1TV: The wall painted in blue with hooks for clothes, carries the sign: “If you don’t have, take it. If you have, leave it.” The charity wall in the provincial capital city of Mazar-i-Sharif city was created in joint cooperation by civil society activists, journalists and the provincial council. The idea to set up charity walls under the
Los Angeles Times: Ibrahim Amiri, an amateur astronomer in Kabul, has begun teaching a new generation of young Afghans about the heavens. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: Kabul city has been without power for 13 days – almost two weeks that Afghan security forces have been trying to push back Taliban militants from the area where they blew up a power pylon. Officials from Da Breshna Sherkat (DABS) said that they do not know when they will be able to rebuild
The Washington Post: As security in this battle-scarred capital has worsened in recent years, the blast walls have proliferated. With every suicide bombing, the concrete thickens around the homes of government officials, nonprofit organizations and embassies. Roadblocks appear overnight. Kabul’s snow-capped mountains have disappeared from view. All the while, residents grow angrier. Click here to read
Counter Punch: In Kabul, where the Afghan Peace Volunteers have hosted me in their community, the U.S. military maintains a huge blimp equipped with cameras and computers to supply 24 hour surveillance of the city. Remotely piloted drones, operated by Air Force and Air National Guard personnel in U.S. bases, also fly over Afghanistan, feeding U.S.
Newsweek: In most of the world, an amateur astronomer can drive to a dark place, set up a telescope and enjoy the beauty of the sky above. But in Afghanistan, a country plagued by 36 years of war, a few men gathered around a telescope pointing toward the sky, in the middle of nowhere, looks pretty
Counter Punch: Here in Kabul, last week, at the Afghan Peace Volunteer (APV) community home that hosts me, I watched Abdulhai and visiting activist Aaron Hughes work out ways to secure the greenhouse which they had partially assembled that morning. Click here to read more (external link).
Carolyn Coe: They have descended from homes built on the mountainside. Women sit together in the cemetery not to mourn but to wait for the duvet distribution to begin. When I approach them, each woman extends a hand in greeting. Some have the needed small stamped pieces of paper to receive two duvets but most don’t.
Saveur: From the moment I landed, I knew the people, the pace of this place, and the smells of the country would stay with me for years. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana News: The general head of the National Electronic Identity cards has stated that any delays on issuing the electronic national identity cards will deteriorate the process, saying a new plan with a draft for a better identification of persons through bio metric has been sent for the Government approval. Click here to read more