Ancient Buddha statues smashed by Taliban restored by Kabul Museum

Archaelogists and restoration experts have reassembled and restored several statues, including the magnificiant and ancient Buddha statues, smashed by the Taliban during their rule. The painstakingly reassembled objects include the cross-legged, 2nd or 3rd century A.D. Bodhisatva Sidhartha, which has now been restablished at a place of pride at the top of the Kabul Museum’s staircase. The larger than life-size beautiful statue had been reduced to shards by Taliban fanatics. People like veteran restorer at the museum, Abdullah Hakimzada, who has spent the past 33 years working at the museum, are proud to have collected pieces of the smashed statues. More>>>

“I call this time ‘the era of awareness’”

This is an interview with Dr Humaira Qaderi, an Afghan writer and women’s rights activist. She was a teenager during the years of the Taliban, when girls were forbidden from going to school and libraries were closed. Qaderi read whatever she could find and attended underground women’s writing classes, at great risk to her family and herself. Today, alongside her writing and activism, Qaderi is a university professor and senior advisor to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.  More>>>

Afghanistan orders mass vaccinations after polio case

Afghanistan has reported its first case of polio since 2001 after doctors diagnosed a 3-year-old with the illness. It is believed the sick child contracted the disease through her father, a taxi driver who often drives to Pakistan where polio is endemic as polio strain in the two countries is identical.  The Afghan health ministry immediately ordered a mass ordered a vaccination campaign across the capital.More>>>  and More>>>

UNHCR this week welcomed a new national policy in Afghanistan on the rights of the internally displaced people (IDP). Launched in Kabul, Afghanistan’s new IDP policy seeks to ensure the protection of rights of the displaced, aims to find solutions for people affected by conflict and natural disasters and sets out the roles and responsibilities of the different government ministries, humanitarian and other partners. More>>>

On Saturday 8th February 2014, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) published its annual report on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict in Afghanistan for 2013 covering the period 1 January to 31 December 2013. The report indicates an escalation of civilian casualties from 2012 and attributes 74% of all civilian deaths and injuries to Anti-Government elements.  More>>>  and See the Report>>>

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The Afghanistan Under-19 cricket team left for Dubai this week to participate in ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.  Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) officials said Saturday that ICC Under-19 cricket world cup is due to start from 14 February and will continue until early March. The Afghanistan Cricket Board chairman, Shahzada Masoud told reporters that the Afghan Under-19 cricket team will face Australia, Bangladesh and Namibia in ICC Under-19 world cup in Dubai.  More>>>

Australia is targeting to win its fourth title though its previous three victories have come in more familiar territories (Australia in 1998 and New Zealand in 2002 and 2010). Afghanistan will be the dark horse in Group B of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2014 starting on 14 February. The group also includes Australia, Bangladesh and Namibia. Bangladesh reached the quarter-finals in 2012 in Australia and won the Plate Championship in 1998 and 2004, but Afghanistan is a side that is capable of causing an upset. More>>>

Kabul:  Afghanistan is synonymous with suicide bombers and air-strikes. But, there is another dimension that isn’t highlighted. It is a country of 31 million people, who are like people anywhere else. For people caught in the crossfire, Afghanistan’s meteoric rise in the cricketing world is as incredible as it is full of romance. In just nine years after the Taliban fall, Afghanistan literally picked itself up from its boot-straps in the cricketing world. More>>>

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A party from Afghanistan is to pay a knowledge-sharing visit to England, as part of a programme to foster the development of football in the war-torn country and aid the nation-building process that the west is keen to see take root.   The expedition, expected later this year, will include visits to Wembley, St George’s Park, the Football Association’s national football centre at Burton upon Trent, and other facilities, as well as meetings and workshops with FA and Premier League executives. Two sponsored places for Afghan coaches on the FA international licence course at St George’s Park from September have also been set aside.  More>>>

Presidential campaigns are heating up in Afghanistan as major candidates have faced off in the first televised debate. The participating nominees included Abdullah Abdullah, Ashraf Ghani, Zalmi Rasool, Qayum Karzai and Rahim Wardak. They discussed issues ranging from the Taliban to the future of foreign troops in Afghanistan. They also outlined their working plans after being elected as the country’s new president. More>>>

Some polished politicians are standing alongside notorious ex-jihadist warlords in the upcoming test of Afghanistan’s emerging democracy.  The article features short profiles of some of the key candidates in the up-coming Afghanistan elections.  More>>>

Captured NATO army dog “Colonel” is putting the bite on his Taliban captors in Afghanistan for people food and blankets. The NATO military dog captured by the Taliban in a fierce fire fight won’t eat the gruel that local Afghan mutts wolf down. So his captors have had to cook up a human diet of chicken and beef kebabs for the reddish-brown Belgian Malinois, the terror group said Friday. And unlike local dogs who will sleep anywhere, the Taliban had to find blankets for their prized catch.  More>>>  and See the Taliban Video that went Viral>>>

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, agreed Friday to further advance the relations between their countries. The two leaders are in this Russian resort city for the opening ceremony of the 22nd Winter Olympic Games. China, Xi said, attaches great importance to its relations with Afghanistan, and stands ready to maintain high-level exchanges and promote communication and cooperation between them, so as to push forward the development of bilateral ties.  More>>>

In a bid to improve the security system of Kabul International Airport, the government of Japan donated about $43 million dollars to the Afghan government. At the signing ceremony of the agreement with Japanese Ambassador to Kabul Hiroshi Takashi, the Afghan foreign minister Zarar Ahmad Moqbil Osmani said the project was aimed at strengthening the security system, installing modern security facilities, scanning machines, X-Ray and metal detectors. He added construction of an international passenger building and provision of transportation busses were also included in the project.More>>>

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