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Council of Sikhs Demand Reservation of Seats in the Afghan Parliament

<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Council of Sikhs Demand Reservation of Seats in the Afghan Parliament</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYFTtDwMiJ7o7FQPjkDoowRhO7KvvO3lLJc9Nyeshpu8rmsFXDQ5ItfsGJ1F3hXjSa9vRRlQ2hF56B7XShBOBjayQmEZsN5HV3RDUZ14nu0qUIrfqPJOlX3HIrqlOcNKy31A7ME4r5JnSL/s1600/sikhs-afghan-31-july-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYFTtDwMiJ7o7FQPjkDoowRhO7KvvO3lLJc9Nyeshpu8rmsFXDQ5ItfsGJ1F3hXjSa9vRRlQ2hF56B7XShBOBjayQmEZsN5HV3RDUZ14nu0qUIrfqPJOlX3HIrqlOcNKy31A7ME4r5JnSL/s1600/sikhs-afghan-31-july-13.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Council of Sikhs Demand Reservation of Seats in the Afghan ParliamentThe Central Council of Sikhs of Afghanistan (CCSA) and a number of civil society institutions on Wednesday raised their voice against the Afghan government and Parliament and accused them of violating the Constitution by ignoring the legal rights and legitimate demands of the Sikh minority.  They claimed that according to the draft Election Law, one seat was reserved for the Hindu minority and Sikhs of Afghanistan in the House of Representatives, however, the Parliament by not including it in the final Law obliterated the article and violated the Constitution.  Meanwhile, Ravi Singh, deputy head of the CCSA, mentioned that the Council had recommended a candidate for IEC membership but the President disregarded their nomination and went ahead selecting others.  The CCSA complained that their rights have always been ignored by the Afghan government and Parliament.  The CCSA also said that in the Article 22 of the Constitution, it has been clearly stated that there should be no discrimination between nationals of the country, but, the government does not want to abide by it. The CCSA is unhappy with the decision as no seat has been reserved for the Hindu minority either in the Parliament or in the Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC).  "Reservation of one seat for the Hindu minority in the Parliament is mentioned in the Constitution of Afghanistan, but this article has been deleted from the Law by the Parliament. President Karzai also ignored the nomination of one Hindu candidate for the IEC membership," said Mr. Singh.  "Hindus of Afghanistan are not Indian or Pakistani refugees, they are citizens of Afghanistan, and they have played a constructive role in the preservation of democracy. Why their demands have not been considered?" questions Ahmad Shah Estanakzai, Chairman of the Afghanistan Peace Village.  Meanwhile, a number of civil society institutions have supported the demands of the CCSA and stressed on ensuring the protection of basic rights of Hindu minority in the country.  "According to the laws, Hindus are allowed to fight for their rights, but the government has violated the Constitution of Afghanistan and has failed to honor the demands of the Hindu minority group," said Ajmal Balochzada, a civil society activist.  "Rights of the Hindu and Sikh minorities have always been ignored by the government, none of their demands are ever accepted by the government, we, the civil society institutions firmly support their demands," said Zahra Sepehr, civil society activist.  The CCSA has said that in the past, thousands of Sikhs and Hindu families were living in the country and their humanitarian and legal rights were saved. Now, since their numbers have dwindled and reached seven hundred families, the government is taking advantage of the situation and not granting them their legal rights.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Source TOLONEWS</div>

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Female Afghan Air Force pilot making history

