Geography
Afghanistan’s Insurgency after the Transition – ICC Media Release and Report
Source: International Crisis Group To contain a growing, increasingly confident insurgency as NATO troops withdraw, Afghanistan needs continued international support, including military, and the new government in Kabul will need to reinvigorate the state’s commitment […]
Tuesday 13 May 2014Mohammad Ismail Qassemyar: “Poverty and unemployment have paralysed the lives of most Afghans”
Mohammad Ismail Qassemyar is a jurist who formerly headed the Public Security and Public Rights Courts of the Supreme Court and taught constitutional rights at university for seven years.
Tuesday 13 May 2014Massoud Hassanzada: “The biggest challenge facing Afghanistan is absence of true progressive forces to combat ignorance, corruption and fanaticism”
Massoud Hassanzada is a poet, journalist, musician, and literary critic from Herat. He has co-founded Morcha [the Ants] the first rock band in Afghanistan.
Monday 12 May 2014Abortion in Afghanistan: Trying to break a major societal taboo
Source: Quantara.de Birth control is a taboo topic in Afghanistan, the country with the highest birth rate in Asia. Many women resort to having illegal abortions in order to avoid social exclusion and to prevent […]
Saturday 10 May 2014Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 68 year VI
Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 68 year VI
Saturday 10 May 2014Abdul Hamid Mobarez: “Democracy is the choice of the people and it is up to them to protect it”
Abdul Hamid Mobarez is a former chief of the official Bakhtar news agency, three-times governor and a founding member of the Federation and Chairman of Afghanistan National Journalists’ Union (ANJU). He was named Deputy Minister of Culture upon his return from exile.
Friday 9 May 2014Wahida Samadi: “The Taliban will never really change”
Wahida Samadi is the Director of Tahmina Organisation, promoting women’s rightsand a member of the Provincial Development Governance Committee. She is a committed civil society activist.
Thursday 8 May 2014Dr Saheb-Nazar Moradi: “We must unite against the extremists to defend the achievements of the past 10 years”
Saheb-Nazar Moradi is an urban development specialist and former member of the planning committee of Kabul Municipality. He has a Ph.D. in urban engineering and history. He was internally displaced and ultimately left the country in exile for many years.
Wednesday 7 May 2014Mahbuba Jamshidi: “It would be a tragedy for women to lose their legal status and rights in this political game”
Mahbuba Jamshidi was selected as the Director of the Women’s Affairs Department in Herat province in 2012. She has studied Miniature Painting at the Fine Arts School of the University of Herat. She is also the director of the National Gallery.
Tuesday 6 May 2014New Chapter for Afghan Publishing: Booksellers report brisk trade as appetite for reading grows in country’s east.
Five years ago, the shops on the ground floor of the Eshaqzai Market in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad were full of video recorders, CDs and DVDs. Now, instead of films and computer games, the shops are crammed with shelves of books, with students searching through them.
Monday 5 May 2014
