Saving Mes Aynak

Mes Aynak is a Gandharan Buddhist monastic complex that saw its golden years between the 5th and 7th centuries AD.  The site is a treasure trove of historical information and has yielded hundreds of statues, relics and stupas. Archaeologists have also begun to unearth a 5000 year old Bronze Age site under the Buddhist remains.  The location of Mes Aynak is unfortunate, but is also the reason for its existence.  The name literally means ‘little source of copper’. This is an understatement and what actually lies below the ancient structures is the second largest copper deposit in the world.  While this was the source of the success of the site’s early growth, it is now the cause of its woes. More>>>

Ancient Herat

Herat is an ancient city. Once the capital of an empire that stretched from Iran to China, it takes great pride in its cultural legacy. The five remaining minarets of the Musalla Complex are the most famous attraction, and a major part of Herat’s bid to be named a Unesco World Heritage Centre. Built in the 15th century, the complex was a wonder of its age. But in 1885, the British, fearing a Russian attack, blew it up, leaving only a few minarets. It was an act of cultural vandalism that rivals the Taliban’s destruction of the Buddha statues of Bamiyan over a century later. More>>>

Photos of Afghanistan

A former army paratrooper from Wales took these stunning images – casting an extraordinary insight into everyday life in war-torn Afghanistan. Paul Hutchings, 41, from Cardiff, now works as a private security contractor in the country and said he wanted to offer an alternate view of it by capturing those images rarely seen or portrayed by the mass media.See the Photographs>>>

Afghanistan: Multidisciplinary Perspectives web page has recently been added to the National Geographic Education website. The Education website extends the Society’s media, expeditions, scientific fieldwork, and natural and cultural conservation. The site provides convenient and expansive educational resources to teachers, informal educators, families, and students. Lesson plans, classroom activities, reference pieces, and an interactive mapping resource will be added in the near future; providing a wide range of information on the human and geographic makeup of Afghanistan.More>>>  and Visit the Afghanistan: Multidisciplinary Perspectives Page>>>

The cowardly attack on Kabul’s well-known Taverna Restaurant on 17 January has had a devastating effect upon most of the other restaurants in Kabul, especially those who cater for foreigners. Sitting in one empty restaurant on Monday evening, staff told of how they had no customers over the week following the Taverna attack. “Just 2 or 3 take-aways, but no customers. Even some of the Afghan waiters are frightened to come to work,” one young Afghan waiter said, “and one has left this restaurant and will look for another job.”  Reports from other restaurants all sound the same.     

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The Annual Afghanistan Cricket Board Awards 2013 took place at the Intercontinental Hotel, Kabul, last week. Mohammad Nabi Eisakhil, the gentleman all-rounder and captain of Afghanistan’s National Team, was named “Player of the Year” for 2013.  Nabi led the team to qualifications for the World T20 Cup 2014 and the World Cup 2015 and described these qualifications as “a gift to a young generation.”  The talented player said with his usual humility, “I have been very lucky in my cricketing journey!”   More>>>

By Javed Hamim Kakar – KABUL (Pajhwok): Farid Ahmad Malak’s seven-wicket haul earned Afghanistan under-19 cricket team a stunning victory over Pakistan in a 45 overs friendly game in Lahore, Pakistan’s cultural capital in Punjab province, on Friday. Invited to bat first at the Gaddafi Stadium, Afghanistan set Pakistan a 267 runs target, with Hashmatullah Shaheedi hammering an unbeaten ton. More>>>

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Little is published about the huge casualties being sustained by the Afghan Naitonal Army and Police Forces.  US officials estimate that  last year more than 400 army and police were being killed in action every month.  Sergeant Muneer Ahmad is grim proof that the Afghan army is paying a heavy price in its war against the Taliban and struggling to care for its wounded.  Ahmad, 23, trod on a mine while fighting in the southern province of Kandahar six months ago. More>>>

Afghanistan’s progress in reopening schools is irreversible and will survive any political upheavals, the country’s Education Minister, Farooq Wardak, has said. Mr Wardak said local communities were driving the demand for education and would protect schools after the withdrawal of overseas forces. He said the Taliban were guaranteeing the safety of schools in some regions. The minister said by 2020 every child would have a primary place. Mr Wardak promised that an equal number of boys and girls would be being enrolled, by the same date. More>>>

It appears that young Afghan athletes are now a target for violent attacks.  Recently, unknown gunmen shot dead two young men returning from a sports complex in north-eastern Takhar province, three young men who were playing football were killed after militants attacked a football ground in Maiwand district of Kandahar province and gunmen also assassinated five young men in eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan while they were playing volleyball.  More>>>

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry held a review session on the agricultural activity of Afghanistan for the past year on Wednesday in Kabul. Muhammad Asif Rahimi, Minister of Irrigation and Livestock, said, “Agriculture in Afghanistan is moving towards commercialization”.  He added that private sector investment is needed in the production and distribution of agriculture machine tools, dairy product packaging, agricultural medicine production, and the growing of medicinal plants. More>>>

KABUL – Women’s rights in Afghanistan have regressed in the past year, increasing worry about what the future holds, according to a Human Rights Watch report released Thursday. The comprehensive global report outlines actions it says the Afghan government has taken to specifically undermine rights for women and girls.  Among those actions was a parliamentary attempt to appeal the groundbreaking law on the “Elimination of Violence Against Women,” which was passed by presidential decree in 2009. More>>>  and See the Full Report>>>

Four thousand homes have been built in Afghanistan after a successful landmine-clearing project financed by the UAE destroyed more than 11,000 of the devastating devices. The two-year, US$25 million (Dh91.8m) Emirates Mine Clearance Project Afghanistan recently ended. The work was done in Kandahar Province and administered by the United Nations Mine Action Service. More>>>

KABUL, Afghanistan — A $200 million U.S.-funded program to bolster literacy rates in Afghanistan’s security forces has been plagued by weak oversight and accountability, according to a report from federal inspectors published Tuesday that suggests half of Afghan police and soldiers still might not be able to read or write. More>>>

Recent exploration of rare volcanic rocks in the rugged, dangerous desert of southern Afghanistan has identified world-class concentrations of rare earth elements, the prized group of raw materials that are essential in the manufacture of many modern technologies, from electric cars to solar panels. So far, geologists say, they have mapped one million metric tons of these critical elements, which include lanthanum, cerium and neodymium. That’s enough to supply the world’s rare earth needs for 10 years based on current consumption.  More>>>

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