    16 May 2012 | 10:45 am
    وحیدالله شهرانی، در مراسم امضای این قرارداد گفت که قرار است شرکت تیراسایز کارش را طی سه ماه‌ آینده به پایان برساند و زمینه برای به داوطلبی گذاشتن این حوزه‌های نفتی مساعد گردد. وی افزود که شرکت تیراسایز مسوولیت دارد تا عمق هفت‌هزارمتری این حوزه‌های نفتی تحقیق بکند. وزیر معادن می‌گوید: «این قرارداد به‌خاطر خریداری یا اخذ خدمات…

  • روزنامه های کابل: چهارشنبه، ۲۷ ثور

    BBC Persian
    16 May 2012 | 3:04 am
    روزنامه به بهانه سفر حامد کرزی، رئیس جمهوری افغانستان به برلین و برنامه امضای موافقتنامه همکاری های درازمدت با آلمان، از امضای این گونه قراردادها با کشورهای قدرتمند استقبال کرده و نوشته که این برنامه می تواند آینده افغانستان را تضمین کند. نویسنده به این باور است که گرفتن امضای کشورهای کمک کننده در پای سند همکاری با افغانستان،…

  • پیشنهاد شورای هماهنگی راه سبز امید: اعلام منطقه خاورمیانه به عنوان منطقه عاری از سلاح هسته‌ای

    ویرایشگر کلمه ۳
    16 May 2012 | 2:30 am
    Statement of the Coordinating Council of the Green Path of Hope In the Name of God The Green Movement of the People of Iran is a peaceful and civil movement that struggles for the realization of the Iranian people's historical demands for freedom, justice, independence, development, peace and morality. As the detained leaders of the Green Movement, Mr. Mousavi and Mr. Karroubi, have emphasized in the Charter of the Green Movement, this movement calls for the elimination of tensions in international relations, a rational and honorable foreign policy for Iran based on constructive cooperation…

  • در حمله هوایی نیروهای بین المللی در ولایت پکتیا 9 تن از مخالفان مسلح کشته شدند

    16 May 2012 | 2:12 am
    در عین حال یک مقام دولتی دیگر گفته است که تعداد مخالفان مسلح که در این حمله کشته شده اند به 12 تن میرسد.
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