June 21, 2010

Pentagon money could be funding insurgents

Investigators are examining allegations that Afghan security firms have been extorting as much as $4 million a week […]
June 1, 2010

Afghan president takes ‘personal interest’ in suspended NGOs

The Afghan government has suspended two Christian aid groups after a TV show reported they were proselytising, which […]
April 29, 2010

Malalai Joya

In the Time 100, Ayaan Hirsi Ali profiles Malalai Joya, who in spite of numerous obstacles was able […]
February 22, 2010

Bodies found gagged, bound after Afghan ‘honor killing’

Four people found dead in a southeastern Afghan compound appear to be victims of an honor killing, a […]
October 29, 2009

Afghan girls burn themselves to escape marriage

Many girls in Afghanistan engage in acts of self-immolation to escape forced marriages. via:[http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/10/29/2112069.aspx]
July 20, 2009

Afghan Star shows a people recovering from radical Islam

People came from all over Afghanistan to compete in Kabul’s competition show Afghan Star: there’s the wonderful sight […]
July 8, 2009

Kashmiri women lift veil, eye career in the skies

Far from the violence and unrest that have marred the capital of disputed Kashmir, a group of young […]
May 27, 2009

Afghan women fight on

In the troubled east and south of Afghanistan, Taliban are burning girls’ schools and throwing acid in the […]
May 26, 2009

‘If We Now Kill Schoolgirls, You Shouldn’t Be Surprised’

Responding to threats from the Taliban, at least 10 girls’ schools have shut down near Kunduz in northern […]
May 17, 2009

Women’s Rights Activist Named Afghanistan’s Person Of The Year

Radio Free Afghanistan has named Anarkali Honaryar, a 25-year-old dentist and women’s rights activist, as its Person of […]
May 2, 2009

Residents in Pakistan’s Swat Valley resign themselves to strict Islamic laws

When the straggly-haired holy warriors took over his village in Pakistan’s Swat valley, 18-year-old Fawad Ali resigned himself […]
April 30, 2009

Analysis: E Pluribis Islam?

Irshad Manji writes about some of the difficulties reformist Muslims face. via:[http://www.newsweek.com/id/195490]
April 15, 2009

Afghan Women Protest New Law on Home Life

Kabul, Afghanistan: The young women stepped off the bus and moved toward the protest march just beginning on […]
April 14, 2009

Taleban ‘kill love affair couple’

The Taleban in Afghanistan have publicly killed a young couple who they said had tried to run away […]
April 7, 2009

Germany’s Merkel blasts Afghan marital law

German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed Afghanistan’s president to review carefully a new law that critics say legalizes marital […]
March 27, 2009

Afghan women hit by stones at rally against marital law

A group of some 1,000 Afghans swarmed a demonstration of 300 women protesting against a new conservative marriage […]