http://www.bamdad.af/ en Copyright 2011 news Bamdad News - Afghanistan http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1607 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1607#When:06:38:13Z Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:38:13 +0000 Society and Culture, By Zahir Eztarabi
According to analysts, the mining and excavation of Afghanistan’s precious minerals and natural resources hold the potential to catalyze massive economic growth and enhance the livelihoods of tens of thousands of Afghans across the country. However, transparency, organization, and investment are needed to push forward this growth. ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1591 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1591#When:06:24:43Z Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:24:43 +0000 Society and Culture, By Asar Hakimi
Sahar Gul, a new bride of 15 years of age, has been badly tortured by her in-law’s family for almost six months in the northeastern region of Baghlan province, but she is still alive. Sahar’s story has brought attention to an endemic problem of violence against women occurring throughout Afghanistan. In doing so, her story has raised the question: is violence against women a social contagion with no cure? ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1583 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1583#When:06:25:45Z Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:25:45 +0000 Society and Culture, By: Hamidullah Habibi
Kabul Municipality recently conducted an extensive campaign to clean up the city’s center, removing countless street vendors and placing them in designated areas around the city. The campaign has cleaned up many streets and improved traffic, but street vendors are increasingly concerned about their livelihoods. ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1584 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1584#When:06:14:56Z Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:14:56 +0000 Society and Culture, By: Hamidullah Habibi http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1545 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1545#When:07:46:20Z Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:46:20 +0000 Society and Culture, By Fatima Rezayee
BAMIAN – Rahila sits in front of her house, intent on her lessons. But she is not a schoolgirl – she is a 30-year old mother of three who has recently begun a literacy course in her village in the Aizdah area of Bamian city. ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1558 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1558#When:06:46:21Z Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:46:21 +0000 Society and Culture, By Humaira Ghamsar
MAZAR-E-SHARIF – Sumira Aziz, 20, has been playing ping pong in Mazar-e-Sharif’s Table Tennis Club for almost one year. She is a 12th grade student at the Hashim Barat Girls High School. ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1522 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1522#When:09:11:35Z Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:11:35 +0000 Society and Culture, By Sayeed Suliaman
NANGARHAR – This southeastern province was once famous for poppy cultivation, heroin processing, and drug trafficking. Now, for the first time, farmers are trying something new, and legal: saffron. ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1503 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1503#When:04:38:46Z Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:38:46 +0000 Society and Culture, By Hayatullah Ghahiz
JALALABAD–The Kunar River is wide and high these days, but the water is not being used to benefit Afghanistan. Instead, due to the inactivity of the provincial government in Kunar, say residents, this precious resource flows unchecked into neighboring Pakistan. ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1421 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1421#When:06:49:55Z Thu, 15 Sep 2011 06:49:55 +0000 Society and Culture, By Fatima Rezaee
BAMIAN – Najiba Amini wants to be a reporter so much she is willing to overcome almost any obstacle to reach her goal. ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1417 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1417#When:05:39:19Z Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:39:19 +0000 Society and Culture, By Zahir Eztarabi
Many Kabul residents have been deterred from their normal celebration of the end of Ramadan by exorbitant prices on traditional Eid treats. ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1402 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1402#When:06:44:57Z Mon, 29 Aug 2011 06:44:57 +0000 Society and Culture, By Esa Roshan
According to the governor, paving the roads will step up the pace of development in education, health and tourism. ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1382 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1382#When:05:08:05Z Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:08:05 +0000 Society and Culture, By Hamidullah Habibi
Afghan businessmen, particularly real estate brokers, are contemplating the proposed drawdown of international forces with dismay. The threat of insecurity is depressing property values and making potential buyers nervous. ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1348 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1348#When:08:50:14Z Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:50:14 +0000 Society and Culture, By Adela
Young women in various districts of Nangarhar province are unable to continue past primary school due to a lack of female teachers at the secondary and higher levels, say residents. While officials in the Nangarhar Department of Education accept that the problem exists, they say that they are working to reduce the difficulties ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1299 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1299#When:06:39:22Z Tue, 05 Jul 2011 06:39:22 +0000 Society and Culture, By Nazir Ayubi
Ms. Sadaat Ghulami decided to learn to drive the night her baby son got sick. Sadaat was all alone, with no means of transportation, and no one around to help her. ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1260 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1260#When:09:49:29Z Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:49:29 +0000 Society and Culture, By: Sayed Suliman
Insecurity and a growing disappointment with the government have spurred farmers in the eastern province of Nangarhar to return to poppy cultivation. ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1244 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1244#When:08:50:38Z Sun, 05 Jun 2011 08:50:38 +0000 Society and Culture, By Tahira Bakhshi
