Kathy Kelly Co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence Kabul — Khamad Jan, age 22, remembers that, as a youngster, he was a good student who enjoyed studying. “Now, I can’t seem to think,” he said sadly, looking at the ground. There was a long pause. “War does this to your mind.” He and his family [...]
QUETTA: Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) while terming situation in Karachi very grave has expressed deep grief and sorrow over the killing of innocent people. It seems as if under a planned conspiracy people were being massacred while law enforcement agencies were observing complete silence over the security to life and property of masses. A Spokesman [...]
By: Jafar Rezai It rarely happens that a western educational institute will publish the books from a third world country, which is severely blackened with the names of the Taliban and terrorism. But recently, Robert D. McChesney, a well-respected professor at New York University fell in love with the books of Fayz Mohammad Katib, a [...]
A Hazara boy, who has made what is being called the country’s first home-made plane, is waiting for government permission to fly his aircraft, an official said on Tuesday. Sabir Shah, a 10th-grader from Jaghori district in southern Ghazni province, was summoned to the capital Kabul by President Hamid Karzai who wanted the plane to [...]
# ADAM TODD # From: The Advertiser HUSSAIN Razaiat spent eight long months behind razor wire at the Woomera Detention Centre, watching fellow detainees gradually lose their minds in the desert. Yesterday, The Advertiser took the Afghan refugee on a tour of Inverbrackie and nearby Woodside – where 400 asylum seekers will be living from [...]
A latest special report by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) finds that an agreement with the Taliban “could threaten human rights and freedoms, especially those of women” The study suggests that talks with the Taliban should involve legitimate representatives of Afghan society and any deal resulted from negotiations should reflect the will and [...]
Madeleine Coorey Sydney. Australia said Monday vulnerable asylum-seekers including children would be moved out of detention centers and into the community, easing tough policies after facilities came under major strain. Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the coalition government would move “significant numbers” of minors and families into community-based accommodation in a more “humane” approach, with [...]
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The war-ravaged Afghanistan is to send a 127-strong delegation to the upcoming Asian Games which is slated for November in China’s southern major city of Guangzhou, said the head of the delegation on Monday. Ghulam Ghous Nikbeen, chef de mission of the Afghan sports delegation, told Xinhua in an exclusive interview that the Afghan team [...]
NEILI (PAN): Seven people were killed and eight others were injured when their vehicle skidded off a road and plunged into a deep gorge in central Daikundi province, officials said on Saturday. The victims were travelling in a flying-coach vehicle towards Kabul when the accident happened in the Zanjok area of Miramor district, the district [...]
