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Let’s Break the Silence

Awtar Singh Khalsa: “They gave the Hindus and Sikhs a place for rubbish disposal as a place to live”

Awtar Singh Khalsa is the President of the National Committee of Hindus and Sikhs of Afghanistan and the head of Kabul’s Committee for Hindu worship centres. Singh served as the Sikh representative to the Loya Jirga, and was appointed as a senator in 2004.

Thursday 27 March 2014

Hengama Anwari: “10 years is only a drop in the ocean that is the process of changing a society”

Hengama Anwari is a Commissioner on the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission and the founder of the Women and Children’s Legal Research Foundation.

Wednesday 26 March 2014

Mujib Mehrdad: “My sisters are no different to my brothers”

Mujib Mehrdad is a Professor at Al-Biruni University, a writer, and a poet. He is the director of Porsesh [Question] magazine.

Tuesday 25 March 2014

Horia Mosadiq: “He said he would kill me if he ever saw me going to school again”

Horia Mosadiq is the Amnesty International researcher on Afghanistan. She was a child growing up in Herat province when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979. Soon after the fall of Dr Najibullah’s government, she was forced to leave Afghanistan.

Monday 24 March 2014

Abdul Hafiz Mansoor: “I assure you the Taliban will never return”

Abdul Hafiz Mansoor has been a Member of Parliament for several years. He fought against the Soviets when he was 16 & later, against the Taliban. He obtained a MA in political science, writing his dissertation on the obstacles to development in Afghanistan.

Friday 21 March 2014

Suraya Popal: “They stole his sister, not his car”

Suraya Popal is a senior researcher and President of the Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan.

Thursday 20 March 2014

Abdul Qayyum Sajjadi: “It is difficult to leave the tribal, misogynist and monopolist approach behind”

Abdul Qayyum Sajjadi is a scholar and politician, serving as the Member of Parliament for Ghazni province since 2005. He migrated to Iran following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Wednesday 19 March 2014

Sahraa Karimi: “The taste of freedom is a powerful antidote to oppression”

Sahraa Karimi is a young female Afghan filmmaker who grew up in Iran. In her early twenties, she migrated to Slovakia, and spent the next 12 years studying for Bachelor, Master, and Doctorate degrees in film and directing.

Tuesday 18 March 2014

Dr Ramazan Bashardost: “Our leaders push their people over the cliff”

Dr Ramazan Bashardost is a specialist in the politics of Afghanistan, with a wealth of experience in Afghan politics and diplomacy. He fled Afghanistan following the 1978 coup d’état, migrating first to Iran, then to Pakistan, and to France.

Monday 17 March 2014

Dr Alema: ‘We need a national campaign against illiteracy’

Born in 1964 in Kabul, Dr Alema has obtained a Ph.D. in Philosophy from a German university. An ardent women’s rights advocate, she founded and now heads the independent Women’s Political Participation Committee.

Friday 14 March 2014