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EuropeBritish Museum to exhibit Afghan gold
Ben Farmer in Kabul, 03 Nov 2010 The British Museum will exhibit a hoard of ancient Afghan gold jewellery after Kabul today signs an agreement loaning the treasure to Britain. Bactrian Aphrodite', left, and a...
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NewsThe Hazara School
by Brian Platt It took me over an hour to get to Marefat School, far out on the outskirts of West Kabul. Once I was there, I didn’t want to leave. Marefat is a school...
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NewsKarzai presures election officials over vote results
Candidates Say Election Authorities Are Pressured to Alter Outcomes; One ‘Pro-America’ Ballot Choice Is Disqualified The Wall Street Journal By MARIA ABI-HABIB NOVEMBER 5, 2010 KABUL Afghanistan’s election authorities are being pressured by President Hamid...
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NewsBillions in Afghan aid fail to beat medieval disease
By Lynne O’Donnell Afghan teenager Mossa shows his scarred arm at a clinic in Yakawlang district of Afghanistan's central Bamyan province. Photo courtesy: AFPYAKAWLANG, Tuesday 2 November 2010 (AFP) – Mossa lives on the top...
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News“Tell Them to Come to Afghanistan and Make Friends”: Bamiyan Diaries, Day Four
Sunday 31 October 2010 by: David Smith-Ferri, t r u t h o u t Again and again in this isolated Afghan province, when visiting Afghan people in their homes or when talking with members...
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NewsThe Women’s Harvest
By JERICA ARENTS Autumn in BamiyanKabul, Afghanistan: After a week visiting Bamiyan, a rural Afghan Province, one thing has been made abundantly clear to me: the experience of being a woman in this country is...
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NewsWhy Karzai readily admits receiving bags of Iranian cash
Afghanistan has a significant Shiite minority, most of whom are ethnic Hazaras and who suffered particularly harsh persecution during Taliban rule, which has led to a strong reservoir of support in that community for the...
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NewsThis Is Your Brain on War
Kathy Kelly Co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence Kabul — Khamad Jan, age 22, remembers that, as a youngster, he was a good student who enjoyed studying. “Now, I can’t seem to think,” he said...
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NewsThe Father of Modern History of Afghanistan
By: Jafar RezaiKatib Hazara: The Father of Modern History of Afghanistan It rarely happens that a western educational institute will publish the books from a third world country, which is severely blackened with the names...
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NewsKabul: First ever Aeroplane maker awaits flight permission
A Hazara boy, who has made what is being called the country’s first home-made plane, is waiting for government permission to fly his aircraft, an official said on Tuesday. Sabir Shah, a 10th-grader from Jaghori...
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