Kandahar down! Kandahar down!

6.45pm. 5 car bombs (conflicting reports say it was a truck bomb). Over 100 victims.
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’oon.
One of my colleagues cousin was killed in the attacks last night. Seeing him cry was heartbreaking.
My heart goes out to the victims and their families. God be with you.
The entire city is down, people are [...]

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Infidels, Muslims, Judgments

I just read a blog about the position homosexuals hold in Islam. I am a Muslim. I know my religion and believe in it with passion.
Some of the comments on that blog were appalling. Some even took the step of banishing homosexuals from being Muslims.
I don’t agree with the concept of homosexuality but I will [...]

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Abdullah Abdullah = Abdullah²… Counting the votes

Elections outcomes still not finalised but judging from the provincial counts, Karzai has won.
Abdullah squared reckons he has won. Highly unlikely. There’s no way he could win without a run off but he is confident he has won and won’t need a run off. I hope we don’t need a run off, it will be [...]

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E-Day

The BBC’s Harun Nazafijada in Kabul says: I can see a number of girls with make-up wearing jeans and mini-skirts voting in a school. There are women in burkas too. Many of the women voters seems to be students.
Mini skirts in Kabul???? HA! What a liar!!!  Men and women polling centres are segregated, he can’t [...]

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Elections, votes and bombs

It’s 8.57am. I’m still at home. Movement to work has been delayed.
There were two rocket attacks this morning at 0700hrs a few kms away targeting the presidential palace. I didn’t hear it (thank God).  There are also unconfirmed reports of two rocket attacks in Karteh Sey, somewhere I travel EVERYDAY.  The parliament is there and [...]

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10 things you need to know about the Afg elections

After two days of lockdown, we’ve finally been released and I’m back at work. Leona Lewis is singing Keep bleeding on my brand new iPod that I got as a birthday present from my colleagues.
I was planning on writing something about the elections but to make it more interesting, I’m going to put it this [...]

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Ashraf Ghani

I hope you win, mate!

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boom boom BOOM….

Less than an hour ago…
5 days before the presidential elections.
8.32am. Just got out of the shower, towel on my head wearing my bathrobe. Was on Facebook and checking my email.
A thunder-like noise roared. The whole house shook. My hands cupped my ears, my eyes squinting — I ducked as if to dodge a bullet. Just [...]

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Campaigning Afghan Style

I seriously think this campaigning thing is designed to confuse everyone. I definitely am! There are SO many faces and SO many billboards all over the place. There is also the provincial elections coming up so it’s basically 2 elections merged in one. The only way I can tell whether it’s provincial or presidential candidate [...]

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Happy Birthday to me!

I turn/turned 23 today and I feel no different. I spent the day at home (even though Saturdays we are required to work half day). I painted my nails, spoke to my family back home and just bludged around.
H was the first to wish me a happy birthday, we stayed up til 12.30am last night [...]

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