It’s a job plenty of people would dream of, and it’s not your typical nine-to-five. Oliver Percovich is the founder of Skateistan, a non-profit organisation that uses skateboarding to connect with children around the world. It’s something he started after following his girlfriend to Kabul to work as a researcher. However stepping out for a quick skate one night instantly captivated the local kids and led to a life of its own.  More>>>

Three decades of war resulted in a high number of people dying or missing. Many children lost their parents or were separated from them. Additional children are often treated as household servants and free child labour. Orphans girls are in a particularly vulnerable position. Considering this reality, Shuhada Organization has established 3 orphanages in Bamyan and Ghazni provinces that house 186 girls and boys. The children are cared by nine widows who live within the facility.  More>>>

This book of interviews between Deborah Ellis and the kids of Kabul is heart wrenching and eye opening. We all hear of the injustices of Afghanistan rule, especially towards women and children, but hearing firsthand accounts of children really gives the reader a new perspective. The children of Kabul want to learn so eagerly that they will study in secret!  More>>>

The English Writer Kabul

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The Kabul Stadium has been non-stop activity this week as the National “A” Team takes part in a coaching camp preparing for a tour to Pakistan.  The camp is being led by the team’s coaches under the expert guidance of Australian Coach, Peter Anderson. “Some of these young players have great potential as future National Team members,” Peter said as he watched the net practice, “We have some excellent young bowlers and batsmen here. This looks good for the future and makes me think that Test Cricket is not too far away.”  More>>>

Recently the  2014 Afghanistan Women’s National Championship was held at the newly built ICRC gymnasium in Kabul. This was the first time the two cities have played against each other in official-length five-on-five competition and the first time the games have taken place in an indoor setting with a real scoreboard, shot clocks and no dust storms. It was the dawning of a new level of professionalism for wheelchair basketball in Afghanistan, and wonderful that the women were the ones to usher it into being.  More>>>

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WFP Food Assistance

The World Food Programme provides emergency food assistance to vulnerable people in informal settlements in Kabul. The informal settlement in Sarak Panj Proja Tamani is just one of around 50 settlements in Kabul, housing anywhere from a few families to over 6,000 people. But most Kabul Informal Settlements (KIS) share some similarities: poor access to clean drinking and household water, poor hygiene and sanitation. More>>>

Afghanistan floods death toll rises to 127MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — At least 127 people died and hundreds of villagers were displaced after flash floods ravaged northern Afghanistan, disaster authorities said Sunday. The deputy governor of Afghanistan’s northern Jowzjan province told that as a result of the flood at least 66 people had died, 36 are missing and another 15,000 had been displaced. Initial reports indicate that Jowzjan is the worst affected province in the region. More>>>

In the interview he says “I am proud to say that it was a woman — my mother — who decided my fate. My mother sent me to school, while my father wanted to send me to a religious school. I praise her, because I was not old enough to decide. She made the decision for me. Fortunately, we all benefited from the wisdom of a woman who supported her children to continue to the highest educational levels. These days, I owe much of my life to my wife, who is herself a well-educated woman.” More>>>

The University of Central Asia (UCA) and Aga Khan Foundation, Afghanistan, which are both part of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), on April 19 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Badakhshan University (BU) in Afghanistan to establish a continuing education unit at BU. Under the agreement, UCA’s School of Continuing and Professional Education (SPCE) will develop the professional competencies of instructors who will teach in the BU Continuing Education Unit, leading to their international certification.  More>>>

(Reuters) – A $375 million hole in the Afghan budget is threatening public projects and civil servants’ salaries, officials say, putting the aid-dependent economy under stress just as Afghanistan awaits a new leader and foreign troops prepare to go home. “If the political situation of the country does not become normal and businesses do not start again soon this problem will become even more worrying,” Alhaj Muhammad Aqa, director general of the treasury at the finance ministry, told Reuters on Wednesday. More>>>