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Afghanistan Marks Independence Day With Low-Key Event

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RFR/RL, 18 August 2012 The short report quotes Reuters, that several Kabul residents said they were disappointed that the historic day was no longer being marked by many Afghans.

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Latest Mining Discovery in Afghanistan: Information from EITI

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Revenue Watch blog, 17 August 2012 No, no new mines discovered, but data from the first GoA reports to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: ‘The report reveals a reality that contrasts with the headlines: anemic sector contribution to public revenues and government challenges in overseeing oil, gas and mining sector payment.’ And it transpired that […]

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From Ghazni to Kandahar

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Youtube, uploaded 12 July 2011 A short video of the road between Ghazni and Kandahar, showing the extent of the damage insurgent attacks have on the fuel convoys, with cars having to zig-zag through the wreckages of burnt-out trucks and tankers.

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Why Afghanistan’s past is being ‘rewritten’

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BBC, 17 August 2012 The education ministry has endorsed a new history curriculum for school students that deletes nearly four decades of the country’s war-torn past, writes the BBC’s Bilal Sarwary. But he found out that children know anyway.

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7-9 September 2012: Photo exhibition and conference in Trieste

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On the occasion of the photographic exhibition ‘Nur/Luce [Light]. Appunti afgani’ by photographer and writer Monika Bulaj, the municipality of Trieste organises a three-day event with the presence of several international scholars, diplomats, researchers, media and humanitarian workers, focusing on various aspects of Afghanistan’s culture, history and politics. On behalf of AAN, Thomas Ruttig and […]

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Afghan Princelings: Are the Children of the Mujahedin Ready to Rule?

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Time, 13 August 2012 A very interesting article, although the author could have mentioned a few more things: where the money came from for all that exquisite western education; that a ‘liberal’ education is not sufficient to make someone a liberal; where the princelings really stand politically, how strong the ‘pressure of legacy’ is and […]

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Why Afghanistan Can’t Wait

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Huffington Post blog, 10 August 2012 The story of two Afghan civil society activists and their failed interview for a US visa – a story that can happen not only at the US embassy in Kabul.

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Rising kidnap cases spark strike in Herat City

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Pajhwok News Agency (Kabul), 8 August 2012 Workers of industrial companies, moneychangers, doctors, jewellers and traders went on strike in protest against rising kidnappings in western Herat province.

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5,000 Afghan ‘militants’ have surrendered – but are they real?

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Christian Science Monitor
, 8 August 2012 Officials say the Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Program has brought stability to several areas. But critics say the real anti-government fighters aren’t participating

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Taleban Justice Dominant in Logar Province

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IWPR, 2 August 2012 ‘Even public servants turn to alternative courts in the belief they are swifter and more honest than state judiciary’, the Afghanistan-based network reports

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The plight of Afghan refugees in Iran

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OpenDemocracy,
1 August 2012 ‘Afghan refugees in Iran are increasingly facing an unbearable situation’, writes Afshin Shahi. ‘They are the most vulnerable group of people in the country and they face continuing degrading and discriminatory policies dictated by a state, which ironically preaches “Muslim solidarity”. […] Second generation Afghan refugees are treated as second-class citizens in […]

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