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The Rights of Afghan Women

By Robert Koehler on September 23, 2021 in Afghanistan, Asia, Featured, Photos

Suddenly there’s major concern across the country — from the mainstream media to every last rock-ribbed Republican — for the rights of Afghan women and girls to be able to work, to go to school.Oh...

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Travel & Learn with the Music of the Sufis

By Harsh Mehta on February 21, 2013 in Afghanistan, Asia, Events, Festivals, India, Photos

Somewhere in the land of Persia, a man sits in the bleak light of a setting sun, and in the khumar of the Beloved, he writes verses of remembrance. Another one, centuries later, sits under...

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SO cool! Afghanistan’s Amazing DIY Internet

By Cecily Sommers on June 22, 2011 in Afghanistan, Asia, Kabul, Photos

The Afghan city of Jalalabad has a high-speed Internet network whose main components are built out of trash found locally. Aid workers, mostly from the United States, are using the provincial city in Afghanistan's far...

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Blending In

By Linh Vien Thai on May 18, 2011 in Afghanistan, Asia, California, North America, Pakistan, Photos, USA

If I were a 6'6" über-rich maniacal leader of a secret society (and I'm not saying I'm not) poised on world disruption and domination; hiding from the CIA, NSA, MI6, FBI, and the IRS....

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Westmoreland, Abrams and Petraeus, Views of War

By Claire Rogers on May 2, 2011 in Afghanistan, Asia, Events, Featured, Iraq, Laos, Middle East, Photos, Southeast Asia, Vietnam

General Westmoreland’s Vietnam War To give you an idea about the misplaced bravado that marked the first years of the U.S. military in Southeast Asia, Life Magazine quoted General Westmorland about the prospects for the war: “We’re going...

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Global Short Films at SXSW: From Afghanistan and Poland to HK and Israel

By Renee Blodgett on March 19, 2011 in Afghanistan, Asia, Bangladesh, Canada, China, England, Europe, Events, Featured, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Kabul, Middle East, North America, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Photos, Poland, Scotland, Videos

One of the first series of films I saw at SXSW this year was close to two hours of shorts, ranging from 5 minutes long to about 20. The global short 'series' covered a number...

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Afghanistan: History, Culture & Economy

By A'Keiba Burrell on July 31, 2010 in Afghanistan, Asia, Central Asia, Photos

The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is a landlocked country in south-central Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and China in the far northeast. In addition; India claims a border with...

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Notes from Transparency Camp

By David Sasaki on March 27, 2010 in Afghanistan, Asia, Central Asia, Chile, Photos, South America

Photo of Transparency Camp opening session by Avelino Maestas. I’m at Transparency Camp in Washington DC this weekend, an unconference organized by the Sunlight Foundation. It is difficult for me to believe that Sunlight Foundation has...

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The Rights of Afghan Women

Travel & Learn with the Music of the Sufis

SO cool! Afghanistan’s Amazing DIY Internet

Blending In

Westmoreland, Abrams and Petraeus, Views of War

Global Short Films at SXSW: From Afghanistan and Poland to HK and Israel

Afghanistan: History, Culture & Economy

Notes from Transparency Camp

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