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:
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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
a personal story
Source Hi, ich bin Kuljit Singh! Ich bin 23 Jahre alt und bin in Kabul (Afghanistan) geboren. Mein Heimatland kenne ich nur aus dem Fernseher oder aus Erzählungen meiner Eltern. Es ist in letzter Zeit so viel Schlimmes in Afghanistan passiert, dass man sich nicht mehr traut, sich als Afghane zu bekennen. Meine Eltern haben… Continue reading a personal story
The Afghanis are coming …
an opinion about Afghan Sikhs in Southall of London
An issue of Conversion: The Case of Abdul-Rahman the Afghan
Source By Dr. Abidullah A. Ghazi The Milli Gazette Online 7 April 2006 The issues emanating from the turbulence instigated by the insensitive Danish cartoons have yet to be settled, and we now find ourselves staring into the face of another, even more complicated ordeal: the apostasy case of an Afghan named Abdul-Rahman. While this… Continue reading An issue of Conversion: The Case of Abdul-Rahman the Afghan