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Three years ago I travelled across Afghanistan to make a film about what conditions for ordinary Afghans were like. We wanted to make it in the winter of 2006-07 because there was talk of a spring offensive from the Taleban —...
“In time of war the loudest patriots are the greatest profiteers .” ( AUGUST BEBEL ) The Pakistan Army concluded its Operation Rah e Rast against Tehrik e Taliban Swat in earlier June this year and destroyed the TTP's...
Farmers in the north of Afghanistan who survived years of drought are now reaping a bumper wheat harvest. The gains are spreading to villagers in the region, while the surplus from the country's bread basket is helping to cut...
KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov 11, 2009 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The reconstructed Michelle Bayat Gymnasium at the American University of Afghanistan was dedicated by the chairman of the Bayat Foundation, Mr. Ehsanullah...
MAIMANA, Afghanistan, Nov 06, 2009 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The new Bibi Fatima Zahra School for Orphans was dedicated by Mr. Ehsan Bayat, Bayat Foundation Chairman, on Friday, 30 Oct, 2009. The Faryab Provincial...
It comes after years of drought, which resulted tin failed harvests and food crises. Last year, things were different in his home province of Samangan. Farmers in Samangan harvested 140,000 tonnes of wheat, a seven-fold...
The local talk is of the insurgency being consciously moved north, with international troops ferrying fighters in from the volatile south, to create mayhem in a new location . By Ahmad Kawoosh Persistent accounts of western...
By Zarif Nazar, Charles Recknagel For eight years since the U.S.-aided toppling of the Taliban, the residents of the Qala-i-Zal district of Konduz Province have relied on Afghan government forces for security. But beginning...
To a foreigner, the rumor sounds preposterous. But to the average Afghan, it's well within the range of the possible: Western military forces are using their helicopters to ferry Taliban fighters around the country. "Just when...
The United States is battling yet another rumor in Afghanistan, that Western forces are using helicopters to transport Taliban fighters from the volatile south to the north of the country. Officials have dismissed the claims as...