<h1 class="title" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',times-roman,serif; font-size: 25px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 6px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Marching ahead: Afghan Air Force pilot makes history</h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqvdBeK1hsB9aX6EzGv_fF9A6zW_zSZvYRoWp0FQ79otmVeCFKJ0Wk_4toh8401O7YluuEESfXGku3HLZNfIkG07tro3G2k68uo8kZquYQEA1tn27ABFytb8fu8Fx-TYaarHAOn9MfjlN/s1600/pilot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqvdBeK1hsB9aX6EzGv_fF9A6zW_zSZvYRoWp0FQ79otmVeCFKJ0Wk_4toh8401O7YluuEESfXGku3HLZNfIkG07tro3G2k68uo8kZquYQEA1tn27ABFytb8fu8Fx-TYaarHAOn9MfjlN/s640/pilot.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="aboveUnitContent" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="userContentWrapper"><div class="_wk" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="userContent"><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_51f2f84f2fee20665605272" style="display: inline;">Kabul Air Wing pilot, and Second Lieutenant Niloofer Rahmani of the Afghan Air Force became the first woman to complete the first fixed wing combat mission on July<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">18, according to US Air Forces Central Command.<br /><br />Earlier in May, Rahmani was the first female to earn the status of pilot after completing undergraduate pilot training.<br /><br />The combat mission she flew included transporting defence ministry officials from Kabul to Kandahar in support of the government’s outreach operations.<br /><br />“When I’m flying a mission with passengers, I’m not worried about myself,” Rahmani said, adding that she cares more about making sure the passengers are safe.<br /><br />“Before, there were no female Afghan pilots, and I’m trying to change the old culture for my people,” Rahmani said explaining why reaching the milestone was important for Afghan history.<br /><br />Rahmani’s co-pilot in her inaugural flight, Captain Aaron Marx, 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group executive officer and pilot advisor said it was a great time to be a woman in the Afghan Air Force.<br /><br />“They’re making so much progress with gender integration here, that it’s rewarding to see pilots we’re advising, taking an active role in the operational transition,” he said.<br /><br />Rahmani praises her family’s role for her success.<br /><br />“My family has always been very supportive of me,” she said adding that her family always helped her do what she wanted to.<br /><br /><a href="http://tribune.com.pk/story/581669/marching-ahead-afghan-air-force-pilot-makes-history/" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://tribune.com.pk/story/581669/marching-ahead-afghan-air-force-pilot-makes-history/</a></span></div></span></div></div></div><div class="photoUnit clearfix" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px -15px; orphans: auto; position: relative; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; zoom: 1;"><div class="_53s uiScaledThumb photo photoWidth1" data-ft="{"tn":"E"}" data-gt="{"fbid":"307075132741029"}" style="float: left; position: relative;"><a class="_6i9" href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=307075132741029&set=a.112600945521783.390.103908176391060&type=1&relevant_count=1" rel="theater" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></a></div></div>

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“Voice of Afghanistan” Singer Provokes Rude Commentary

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCyM8tgcvMCg9Qs_B29jlYpD8pv1_uFSthHoxfQRpj80GHVc_D0XLZbotECDM81PqCY_Cm9yXd_rNwHFHKaopXbeN5Uj2Vf_QWBudLp1GtmPNJfaeuVTdrEwxiSci8fBzdCG-rc0Z0_UH4/s1600/aryana-sayeed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCyM8tgcvMCg9Qs_B29jlYpD8pv1_uFSthHoxfQRpj80GHVc_D0XLZbotECDM81PqCY_Cm9yXd_rNwHFHKaopXbeN5Uj2Vf_QWBudLp1GtmPNJfaeuVTdrEwxiSci8fBzdCG-rc0Z0_UH4/s400/aryana-sayeed.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><i>Editor’s note: The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>Voice of Afghanistan<i>singing competition broadcasts on Tolo TV in Afghanistan on Friday nights. The reality show began broadcasting at the end of May this year after producers selected four singers to be the coaches, including Kabul-born Aryana Sayeed.