(Reuters) – Graft is destroying Afghanistan and next month’s parliamentary poll will be little more than a dark comedy run by political elites unless there is real change, one of President Hamid Karzai’s fiercest critics has said. Sitting in a tent off a muddy highway opposite Afghanistan’s parliament, Ramazan Bashardost warmed up to his pet [...]
London- 27-08-2010, In respect to the previously disseminated announcement by HIF to hold the Eid-ul-Fiter party on 19-09-2010 at the Asian Center, Waltham Forest, 18A, Orford Road, Walthamstow, London with its pre-booking along with the preparations gaining momentum, it has now been decided to cancel the event taking place on the above mentioned stipulated date [...]
Aarzoo Hussain has just one dream – of going back home one day. ‘I would like to go back home one day… but only if the situation improves.’ New Delhi, Aug 29 – The small classroom is abuzz with conversations in Persian. But it ends as soon as a young woman in salwar-kameez enters and [...]
Figosport.de Photo by Vmc-Medienberatung Unbeaten middleweight Hamid Rahimi (16-0, 6 KOs) scored a fourth round TKO over Armen Azizian (9-11, 1 KO) to claim the vacant WBA PABA title on Thursday night on a private boxing show in Rostock, Germany. Rahimi took over the fight in the second round and floored Azizian in round four [...]
By Aziz Froutan DAIKUNDI PROVINCE, Afghanistan, 19 August 2010 – Kamela, 15, lives in the Shahristan district of Afghanistan’s Daikundi province – a remote mountain area of the country’s central region. In an unprecedented journey, she recently travelled eight hours on foot and by car to reach Nili, the provincial capital, to participate in an [...]
The BBC has just released that an Afghan Police man opened fire on NATO troops and as result, at least two NATO soldiers were killed. The soldiers, who became the target of Afghan police man, were Spanish citizens, Afghan security officials said. The soldiers were responsible for training Afghan police forces in Badghis province and [...]
KABUL, Afghanistan — Dozens of students and teachers at a girls’ school in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul were 9ojnhsickened Wednesday by an unknown gas that spread through classrooms, education officials said. The incident was similar to earlier cases where scores of girls have been treated for dizziness, headaches and nausea following suspected poisoning attacks. Those have [...]
Dawn.com speaks with Abdul Khaliq Hazara, Secretary-General of the Hazara Democratic Party (HDP). The party has given a political voice to Balochistan’s 300,000 Hazaras. Here, Mr Hazara explains challenges the Hazara community in Pakistan faces and deconstructs their role in Balochistan’s tense political environment. Tell us about the HDP and the constituency it represents. The [...]
Hazara asylum-seekers, part of a group of 58 people who were caught by Indonesian police while trying to make their way to Australia on Monday, rest at an immigration detention center in Serang, Banten province, Indonesia, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. Indonesia is a major launching post for Afghans, Iranian and Iraqis seeking refuge in Australia. [...]
Fellowship Application What Is the Fellowship? The Joan Shorenstein Center offers a one-semester fellowship at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Fellows are domestic or international journalists, scholars and/or policymakers who are interested in the influence of the press on public policy and politics. The fellowships offers a unique opportunity for scholars and practitioners to share [...]
