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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...
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ArtExhibition: Women in Afghanistan & Hazaragi traditional clothes and jeweleries
An Exhibition by Khaliq Alizada Date & Time: Thursday 3rd March, 6:00pm – 9:00pm Exhibition: 04/03/2011 – 18/03/2011 Location: FABRIKA Gallery Leicester 68-70 Humberstone Gate Leicester LE1 3PL Leicester, United Kingdom “The Exhibition will be...
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ArtEXHIBITION: A photo-documentary of the Hazara community in Afghanistan
R.M. VAUGHAN Looking at ‘the other’ through very different lenses Rafal Gerszak at Pikto Gallery Until March 6, 55 Mill St., Building 59-103, Toronto; pikto.com/gallery Two very different photographic experiences await viewers with the fortitude...
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ArtBamiyan Buddhas once glowed in red, white and blue
25.02.2011, Press releases The monumental Buddhas of Bamiyan once shone in glowing colors. Restorers from the Technische Universität Muenchen (TUM) have analyzed hundreds of fragments of the statues that were blow up by the Taliban....
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EuropeHIF lauds the induction of Ali Khan Sajjadi as central committee member
25th February, 2011: Ali Khan Sajjadi – a law graduate from the University of Buxlow, UK – has consented to join Hazara International Forum of Great Britain. He has been practicing law since 2005 with...
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RefugeesFailed asylum seeker killed in Afghanistan
DutchNews | Wednesday 23 February 2011 Photo: AkhterA 60-year-old Afghan man who was deported back to Afghanistan in 2006 after a five-year battle to stay in the Netherlands has been murdered in Kabul by the...
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NewsAfghanistan’s imperial presidency
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has little standing in his way. Jean MacKenzie | February 20, 2011 Hamid Karzai (Majid Saeedi/AFP/Getty Images)KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s long-simmering governmental crisis is about to reach the boiling point. President...
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NewsMaking Friends in High Places
Three American peace activists meet their young Afghani counterparts by Kathy Kelly, Jerica Arents, and David Smith-Ferri | The Humanist Published in the March/April 2011 Humanist Bamiyan Province in Afghanistan, a stunningly beautiful mountainous region,...
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