</i></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Some days ago, I saw a photo of Aryana Sayeed on her Facebook page for her fans. I came across one of her new photos where she is wearing a white, long-sleeved dress with silver ornaments and she is looking over her shoulder, so you see her back.</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Beneath the picture I read a few of the thousands of comments written by Afghan men and women. Some comments praised the singer for her beauty or expressed their love for her, but many expressed hatred. Afghan men tried to degrade her with comments like:  </div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">“Oh, your ass killed me.”</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">“What bad did you see from your front, bloody bitch, that now you show off your back?”</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">“I think you are looking for customers that you are showing off your body, anyway, it is acceptable.”</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">“You are the number one whore.”</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">“My Afghan blood boils when I see an Afghan girl sleeps with other men. Everybody blame us, Iranians and Arabs. Afghan’s heads were not down in front of anybody. This whore brought down our head in front of people.”</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">I was so disgusted. I could not believe Afghan men could be this rude just because Aryana, who lives in London, was wearing modern clothes. Being a man does not mean you can be shameless with insults and cursing. Being a man means you should behave respectfully and that you should think before you speak. Unfortunately some of the comments by women also called her “shameless” or an “infidel.”</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Some people may say that the root of these rude and vulgar opinions is religion.</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">I would say the root is a selfish, patriarchal culture that gives men authority to command women and tell them how to behave. I believe the root of this patriarchal attitude stems first from wrong upbringing and second from a lack of laws to defend women. The majority of Afghan parents give more freedom to their sons than to their daughters. Afghan boys are raised with the idea that they are better and stronger than girls.</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Afghan boys are raised to believe that corruption in a society is caused by the immodesty of women. Boys can play outside, swim in the river, and go to work, while girls need permission to go outside and often must explain where they have been. They are pressured to not wear make-up and to wear only dark colors. Always look down. Don’t laugh. Don’t make eye contact with men. If a girl is raped, many Afghan people say, “It’s her fault.”</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Some Afghan men who have been exposed to a more liberal society have learned to respect women’s freedom and their choice of clothing. But many conservative Afghan men think it is their duty to correct Afghan girls, and their “corrections” mainly take the form of insults, harassment, and beatings.</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">The people who commented on Aryana Sayeed’s photo should pay attention to their own behavior, not dictate to others. A man who insults a woman only shows how he is small and cheap.</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Afghan female artists and singers such as Aryana experience many difficulties in following their art. Does anyone care what the popular male singer Farhad Darya wears? We should not make Aryana’s journey harder with rude comments. We should allow our female artists to grow and shine.</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">By Mahnaz Article copied from <a href="http://awwproject.org/">http://awwproject.org</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Photo from Aryana Sayeed’s<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/aryanamusic" style="color: #0094d2; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>.