Finally- A potential solution to 200 000Afs weddings

Finally! A way out to these expensive weddings. In the west, an average afghan wedding costs no less than $20 000 (compliments to the brides side of the family who encourages the groom to spend more thinking it will increase the value of the to-be wife… WRONG!).
The trend is ongoing in Afghanistan, many spend thousands [...]

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Helmand: A Kinder, Gentler Taleban?

Institute for War & Peace Reporting, UK 08/21/2007By Aziz Ahmad Tassal
As combat operations rage across Helmand province, Musa Qala district is quiet – and firmly under Taleban control.Musa Qala, in the north of Helmand province, is unusually peaceful these days. Children are getting ready to go to newly-opened schools, and farmers in this opium-rich region [...]

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i dont know what to write here.

What’s the point of life, if the conclusion is death?What’s the point of fate, if the conclusion is death?What’s the point of prayers, if the conclusion is death?What’s the point of hope, if the conclusion is death?
My uncles wedding took place last night, it was a good wedding. the Henna night was even better, it [...]

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Fifteen years in jail for love

By Graeme Smith August 18 – Mr. Rahman, in a soft voice, the unravelling of a tale that starts a decade ago with a child fleeing the slums to find his fortune, and the love that lured him into prison. (Globe and Mail)
“Have you ever heard The saddest story in this prison?”
In the [...]

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Kandahar, the most heard place of Afghanistan.

Signs of life in Kandahar
Boy was i surprised when i saw the above picture, i had heard that Kandahar is much more advanced than Kabul but i didnt believe it. i continued to believe that Kandahar residential places were similar to that of Kabul villages. I guess not, huh?the photo proved me wrong. Kandahar [...]

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