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Bacha Bazi, the ugly life of Afghanistan’s “dancing boys”

March 9, 2017 By Sayed Hamed

Who are the Bacha Bazi in Afghanistan?

The nefarious custom of “Bacha Bazi” has centuries of history in central Asia, but only Afghanistan kept it to the day. What is the practice of Bacha Bazi? Bacha means “boy”, while Bazi has two meanings, “dance” and “play”, but when the two words are used together they can have more than one meaning, such as “dancing […]

Filed Under: Society

“Butcher of Kabul” removed from UN black list. Who is Gulbuddin Hekmatyar?

March 2, 2017 By Sayed Hamed

Who is Gulbuddin Hekmatyar?

It’s recent news that Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, known as the butcher of Kabul and Rocket Yar, rocket lover, has been removed from UN black list. But who is Gulbudding Hekmatyar? Sunni Pashtun born in 1947 in Kunduz Province’s Imam Sahib District, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar founded Hezb-e Islami Party in 1975 recruiting members from the Muslim Youth, Islamist organization of students […]

Filed Under: Corruption, From the Frontline, Politics

New surge of sectarian violence in Afghanistan

January 10, 2017 By Sayed Hamed

New surge of sectarian violence in Afghanistan

Recent reports reveal there is a new surge of sectarian violence in Afghanistan where Shiite Imams and influential elders have been under attack and killed. It started last year with the murder of Azizullah Najafi, a Shia member of Herat provincial council, followed with the killing of Shia scholar Sayed Younis, and a few months later […]

Filed Under: From the Frontline, Society

Talks over security in Afghanistan between Russia, China and Pakistan

December 29, 2016 By Sayed Hamed

Talks in Moscow over security in Afghanistan

These days talks over security in Afghanistan are being held in Moscow, Russia, even though no representative from the Afghan government has been invited. This is the reason why officials from the Afghan National Unity Government (NUG) have expressed their concern regarding the meeting that is taking place between China, Pakistan and Russia in Moscow. Ahmad Shakib, spokesman […]

Filed Under: Politics

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