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Source BY JAMES RUPERT Newsday Staff Correspondent July 9, 2006 KABUL, Afghanistan — A few months after U.S. forces helped overthrow the Taliban regime here, a young, educated Afghan eagerly joined the thousands returning from exile to build a new, peaceful, tolerant Afghanistan. The United States had promised its help and pushed a liberal politician,… Continue reading Christians live in fear

Source Thirty years of war, discrimination led by Islamic militants have taken toll on Afghan’s religious minorities BY JAMES RUPERT Newsday World Correspondent July 9, 2006 KABUL, Afghanistan — Zablon Simintov turned from the television one recent Sunday evening to gaze out a window at the darkened sky. “Akhir-i-Shabbat” – “the end of the Sabbath,”… Continue reading Amid faint hope, keeping the faith

Source By SSNews, newsday Jul 9, 2006, 20:07 Sado Singh and his family camp out in the desolate ruin of a huge Sikh temple, one of about 10 in Kabul that once hummed with prayer, schooling and festivals. Singh hopes the bulk of Afghan Sikhs, now exiled as refugees in India or the West, may… Continue reading Afghan Sikh community dwindles

Source By Rajeshree Sisodia in Kabul Sunday 09 July 2006, 14:05 Makka Time, 11:05 GMT After living in Afghanistan for more than two centuries, economic hardship is pushing many in the country’s dwindling Sikh community to emigrate to India, their spiritual homeland. Gurdyal Singh appears no different from any other Afghan man, complete with his… Continue reading Sikhs quitting Afghanistan

Source MEHTARLAM, July 6 (Pajhwok Afghan News): Governor of Nangarhar said he wanted to constitute a committee of ulema, elders and national leaders first in eastern provinces and then in centre to safeguard border. Gul Agha Sherzai was addressing a ceremony organized in line with National Solidarity Council for Civil Societies. Sherzai said: “I want… Continue reading Council formed to enhance security

Source Published: Wednesday, 5 July, 2006, 09:38 AM Doha Time ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan: President Hamid Karzai boasts that Kandahar’s pomegranates are the best in the world; others say they contain the Almighty’s miracle cures. Desperate poets liken their shape to the breasts of their veiled lovers. The fruit – leathery on the outside but juicy and… Continue reading Pomegranate – more than just a fruit

Source With Wesak Day just around the corner, history buff MARTIN VENGADESAN wants to share his amazing experience of exploring the site of an ancient Buddhist civilisation in a rather surprising location. OFFICIALLY, Pakistan is the “Islamic Republic of Pakistan”. It’s the world’s second most populous Muslim country, after Indonesia. It’s been associated with Islam… Continue reading Sharing a treasure with the world