</div><span class="martiniboy_social_list" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /><ul class="jamie_social martinileft" style="display: inline; float: left; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="martiniboy_social_list" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><li class="martinifb" style="display: inline-block; float: left; line-height: 20px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px; min-width: 90px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="display: inline-block; height: 20px; position: relative; text-align: justify; width: 71px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></li></span></ul><span class="martiniboy_social_list" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span>

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MEENA SAIFI AN AFGHAN ARTIST AFGHAN PAINTER

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxD5qHVynyVISnt99AXissTB8flQuOR-vK_McU7Xa-RbdgMx-zYfHR16DtyHgk6-uIqSL4qNzKkPGzROc3ZU7iKOaFQ8igDLfNwkwchLB2ITfjnk-2i98-Af_Eu_IPnN0PTeQnWHeoc0O9/s1600/wows.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxD5qHVynyVISnt99AXissTB8flQuOR-vK_McU7Xa-RbdgMx-zYfHR16DtyHgk6-uIqSL4qNzKkPGzROc3ZU7iKOaFQ8igDLfNwkwchLB2ITfjnk-2i98-Af_Eu_IPnN0PTeQnWHeoc0O9/s400/wows.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Introduction: </b></span><b> <span style="color: #0b5394;">Afghan artist Meena Saifi is a rising star in the world of international art.  Born in Kabul, she and her family were forced by the Afghan civil war to flee to Pakistan in the 1990s. They eventually found safe haven inRawalpindi, Islamabad. Her father Asadullah Saifi, an artist himself, built a successful school there to educate his own children and those of other Afghan refugees. From an early age Meena helped her father build the school’s curriculum, while continuing to draw and paint anything she could.Still in a refugee status, the Saifi family was forced to relocate to Peshawar in 2004. Meena’s talent was recognized there by the revered Afghan artist Ustad (Art Master) Qais Nawabi. Under his tutelage she quickly became his premier art student.  At the age of sixteen Meena’s first oil painting, “Dream,” was sold at a record price to an art collector in Germany.  The international art community began to take notice.As her work evolved, Ustad Nawabi began referring to her respectfully as “Ustad Meena.”  (Art Master Meena).  She held her first official art show in Peshawar in late 2007.  At this show another of her paintings, “Baba Panjshiri” (Panjshir Grandfather) commanded great attention and was sold to an international art investor.  Shortly afterward Meena was offered her first media interview, with Voice of America.</span></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3b7EfdtqjSS5Fmr5i4XnK-qwd4ynBrrNy0dq-JN0jNFw1lrE9NzRdROoA8sbQuOGU2O25mlvPpS5miqi-2z3HBDFvFpgQvcsk4lj3xUG1edy4rxIg7Pru_Zn6d_iZxSwnl5u17fNATwx/s1600/meen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3b7EfdtqjSS5Fmr5i4XnK-qwd4ynBrrNy0dq-JN0jNFw1lrE9NzRdROoA8sbQuOGU2O25mlvPpS5miqi-2z3HBDFvFpgQvcsk4lj3xUG1edy4rxIg7Pru_Zn6d_iZxSwnl5u17fNATwx/s400/meen.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7799UC3_WaAksqU2sif-rcnepKl9rwj2ZYyIybnCqV3d6o9dzAevCMZ4SWlQAqWpRUTvyRmP6U-8-8JR5hQpEg0MzwbSOJCoev3RxIbn_DCWcSOZH9_E3-LVNUPOAHhXVnX53GhTadl-N/s1600/meenas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7799UC3_WaAksqU2sif-rcnepKl9rwj2ZYyIybnCqV3d6o9dzAevCMZ4SWlQAqWpRUTvyRmP6U-8-8JR5hQpEg0MzwbSOJCoev3RxIbn_DCWcSOZH9_E3-LVNUPOAHhXVnX53GhTadl-N/s640/meenas.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Exclusive Interview of Meena Saifi with Voice of America TV </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/3qExUdk5vDM" width="700"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Meena Saifi's Arts</b></span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAy0JHTDRTL_I16qPdN1U0i8mR5OWObIBGyFiJ8umz80AaJjn_z3Kb8mZqSnee2asZFCIf4ULdkRcXy2wz7ooHTuzFm2xPjgaig3bH68uQfR9WkpXgSlUepRor2gLgwfAtsspOjPtBxX45/s1600/meenaart3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAy0JHTDRTL_I16qPdN1U0i8mR5OWObIBGyFiJ8umz80AaJjn_z3Kb8mZqSnee2asZFCIf4ULdkRcXy2wz7ooHTuzFm2xPjgaig3bH68uQfR9WkpXgSlUepRor2gLgwfAtsspOjPtBxX45/s400/meenaart3.jpg" width="300" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj06dK8T0NssQnGLGdJkTRU7oD7H7fUPIEZot1g-8dKh3JKENh5C8E1XmY_OYL3KjQ7-LX6tJhgxUfjeVDUrPPrgKtVVbdVzheL6D23-R8c4wEkQ_D4OHZwWFUTfuLdXk19cLlLhtxklm2O/s1600/by+Meena.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Badakhshan