Bamian’s female cops show that women can defy cultural stereotypes to make it in a man’s world. Captain Naheed Rezaee, the first Afghan Police Officer in Bamian, is one of these female cops. ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1240 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1240#When:07:27:13Z Sun, 05 Jun 2011 07:27:13 +0000 Society and Culture, By Ismail Temor
An entrepreneur in the northern province of Balkh harnesses the wind to provide water and electricity for the people of his area. “We are grateful to Rahim for his initiative,” said Toor Gul, a resident of the town. ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1225 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1225#When:06:56:56Z Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:56:56 +0000 Society and Culture, By Ekramullah Habibi
Local residents claim that the Kuchis are letting their animals graze on private lands, and want the nomads to stop. The Kuchis insist that it is the local residents who are encroaching on their traditional pastures. ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1213 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1213#When:05:45:56Z Sun, 29 May 2011 05:45:56 +0000 Society and Culture, By Abdullah Saljuqi
Provincial medical officials are concerned about the rising number of female addicts in Herat province. According to statistics prepared by the Herat Department of Public Health, there are 60,000 addicts in the province, of which 6,000 are women. ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1196 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1196#When:09:32:25Z Mon, 23 May 2011 09:32:25 +0000 Society and Culture, By Wida Nazari
Many young women graduating from university journalism programs in Herat province say that cultural tradition and social attitudes make it difficult for them to be able to work in their field.  ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1194 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1194#When:08:44:43Z Mon, 23 May 2011 08:44:43 +0000 Society and Culture, By Zmarai Hewad
The minority Hindu and Sikh population in Nangarhar are dealing with numerous problems in trying to send their children to school. Faced with discrimination and a lack of attention from the government, they are asking for help.  ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1189 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1189#When:11:10:39Z Sat, 21 May 2011 11:10:39 +0000 Society and Culture, By Zahir Ezterabi
One man’s campaign to develop schools has led to astounding success in one district of Balkh province. At 58 years old, Rostayee looks back with satisfaction on his life and his career. ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1183 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1183#When:08:22:19Z Wed, 18 May 2011 08:22:19 +0000 Society and Culture, By Sadaat Shad
One of Afghanistan’s richest cultural sites is under threat from time, war, and marauders. But the government has a plan to save it. Naqib Ahmad Atal, who lives across from the Hadda site, says “This museum may disappear entirely, if the government, particularly the Ministry of Information and Culture, does not pay strict attention,” ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1177 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1177#When:05:06:52Z Tue, 17 May 2011 05:06:52 +0000 Society and Culture, By Zahir Ezterabi
A widow is forced by life’s hardships to take on hard labor to feed her family. Shamsia, 38, is a widow. Driven by necessity, she now works as a gardener in the Balkh Department of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock. Shamsia has experienced many ups and downs in her life and she has learned how to deal with problems. “Women can do anything,” she said proudly. ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1166 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1166#When:09:20:41Z Wed, 11 May 2011 09:20:41 +0000 Society and Culture, By Ahmad Zalmai Barakzai
HERAT – It is commonplace in Afghanistan for a family to rejoice at the birth of a son, less so if the baby is a girl. But this, according to Soraya Pakzad, head of the Voice of Afghan Women organization in Herat, is shortsighted and counterproductive. ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1123 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1123#When:05:23:35Z Wed, 20 Apr 2011 05:23:35 +0000 Society and Culture, By Shakiba Mohid
MAZAR-E-SHARIF – Abdul Hai still remembers his pomegranate orchard in past years, bursting with fruit. The 65-years-old resident of the Khulm district of Balkh is busy cutting back his pomegranate trees, assisted by two of his sons. ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1113 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1113#When:06:56:53Z Mon, 18 Apr 2011 06:56:53 +0000 Society and Culture, By Khiarullah Hamedi
Bamian, the tiny jewel in the heart of Afghanistan, is trying to become the nation’s first ski resort. “In the past, a lot of foreigners went through our village on the way to these mountains during the winter,” said 18-year-old Ali Shah, his face red with the cold. He lives in the Dar-e-Khoshkak area of Bamian city. “I was wondering, why are they coming? But now I know that we have a good place for winter sports here.” ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1111 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1111#When:04:50:48Z Mon, 18 Apr 2011 04:50:48 +0000 Society and Culture, By Abdul Rahman Saeed
KANDAHAR – More and more farmers in Kandahar province are taking advantage of a new project designed to wean them away from poppy cultivation. The Afghan government, with funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is engaged in a pilot project to convince farmers to replace poppy with saffron, based on positive results from similar projects in Herat and Balkh provinces. ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1070 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1070#When:04:51:00Z Mon, 11 Apr 2011 04:51:00 +0000 Society and Culture, By: Mohammad Ismail Temor
MAZAR-E-SHARIF – Mohammad Esa could not believe his eyes. The 50-year-old resident of Herat province, who was taking his family to Mazar-e-Sharif for the traditional New Year’s celebration of Mela-e-Gul Surkh (“Red Flower Festival”) saw a railway line running long the Kabul-Mazar-e-Sharif main road, in the area of Nayab Abad.   ]]> http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1000 http://www.bamdad.af/english/story/1000#When:06:31:46Z Mon, 04 Apr 2011 06:31:46 +0000 Society and Culture, By Zafar Bamiani
BAMIAN – Ali Reza, a 20-year-old resident of Bamian city, has been using drugs for three years now. “One of my friends persuaded me to try opium,” said the pale-faced Ali. “I did not realize right away that I was addicted. But now I use heroin because opium can no longer take away my pain.” ]]>