TV Review | 'A Woman Among Warlords': A Woman Finds Her Place in the Afghan Power Struggle
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An enthralling documentary follows the Afghan politician Malalai Joya through the final months of campaigning for her countryâs National Assembly in 2005.
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Women can be elected to parliament, but six years after the fall of the Taliban less than 30% of girls are enrolled in schools. Their absence could be Afghanistan's next crisis
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LONDON -- She's lived in Iraq for three decades and has been a passionate advocate for its people, arguing against the US-led invasion, but humanitarian worker Margaret Hassan finds herself a pawn as the latest hostage in the conflict gripping her adopted homeland.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Elections heralded as the dawn of democracy in war-ravaged Afghanistan will be hijacked by warlords able to intimidate voters and candidates to entrench their own power, a leading rights group warned today.
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Her enemies range from al-Qaeda to the military, but whoever is reponsible, the attempt on her life could have a chilling effect on her supporters
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When President Hamid Karzai sacked Afghanistan&#39;s most powerful provincial governor and his own close rival at the weekend, protesters in the western city of Herat
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As a travelogue and an exercise in improving foreign relations, the History Channelâs show on martial arts is charming and, despite its subject matter, harmless.
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Afghan women find economic freedom, dietary benefits in vegetable crops.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- The room was carpeted and cozy, warm from the wood stove and filled with the chatter of children. But the tales their mothers and older sisters told recently, speaking hesitantly even in the safety of a guarded private shelter, were bone-chilling.
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Afghanistan is hosting its first post-Taliban theater festival and it includes a prominent role for women.
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Nicholas Kristof (&quot;Afghan women still in thrall,&quot; Views, Oct. 7) draws a depressing picture of life for Afghan women today, two years after George W. Bush announced that they were &quot;at last free.
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Her followers are ecstatic, but terrorists are gunning for her and crises are erupting even as she seeks to form a ruling troika with Musharraf and the military
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From the blood-thirsty to the philosophical, the militant Taliban movement is cast in many roles in a new Bollywood film about war-ravaged Afghanistan.
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History is being made in Afghanistan, as the country takes part in its first-ever presidential election. But while most Afghans are enthusiastic, the candidates challenging interim President Hamid Karzai claim
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As militancy surges in Pakistan's remote tribal areas, girls' schools have become targets. Despite the threats, girls' enrollment has continued to rise. Part 3 of three.
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First female leader of a Muslim country in modern times had envisioned a democratic, moderate future
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MASOODA Jalal has been clocking up some high mileage on the campaign trail for Afghanistanâs presidential election. The only woman candidate to stand in the October 9 vote, Jalal