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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Wall Street Journal, 1 August 2012 Security operation in Tajikistan targets former rebel commender, now turned border police chief, in an attempt to rearrange who controls the drug trade in the border region, and turns into a violent clash. Details are unclear as phone, road and internet access has been blocked. An Afghan district police […]
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Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2012 Reporter Tom Peter didn’t think to bother the US troops, who shares a base with him, when scheduling an appointment with the district governor of Arghandab in Kandahar province. Read what happened. And when finished reading, imagine you’re an AFGHAN reporter. Or a relative of someone arrested.
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Guardian, 26 July 2012 Emma Harrison’s must-read story about The Icecream-Maker of Herat, for which she even sacrifices herself as a tester of different flavours – with astonishing results. And also congratulations for her to condemning the ‘most annoying’ automatic tunes the icecream sellers are playing (and surely suffering from all day): Celine Dion’s Titanic […]
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RFE/RL, 26 July 2012 A very graphic description by Frud Bezhan of how Afghans experience every-day corruption, in the cases of exaggerated electricity bills and when obtaining a passport
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CNN blog, 25 July 2012 A new GAO report found ‘key definitions used in ANSF assessments have changed several times and assessments did not fully measure ANP (Afghan National Police) capability until recently.’
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