By Ernesto Londoño, Published: January 30 2012 Source (Washington Post) KABUL — Among the throngs of inmates in downtown Kabul’s prison trying to prove they are not thieves or insurgents is a soft-spoken Sikh man with piercing black eyes. He is being held on a highly unusual charge: falsely claiming Afghan citizenship.Baljit Singh, 23, says he… Continue reading Sikh’s detention reveals flaws in Afghan justice, nation’s religious intolerance
Delhi-based photographer working for Afghan refugees in India
Source New Delhi, Jan.16 2012 (ANI): Gauri Gill, a professional photographer based in New Delhi, portrays the variance between Afghanistan before the Soviet invasion and the existing war-ravaged nation through her lens. The photographer, who traveled to Afghanistan in 2007 to conduct a photography workshop, took time off to capture the beautiful landscapes, the people… Continue reading Delhi-based photographer working for Afghan refugees in India
خانم انار کلی هنریار جایزه شجاعت و محو خشونت را نصیب گردید
کابل 29 قوس باختر دکتورسید مخدوم رهین وزیراطلاعات وفرهنگ امروز در محفلی دریافت جایزه شجاعت و محو خشونت را به خانم انار کلی هنریار تبریک گفت. خانم انار کلی هنریار از جمله فعالان حقوق بشر در کشور است و جایزه سال 2011 یونسکو مدنجیت سنگهه رابرای اولین بار درتاریخ کشور به دست آورده است. به… Continue reading خانم انار کلی هنریار جایزه شجاعت و محو خشونت را نصیب گردید
THE HISTORY AND CURRENT POSITION OFAFGHANISTAN’S HINDU AND SIKH POPULATION
A paper by Roger Ballard Centre for Applied South Asian Studies
Anarkali Hunaryar Gets Bravery, Violence Elimination Award
Source Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Kabul (BNA) Dr. Sayed Makhdom Raheen, Minister of Information and Culture congratulated Anarkali for her being awarded the award of bravery and elimination of violence. Miss. Anarkali Hunaryar is an active human rights activist in the country and has got the 2011 award of Madan Jiet Singh for the first… Continue reading Anarkali Hunaryar Gets Bravery, Violence Elimination Award
د یونیسکو د زړورتیا جایزه یوې افغانې پېلغې وګټله
News article in Pashto from BBC
Ambassador Madanjeet Singh’s interview with Anarkali Honaryar
Afghan Sikh Heroine & 2011 UNESCO Prize laureate Senator Dr Anarkali Kaur Honaryar Anarkali Kaur modern day “Mata Bhago Kaur” FRANCE: Afghan women’s rights campaigner is the winners of a United Nations award recognizing her outstanding contributions to the promotion of tolerance and non-violence, the UN announced. Anarkali Kaur, defender of… Continue reading Ambassador Madanjeet Singh’s interview with Anarkali Honaryar