By Helle Wahlberg, International Media Support, 18 Feb. 2016 An Afghan journalist at work. Photo: Lars Schmidt As private and independent media in...
ON THE MEDIA; AFGHANISTAN: What next for media in Afghanistan?
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Afghanistan News and Views
ON AFGHANISTAN: Profiting off of chaos: How the U.S. privatized its war in Afghanistan
salon.com, by Ben Norton, Feb. 16, 2016, 6 min read, original Journalist Antony Loewenstein tells Salon how corporations exploit violent conflicts...
ON AFGHANISTAN: What Can Be Done to Revive Afghanistan’s Economy?
United States Institute of Peace, February 9, 2016, William A. Byrd Reviving the Afghan economy during a time of intensifying violent conflict,...
AFGHANISTAN; DEVELOPMENT: UN reduces Afghanistan appeal but urges other donors to do more
As hunger and malnutrition threaten millions of Afghans, UN in Kabul says US aid to the country is ‘small change’ compared with its military...
ON AFGHANISTAN: India’s role in bringing peace to Afghanistan
theguardian.com, Observer editorial, Dec. 27, 2015, original Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani after the...
AFGHANISTAN: Women Suffer Psychological Problems After Living Under Taliban
ipsnews.net, by Ashfaq Yusufzai, original Women being examined by female doctors in free medical camp held in North Waziristan, one of the seven...
AFGHANISTAN: Afghanistan calls on India to step up military assistance
indianexpress.com, Nov. 13, 2015, original, Written by Praveen Swami | New Delhi | India deploys some 325,000 troops-not counting paramilitary...
AFGHANISTAN: The Pentagon Spent Nearly $43 Million On A Gas Station In Afghanistan
huffingtonpost.com, by Akbar Shahid Ahmed, original What we'd call Corruption if someone else did it. WASHINGTON -- The Department of Defense...
AFGHANISTAN: Cashing In on the Decision to Keep U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
foreignpolicy.com, Oct. 30, 2015, original In August, the nation’s top military officer came to President Barack Obama and bluntly asked him to...
AFGHANISTAN: Pakistan and Afghanistan: The new Great Game
bbc.com, original By Owen Bennett-Jones, BBC News, 22 October 2015 The Peshawar school attack was widely condemned. Image copyright EPA Ever...
AFGHANISTAN, DEVELOPMENT: The Next Refugee Crisis: Afghanistan
New York Times, OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR By MICHAEL KUGELMAN, OCTOBER 21, 2015 WASHINGTON — With the war in Afghanistan heating up, thousands of Afghan...
AFGHANISTAN, DEVELOPMENT: Afghanistan’s Other Security Threat: Brain Drain
m.voanews.com, original, by Hasib Danish Alikozai, September 7, 2015 Each day an estimated 7,000 Afghans apply for passports Afghans do not apply...