This is a story of a rare event that occurred in late 1960’s in Kandahar as remembered by elders in the community. A Muslim lady who worked in a Afghan Hindu family’s house claimed that the house lady who was recently married has read the “Kalima” hence she has converted to Islam. The Afghan Hindu… Continue reading a story from late 1960’s Kandahar
Category: Opinion
Cremetion challenges
A news report from Pajhwok in Dari An Opinion by Eserdas on the topic in Dari Another Opinion in Dari
Afghanistan: chaos central
February 2009 Farewell to the invaders, welcome to the taliban A correspondent looks back at the deterioration across the country over the past four years: the resurgence of both the Taliban and the old corrupt elites, the failure of the occupation forces, and the worsening conditions of life for everybody else by Chris Sands …… Continue reading Afghanistan: chaos central
SPANTA: Afghan foreign minister:
America’s democracy ‘achieves higher maturity’ January 29th 2009 … I had a peculiar feeling when I was watching Obama’s inauguration ceremony. My constant internal struggle was once again revived. I asked myself whether such an historic day could happen in Europe, the birthplace of democracy. Would it be possible for a British citizen of Pakistani… Continue reading SPANTA: Afghan foreign minister:
Return to Kabul, in a cordon of fear
RPT-WITNESS-Return to Kabul, in a cordon of fear Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:00am EDT By Sanjeev Miglani KABUL, Sept 25 (Reuters) – The rows of bombed-out and upturned Soviet era-planes that littered the ground at Kabul airport when I left five years ago are gone. But returning to the Afghan capital, which I last saw… Continue reading Return to Kabul, in a cordon of fear
Experiences in Afghanistan: Arrival in a new country with different language and culture
In Northern India in seventies there was a craze among women to observe fast on Fridays to appease the goddess Santoshi Maa. They would eat only once a day and that too just fruit and vegetables. Even non-vegetarians observed this rule. My family is a purely vegetarian one and my wife and teenager daughter both… Continue reading Experiences in Afghanistan: Arrival in a new country with different language and culture
Afghanistan’s Sikhs
Check out this blog entry about Afghanistan’s Sikhs