Montly Archive August 2013
Womanhood in Afghanistan A Christian Science perspective: A US Army colonel stationed in Afghanistan reflects on his time there.
The Patience Stone: An Interview with Director Atiq Rahimi
Gender in Afghanistan: pragmatic activism
Deniz Kandiyoti 2 November 2009 opendemocracy.net War and mismanagement have produced a breakdown of trust, decency and reciprocity in Afghan society. Gender activism needs to be understood in that context, and not be tempted by […]
Thursday، 22 August، 2013Karzai: a legacy of failure on Afghan women’s rights?
Dr. Massouda Jalal opendemocracy.net With more fundamentalists predicted to win seats in the forthcoming election, the future is likely to see once again the use of religion as an instrument of extreme gender based oppression […]
Thursday، 22 August، 2013Tree Planted by Tajik President to Symbolize Eternity Withers
Tajikistan close Afghan border over cholera fears
US cuts funds for Afghan educators
Central Asian Migrants Describe Beatings, Ill-Treatment In Russian Market ‘Zachistki’
By Daisy Sindelar, Umid Bobomatov, Torokul Doorov, Normahmad Kholov and Ganjina Ganjova Khusanjon, a 44-year-old labor migrant from Uzbekistan, was expecting a busy Sunday at the Khovansky construction market in southwest Moscow. Instead, he and […]
Wednesday، 21 August، 2013Tajikistan receives Russia’s note in FACEBOOK
Written by Vasilina Brazhko The Times of Central Asia DUSHANBE (TCA) ¬– Russian diplomats found “forces ready to endanger the safety of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Dushanbe.” They have announced this due […]
Wednesday، 21 August، 2013A Stable Afghanistan? Training Soldiers is Not Enough
Western governments look like they are turning their back on Afghanistan after a decade of aid and assistance but this is a dangerous approach, as history shows.
Sunday، 18 August، 2013