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Che begaam az dasteh tu ay roozegaar, be tu chi mereseh az shekasteh mann…

A bus carrying dozens of Afghan soldiers in Kabul was ripped apart by a powerful bomb on Saturday morning, in an attack blamed on Taleban insurgents. (Source: BBC News)

I have lost count of the number of suicide bomb attacks in Kabul [...]

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It’s official (according to me) winter is here! My jacket has come out and i think soon enough it will be my scarf, gloves and boots. I resent cold weather! But i’m looking forward to snow season.
I forgot to mention yesterday, i dreamt of this wall size fish tank. It was the most beautiful piece [...]

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Kabul in pictures II

Mud houses
Can you see Hamid Karzai? The yellow sarachas (station wagons) are taxis.
The famous pakool. Guess who? Qahramaane millee Afghanistan (the National hero of Afghanistan) Ahmad Shah Masood.

Near Deh Afghanan or Foroushgah. Its dirty and smelly, but i enjoy it! It’s part of Kabul.

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It looks like my blog is reaching the public out there. Far more than i think. I was surprised to find my entry quoted in Joshua Foust’s site (http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/author/joshua-foust/). Foust was named Time magazines Person of the Year in 2006.
I guess it’s partly due to the reason that it has been listed in http://afghanistan-analyst.org/blogs.aspx
Kabul has [...]

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Gone to the Unseen

I dedicate this poem to my grandfather. May he RIP.
Gone to the Unseen
At last you have departed and gone to the Unseen. What marvelous route did you take from this world?Beating your wings and feathers, you broke free from this cage.
Rising up to the sky you attained the world of the soul.

You were a prized [...]

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Sayaafs gov’t cars- final preparations

Just before leaving for the funeral prayers

When an old man dies, a library burns down. – Chinese proverb
One of my most dearest family member passed away on Friday on the 2nd day of the holy month of Ramadan. My paternal grandfather with whom I lived my entire life to the true [...]

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Ramadan is nearly here!

Ahlan wa sahlan ya ramadan, Sharafta ya shahral quraan!
I was just talking to a friend and i noticed that Ramadan is just around the corner. I’m looking forward to it (as always). Its full of tranquility and good faith (i become an angel! but i’m no devil either…). it’s my first time ever experiencing Ramadan [...]

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Invited- 40, Attended- 70

my half prepared dining table…. i’m so proud!
Yeah, imagine trying to find your shoes in this mess!

Last night we had invited my aunts husband and his family (men only). i got home from work and straight to domestic duties. We had hired cooks, so only the catering was left for us.

I [...]

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BOOM! thats the sound that awoke me on Friday morning. i was too tired. i drifted back into sleep.
later on during the day, my sister asked me if she had heard the explosion. It was a suicide attack against the German NATO troops situated in the military west wing of Kabul International Airport. As usual, [...]

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