There are always certain films that leave a mark upon us. Majid Majidi’s The Color of Paradise is one of those films; even if it doesn’t make you cry, its innocence and beauty profoundly affects you.The Color of Paradise is a simple, yet powerful story of a blind young boy, Mohamed who is a student ...
It was a sad Christmas for me this year. I was offended and deeply hurt. I wanted to cry, in fact, weep. That may well be because of my Shia training that helps men break the boys-never-cry jinx and allows them to shed tears when they feel hapless. I was powerless, dejected and frustrated.The first ...
A year ends, another begins. But memories remain. This happened so many years ago but I still remember this event vividly.It was my turn to tell a story at the tavern tonight and I chose this one. Why? Because I fear that we may forget what we went through and forced to relive the past.Soon after he...
An increasing number of ordinary people feel the need to live their lives in public. Not entertainers or people in the public eye, but everyday people like neighbors, friends and people I work with.They tweet their every thought, their every action, write on Facebook their deepest fears and darkest ...
KARACHI: As the city descends into fear amid a renewed wave of killings, the police authorities see one or more organized groups behind what was earlier being called ‘tit-for-tat sectarian attacks’ as forensic investigations into nearly 90 cases found that same weapons had been used in targeting peo...
Asha has three children, aged 10, 12, and 15. Until recently, they were constantly ill. “They had bad stomach and fever all the time,” she says. “I had to take them to the hospital with dysentery. I thought my youngest child was going to die.”Similar to millions of other Pakistanis, Asha and her fam...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is set to miss the target of granting India the Most Favored Nation (MFN) status by December 31, 2012 due to vested interests, officials alleged.The next possible cabinet meeting will be held on January 2, 2013 and the issue of granting MFN status to India is not on the agenda, t...
It was a sunny Sunday morning here in Perth, Western Australia and a part of my heart was insisting on me to go out with friends, but, a pending university assignment was a hurdle in fulfillment of my outing plans. I was supposed to write a blog about origin and evolution of authorship in literature...
I was there this August. The city reflects about what it would have been like when the Taliban had taken over. People of Swat were threatened, Islam was different, life was not normal, and nothing could possibly be related to the essence of what the city was known for. The clashes of natural beauty...
One might disagree with her political ideology, but she was a visionary and seasoned politician. Following the legacy of her charismatic father, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, she audaciously faced all perils. The father entered the gallows and the daughter intercepted the bullet. Historians will quote her as...
In the kingdom of the blind men, those who are blessed with one eye are kings. Bilawal launched his political career on Benazir’s fifth death anniversary. Hundreds of thousands of people, including Pakistan Peoples’ Party’s (PPP) workers, supporters and the party’s top leadership had congregated at ...
THE language dilemma in education remains unresolved in Pakistan because educationists fail to understand how basic language is to the child’s learning process, as also to the psyche of the speakers.Those who ignore this fundamental truth can undermine national integrity. If they are running schools...
Afghan foreign ministry says agreement for the Taliban representation in Qatar is due to be finalized in a bid to prevent sporadic sessions in other foreign countries with the Taliban group. Afghan parliament house on Tuesday summoned foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul to breif Afghan lawmakers regar...
Abdullah Gül, President of Turkey, Hamid Karzai the President of Afghanistan, and Asif Ali Zardari, the President of Pakistan, held their seventh Trilateral Summit Meeting in Ankara on 11 and 12 December 2012. The meeting took this high level dialogue, security cooperation and economic development p...
MCLEAN: In his opening Keynote Address at the "8th Annual U.S. Afghanistan Business Matchmaking Conference 2012", when describing the climate for investment during the critical "transition" period in Afghanistan, the Minster of Commerce and Industry of Afghanistan, Dr. Anwar ul-Haq Ahadi, stated tha...
At this time of year, there are always plenty of special deliveries to U.S. forces around Afghanistan. But at this coalition air base in the capital Kabul, troops are busy sorting through parcels which are not for them. This is part of the work of Operation Outreach, a military charity. The supplies...
JALALABAD, Afghanistan: The first time insurgents burned down Hazratullah’s school; he helped rebuild it with donated carpets and salvaged chalkboards. But when Taliban fighters returned with guns and gasoline, torching his makeshift seventh-grade classroom, Hazratullah decided it was time to leave....
KABUL, Afghanistan: Taliban representatives at a conference did not insist on total power in Afghanistan and pledged to grant rights to women that the militant Islamist group itself brutally suppressed in the past, according to a Taliban statement received Sunday. The pledges emerged from a rare m...
Editor’s note: Juan Cole is the Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History and director of the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Michigan. He maintains the popular blog, Informed Comment. What does 2013 have in store for Afghanistan? As NATO and U.S. forces beg...
Washington : India wants to deny Pakistan strategic depth in Afghanistan and ensure its interests are not attacked there but has little interest in inflaming Islamabad's sentiments by playing a large security role, a Congressional report has said, terming Kabul's handling of its two crucial neighbor...
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Which Is More Corrupt: Afghanistan or America?
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Taliban Raid Tests Coalition's Afghan Gains
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Women rights at stake in Afghanistan
KABUL: Some 200 students of Kabul University came to streets on Wedne...
