Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:00:16 GMT After decades of war, the Afghan police have become somewhat immune to sights of carnage. However, a recent patrol in the Khas Uruzgan district of Uruzgan province, just north...
By Lindsey Hilsum, Updated on 19 July 2010 As Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai moves to negotiate with the Taliban, International Editor Lindsey Hilsum travels to Bamiyan, to meet the female governor who fears that her...
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and ABDUL WAHEED WAFA Published: January 3, 2010 KABUL, Afghanistan — For much of this country’s history, the Hazara were typically servants, cleaners, porters and little else, a largely Shiite...
Colorful lights were lit tonight by the youth of Bamiyan province. These lights were hanging on the body of the giant Buddha to reveal their message to the world that the youth of Bamiyan are...
Wednesday 29 April 2009, by Kamran Mir Hazar KabulPress.org: People in Daikondi have been demonstrating for several days, asking the government and international community to discharge the corrupt governor Orazgoni and a judge accused of...
AAP July 19, 2010 12:52AM THE UN High Commissioner for Refugees has asked the Australian Government to explain why the number of Afghan asylum seekers it has accepted as refugees has plunged since 2009. In...
William Maley July 02, 2010 12:00AM AFGHANISTAN’S Hazara minority is in mortal danger at the hands of a resurgent Taliban, says William Maley. THURSDAY, June 24, was a bad day for Kevin Rudd. It was...
By Pip Hinman, SYDNEY, May 30, 2010 — A national mobilisation by a newly-formed Australia Hazara Council today brought 1000 Hazara refugees into the streets in the centre of Sydney. They were protesting the Karzai...
By ROBERT MACKEY On the eve of an international conference in Afghanistan, the country’s only female governor told Britain’s Channel 4 News that Afghan women should not have to sacrifice their rights as part of...