December 2011
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Donations for Afghanistan
As per request, Here are some links to online donation sites where you can help to make difference in Afghan children’s lives. Winter is coming and they need you the most.
National Geographic Afghans Children fund
Afghan aid
Afghanistan my last tour blog by Rex a US air force who accepts donations for Afghan children
Spirit of America
Help the children of Afghanistan
Afghan children...
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Happy new year!
Wish you all a happy new year! I wanted to thank all my followers. We have reached 10,000 followers, mainly thanks to tumblr staff for picking my blog in Spotlight under Culture category. I apologize again for not being able to answer most of your question, I’m trying to answer them as much as i can still few left. 2011 had many ups and downs for Afghanistan. I hope 2012 will be a much...
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FBI removes Mullah Omar's name from list of most... →
“So there is no question of him being removed from our list,” said a spokesman for FBI, which maintains a list of most wanted terrorists responsible for attacks inside the US.
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glamorousxfashion asked: This blog is very inspiring, and before I knew anything about Afghanistan, people always said to me that they are very bad people, but really, they are just like any ordinary people. Some people don't anything about Afghanistan and they just quickly judge. I think Afghanistan is a beautiful country.
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The jews of Afghanistan
The Jews of Afghanistan have a history of 2,500 years in this country. They arrived in this area after the Babylonian Exile and the Persian conquest. The first traces concerning the Jewish population of Afghanistan are dated from the seventh century. They concern the Jews living the town of Ghor. The discovery of a Jewish cemetery in this city in 1946 testifies to the existence of a large and...
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'Afghan civilians killed for no reason' →
Sat Dec 24, 2011 3:50PM GMT - Tahir Safi, an advisor to Karzai, told reporters on Saturday that one child, who had climbed a tree on December 13, was among the 21 civilians killed by US-led forces. “Our delegation found that a child who went up a tree to collect leaves for sheep was killed in the bombing by the NATO chopper without any pre-coordination with the Kandahar...
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myshoesfitssoperfectly asked: Australian officials find $30 million worth of drugs - australia is a multi cultural multi racial country... if the man is caucasion he is reported as being caucasion , if the man is middle eastern he is reported as being middle eastern RELIGION NEVER COMES INTO IT AND NEITHER DOES TERRORISM .. AS an aussie REAding this Im astounded. you should remove this as us aussie people do not defame Islam....
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US says Taliban is not enemy →
WASHINGTON (PAN): In an indication of a major shift in the American policy toward the Taliban, Obama Administration officials on Monday said that those who ruled Kabul before 9/11 were not the US’s enemies.
“Look, the Taliban per se is not our enemy. That’s critical,” US Vice President Joe Biden told Newsweek magazine in an interview.
“There is not a single statement that the (US)...
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relation-to-reality asked: This blog is not only beautiful, but also inspirational. I personally have no relation to Afghanistan (I'm a Caucasian whose family originates in Europe), but I have a huge curiosity for other countries and cultures. I think it's sad that, in America, the media shows us only the bad parts of a country with such amazing culture and history. Hopefully Americans will be able to see past the...
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US forces kill pregnant Afghan woman →
US forces have killed a pregnant Afghan woman and injured four other women in a house raid in Afghanistan’s southeastern Paktia Province, Press TV reports.
(if this was done by Taliban or someone else it would have been the headlines for weeks like the rape victim, but no. Since the US had done it, no one even cares! )
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Afghanistan won by 8 runs and are CHAMPIONS of...
Batting first, Afghanistan posted a total of 125, losing all its wickets in the penultimate ball of the innings. Gulbodin Naib scored 57 off 50 balls, as Mohammed Nabi scored 24 quick runs towards the end. Despite Munir Dar’s 5 wickets, Afghanistan scored more than run a ball.
The chase was not going to be too easy, due to the presence of Hamid Hasan, who had only leaked a single boundary...
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eniaz-deactivated20120303 asked: Your blog is beautiful. The pictures and stories bring tears to my eyes. Im from Eastern Europe but i married an Afghan man and am absolutely in love with culture, the people, history, everything about it. My family makes fun of me that i have more Afghan flags/items in my house than from my own country. :D