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfCHhE1xs9xt1n8-XXE5uJPJ5XY8ngxXppqkWJIIUDRBh5zIQdUAy9O37gOryl6pFtR6_xnJOcRlzXB_zFJ2ky_IWNlAL2sBeGhIX84fyM9-tlLKLAtS-wpRn1O5mUkmJabvtUu-pqDu1/s1600/wakhans.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfCHhE1xs9xt1n8-XXE5uJPJ5XY8ngxXppqkWJIIUDRBh5zIQdUAy9O37gOryl6pFtR6_xnJOcRlzXB_zFJ2ky_IWNlAL2sBeGhIX84fyM9-tlLKLAtS-wpRn1O5mUkmJabvtUu-pqDu1/s1600/wakhans.jpg" width="720" /></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.1875px; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.1875px; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Badakhshan Province<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Pashto:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span lang="ps">بدخشان ولایت</span>‎ /<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Dari: استان بدخشان) is one of the thirty-four<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>provinces<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country between the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Hindu Kush<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>mountains and the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Amu Darya<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>River. It is part of a broader historical Badakhshan<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>region. The province contains 22 to 28<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>districts, over 1,200 villages, and approximately 904,700 people.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-cso_2-1" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Feyzabad serves as the provincial capital.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSabCxfg48NeqkqTbGwH7qpT9TGBiF4U1m_bEyN32EXouPARuZWxvZFhsycR8pdHG8NJ1ZEZxO63e7vhTvrE6sUN1upaUpWjkwzeanfXS6R0doggVgKOXKMz5FyE2CtZkTl4g2GkjrXC2/s1600/Badakhshan_province_of_Afghanistan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSabCxfg48NeqkqTbGwH7qpT9TGBiF4U1m_bEyN32EXouPARuZWxvZFhsycR8pdHG8NJ1ZEZxO63e7vhTvrE6sUN1upaUpWjkwzeanfXS6R0doggVgKOXKMz5FyE2CtZkTl4g2GkjrXC2/s400/Badakhshan_province_of_Afghanistan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> The northeastern province of Badakhshan has always sat slightly apart  from the rest of Afghanistan. As the plains become scrunched up into a  knot of mountains, and the Hindu Kush collides with the Pamir range, the  distance from Kabul seems to be measured in centuries as much as miles.<br />Badakhshan’s  history as well as its geography reveals this independent streak. A far  outpost of the Achaemenid empire, by the medieval period it was  recognised as a sovereign state, its wealth deriving from the trade  routes through the mountains between China, Kashmir and Bukhara. Timur  tried and failed to subdue it, while his successors sent embassies  instead. In the 19th century Badakhshan was finally subsumed into the  Afghan state but even Abdur Rahman Khan baulked at having to rule it  properly. The Wakhan Corridor, that panhandle of land sticking into  China, was only forced on him when the British and Russians decided they  needed a buffer between their empires. A century later, Badakhshan was  the only part of Afghanistan to resist capture by the Taliban.