Dispatches from Afghanistan
Posted in Afghan Life, Articles, Security on Mar 21st, 2008
Residents of the western city of Herat say ‘Enough’ to the rise of criminal activity
Kabul, Afghanistan - When a criminal gang abducted a prominent doctor’s 12-year-old son last week off the streets of Herat, residents of the western Afghan city decided they had had enough.
Doctors, […]
Posted in Afghan Life, Articles on Mar 19th, 2008
Female contestant Lima Sahar caused a nationwide debate about women’s roles before being voted off last week
Kabul, Afghanistan - As millions prepare to cast their ballots Friday in this country’s version of “American Idol,” known here as “Afghan Star,” Fatima Hashemi is still lamenting the […]
Posted in Afghan Life, Articles on Mar 13th, 2008
It faces one of the world’s fastest-rising rates of drug use
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - When Muhammad Nasir returned to his native Kabul after the fall of the Taliban, he was hoping for a fresh start after years in exile. A certified carpet weaver, the thirty-three year-old managed to get a job and planned to move […]
Posted in Afghan Life, Articles on Mar 10th, 2008
Muhammad Sediq Afghan’s hunger strike has inspired dozens of others to join his nonviolent efforts
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - Hundreds of demonstrators marched the streets of Kabul Sunday, calling for the eviction of Danish and Dutch troops, while in the western city of Herat, thousands assembled […]
Posted in Afghan Life, Articles on Mar 4th, 2008
KABUL, Mar 4 - The rate of return of refugees to Afghanistan from neighbouring countries is causing tremendous stress to the Afghan government and society, government officials here say.
According to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), in 2007 alone the Iranian government deported over 360,000 Afghans, most of whom struggled to find […]