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
Sharing a treasure with the world
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
50 shops gutted in Nangarhar
Source JALALABAD, May 14 (Pajhwok Afghan News): At least 50 shops were burned to ashes as fire erupted in a market in Jalalabad, capital of the eastern Nangarhar province, on Sunday causing a loss of millions afghanis to the shopkeepers. The fire was caused by a power generator in a woodwork shop around noon. Soon… Continue reading 50 shops gutted in Nangarhar
Temple looted in Khost
Source KHOST CITY, Apr 19 (Pajhwok Afghan News): Armed men overnight stole cash and some valuables from a temple in the southern Khost province, local Hindu elder said on Wednesday. Luck Mir Sing, an elder of the Hindus village in Khost, told Pajhwok Afghan News that 30 gunmen stormed a temple. He said the culprits… Continue reading Temple looted in Khost
Saving Afghanistan’s cultural heritage
Source Ambassador Said T. Jawad Excerpts of speech on the preservation of Afghanistan’s archaeological, historical, and cultural heritage, given on April 17, 2006, at the Embassy of Afghanistan Afghanistan is a land bridge connecting Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East. The ancient Silk Route, which carried both goods and knowledge, and connected… Continue reading Saving Afghanistan’s cultural heritage
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