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VideosExhibition: Women in Afghanistan
An Exhibition by Khaliq Alizada Now open Until 18 March 2011 Location: FABRIKA Gallery Leicester 68-70 Humberstone Gate Leicester LE1 3PL Leicester, United Kingdom “The Exhibition will be focusing on daily issues and situations happening...
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ArtInternational Campaign for reconstruction of Buddha’s Statues, in Bamiyan
Target: Government of Afghanistan, Parliament of Afghanistan, the UN, UNESCO Sponsored by: justicef.net In 2001 the world lost the internationally renowned Buddha statues of Bamiyan, when the Taliban bombed and destroyed them. However, we kept...
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NewsUN marks 10th anniversary of destruction of Buddha statues in Afghanistan
Archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley, Afghanistan 28 February 2011 – On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the destruction of the giant Buddha statues of Bamiyan, in Afghanistan, by the then-ruling fundamentalist Islamic...
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NewsThe other battlefield
The author journeys to Afghanistan and discovers that Afghan women don’t need us to rescue them. They need security and education in order to flourish on their own terms. By Brian Platt Aurelia du Vignau/Abaca...
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NewsWolesi Jirga elects second deputy speaker, 1st secretary
Ahmad Behzad KABUL (AIP/(NN): Wolesi Jirga, Afghan lower house of parliament, on Monday elected second deputy speaker and 1st secretary while candidates running for the seat of 1st deputy speaker failed to get the required...
By Omid Jafari