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NewsWomen need equal access to education
By Iris Almeida-Cèté, CNW Telbec MONTREAL – “You educate a girl (in Afghanistan), and you educate a whole society.” Dr. Sima Samar, Chairperson, Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission. March 8 is a day to remind...
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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...
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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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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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NewsTen students were killed by heavy snowfall in Daikundi
Daikundi: Ten students were killed when ice avalanches fell down on houses in Daikundi province, an official said Saturday. The Daikundi Governor Qurban Ali Uruzgani told to media: ice avalanches had fallen down on two...
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Latin America, US & CanadaRemarks at the Launch of Strategic Dialogue with Civil Society
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State William J. Burns Under Secretary for Political Affairs Rajiv Shah USAID Administrator Egyptian Activist Sherif Mansour and Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission Chair Sima Samar Ben Franklin Room...
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