By Shirzad Ashoori and Valerie Plesch April 6, 2016 Washington Times KABUL, Afghanistan — For the hundreds of Afghans who lined up before sunrise...
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AFGHANISTAN: Afghanistan’s ArtLords try to reclaim Kabul
4 April 2016 BBC A group of Afghan activists and artists are attempting to reclaim Kabul after years of war - by arming themselves with...
AFGHANISTAN: Obama’s Afghan Dilemma: To Bomb or Not to Bomb
BY: DAN DE LUCE, PAUL MCLEAR MARCH 15, 2016 Foreign Press As Kabul’s fragile army struggles to hold the line, will Washington’s warplanes come to...
ON THE MEDIA/AFGHANISTAN: Afghan Women’s Radio Returns After Taliban Attack
By: LYNNE O'DONNELL Mar. 8, 2016 AP KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Six months after fleeing a Taliban assault on her city, the owner of an Afghan radio...
AFGHANISTAN/DEVELOPMENT: Afghanistan’s surprisingly predictable economic crash
By Jared Ferrie Asia Editor 14 March 2016 IRIN Afghanistan’s economic collapse was sudden, surprising, and entirely predictable. When the United...
AFGHANISTAN/DEVELOPMENT: Afghanistan’s Path to Women’s Rights Is Paved With Risk, but Built on Hope
Posted 8 March 2016 0:55 GMT By: Rustam Ali Seerat original For Afghan women, the systematic repression and violence of the Taliban era was...
AFGHANISTAN: Turquoise Mountain: Artists Transforming Afghanistan
Original March 5, 2016 – January 29, 2017 International Gallery From its critical position on the ancient Silk Road that stretches from Europe to...
ON THE MEDIA/AFGHANISTAN: Bringing FRAME BY FRAME Back to Kabul
When I sat down for the 14 hour flight to from New York to Dubai in mid-January, I felt a bit nervous that the only screening that we had planned...
AFGHANISTAN: Young Afghan activist Hasina Jalal wins Global Women Leadership award
By KHAAMA PRESS - Tue Mar 01 2016, 3:02 pm original Celebrated Hasina Jalal won the Global Women Leadership award on 17th Feb. 2016 for her hard...
AFGHANISTAN/ON THE MEDIA: Pressure Like Nowhere Else in the World: Journalism in Afghanistan
By: Bismellah Alizada posted 25 February 2016 13:54 GMT original With the collapse of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan almost 15 years ago, a...
AFGHANISTAN: Afghanistan war: Just what was the point?
By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, Updated 5:43 AM ET, Thu February 25, 2016, original Nick Paton Walsh is a CNN Senior International Correspondent who has...
AFGHANISTAN: Afghan teacher among top 10 finalists for $1 million Global Teacher Prize
By KHAAMA PRESS - Sat Feb 20 2016 A female Afghan teacher has been nominated for the Global Teacher Prize by Varkey Foundation and is among the top...