"But this ten year war has definitely had a very deep impact on this generation. The civilian casualties, the fear that people live with these days, the terror that there is in the streets everywhere for the IED attacks or other kinds of threats, it is increasing day by day. It has just made everyone extremely insecure and bad for the people."
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Afghanistan: Ten Years at War
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UNAMA report: Mistreatment of conflict-related detainees in Afghan facilities
You are here: Home » UNAMA report: Mistreatment of conflict-related detainees in Afghan facilities October 18, 2011 | 0 Comments UNAMA report: Mistreatment of conflict-related detainees in Afghan facilities DSC01448 (For full report visit UNAMA page.) From October 2010 to August 2011, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) interviewed 379 pre-trial detainees and convicted prisoners at 47 detention facilities in 22 provinces across Afghanistan.
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Afghan Women Writers
“What I write here are the wounded and torn pieces of my heart and the secrets an Afghan girl suffers. I am like a piece of cloth. I cost little. Who will buy me?”
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American and Afghan Slavery Will Soon Be Signed
"The world doesn't have to choose between the Taliban and the US government. All the beauty of the world—literature, music, art—lies between these two fundamentalist poles."
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Ballet Afsaneh
Ballet Afsaneh, the professional performance ensemble of the Afsaneh Art & Culture Society, is based in the San Francisco Bay Area of California in the USA. This dynamic group presents performances and activities featuring dance, …
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Supporting Our Sisters in Afghanistan
As Zohra explains, “Your [US] leaders say they are here to secure Afghanistan, especially for the women. The reporters happily wrote stories about how the Taliban did not let women to go to school. And this is true; many of our women cannot even to read. But now girls cannot go to school, and where is the Taliban? It is not the Taliban who are stopping the girls. What mother would let her child to go to school if they think a bomb will drop on them? For the girls does it matter from which hand the bomb drops?”
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Demanding Democracy in Afghanistan
Dear Stakeholders in Afghanistan, Forgive this letter. We felt we could share with you our burdens without incurring your anger or pity. Much has happened to the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers since we met with …
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Malalai Joya on Ending the Occupation of Afghanistan
Recorded in Kabul, Afghanistan in December 2010:
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Women’s Rights: Afghanistan
In a neighborhood of northern Kabul once called “little Paris” after its famous patisseries and tree-lined avenues, a taxi driver drops me off in front of a 15-foot-high metal gate. The fence surrounds a large …
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Over Wo(my)n’s Dead Bodies: On Surviving Liberation
It was a vivid autumn evening. Americans were still grieving from the stun of 9/11, and the only entity that dared punctuate the eerily quiet streets of New York were the lurid faces of the …
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