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/didier_marti/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgukxCEYm3v0b8CwBfFk5c_qqnMxaa2YNqmeNMBWiUPtkLzFlaG9SO0k3Nykra3mg3VHGSjunvilCkYc9-vM_FpMfqE6ZToEI0tM-SXU40_tDNaXxGzk_1gMhii2bRV6yVNLulsxYDzFVaJ/s320/3884337005_be1695db47_b.jpg" width="208" /></a></div>It is the scenery that attracts visitors today. The provincial capital of Faizabad provides a gateway to some of the country’s most sublime landscapes, from the Kuchi pastures of Lake Shewa to the Pamirs themselves, home of the last nomadic Kyrgyz on earth, in mountains so high that Marco Polo claimed that even birds couldn’t fly there. Of equal inspiration to the truly intrepid are the mines of Sar-e Sang, source of most of the world’s lapis lazuli. Badakhshan also serves as an entry point into Tajikistan and, potentially, northern Pakistan.<br /><br />Visitors should be aware that Badakhshan is second only to Helmand for opium production. Controlled by Northern Alliance, opium is the backbone of the local economy. Ironically, security is generally fairly good in the province, but you should be extremely circumspect with cameras and questions if travelling in an area with poppy cultivation. When there have been security problems in Badakhshan, these have tended to coincide with eradication programmes, when being a foreigner in certain areas isn’t necessarily a popular thing to be.<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />Read more:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/afghanistan/mazar-e-sharif-and-northeastern-afghanistan/badakhshan?destination_tag_id=355758#ixzz2ZoD7D56E" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.lonelyplanet.com/afghanistan/mazar-e-sharif-and-northeastern-afghanistan/badakhshan?destination_tag_id=355758#ixzz2ZoD7D56E</a></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9i2Nb1qA5ikUxafwREC7KIyyA9V3s2GJPD8A0EdV8hy3tlgi4MlnuGjXmAhDyMYCCoirQ8byV0nGmSezd-x2v1w17M6fPBk6eAblukHnhhyphenhypheneftimRoqh9hoAhI9yy2tb6OXwysNy-DTN7/s1600/3836517983_c57eea132c_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9i2Nb1qA5ikUxafwREC7KIyyA9V3s2GJPD8A0EdV8hy3tlgi4MlnuGjXmAhDyMYCCoirQ8byV0nGmSezd-x2v1w17M6fPBk6eAblukHnhhyphenhypheneftimRoqh9hoAhI9yy2tb6OXwysNy-DTN7/s640/3836517983_c57eea132c_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16.890625px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Shot  on the road between Khorog and Kalaikhum along the pamir highway in  Tajikistan. The river makes the border between Tajikistan and  Afghanistan, so on the left it's an Afghan village Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/didier_marti/">M.Bob</a><span id="goog_1465085987"></span><span id="goog_1465085988"></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAj950PyYCZ7A1jN5hU85HIwbRwR5ifKlyigNoS4oseVuWerIjs0c_H3iMuQZrVFMvS6Q0bS5TTXIpAzqBDVgB35rGUYzae_ObvE5lnU4eTL2kL1rRED-DWywqyvy_K6SmEvIw6DIL1pZr/s1600/bd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAj950PyYCZ7A1jN5hU85HIwbRwR5ifKlyigNoS4oseVuWerIjs0c_H3iMuQZrVFMvS6Q0bS5TTXIpAzqBDVgB35rGUYzae_ObvE5lnU4eTL2kL1rRED-DWywqyvy_K6SmEvIw6DIL1pZr/s640/bd.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span>Mountains in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, February of 2009.Photo by John Scott Rafoss of the United States of America.<br /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSi9cm27l3sH3Pvz3Hxyxkgrv4uce-qDmu_AZoBs6JjBW_YAGQCToiKf6y8hGAHh3BbclAu8sbapWGOm-2tYFk_8c6TqYG0P7S0lGf9Ja_gfYQrF-9g13lEw__Ml-LTf4MRJ8LASeW4oN/s1600/ghl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSi9cm27l3sH3Pvz3Hxyxkgrv4uce-qDmu_AZoBs6JjBW_YAGQCToiKf6y8hGAHh3BbclAu8sbapWGOm-2tYFk_8c6TqYG0P7S0lGf9Ja_gfYQrF-9g13lEw__Ml-LTf4MRJ8LASeW4oN/s640/ghl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ghool pala vilage in Raghistan - Badakhshan- Northern Afghanistan</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5GQQWJplJSl7dVNVHlUwe2zVCCp6z6LEYei8Gs9gim7jg5nVcCJKlz1Yvrw_miIjocPyrdE1MtgcolwkKN6LQdyX4_9Z7qD7N4OvFus0RQLDv2n_-kWdYsnRGwsd4pTlt92FoghEVTm3/s1600/kok.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5GQQWJplJSl7dVNVHlUwe2zVCCp6z6LEYei8Gs9gim7jg5nVcCJKlz1Yvrw_miIjocPyrdE1MtgcolwkKN6LQdyX4_9Z7qD7N4OvFus0RQLDv2n_-kWdYsnRGwsd4pTlt92FoghEVTm3/s640/kok.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16.890625px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">A view of Kokcha river. Faizabad, the capital city of Badakhshan province- Afghanistan</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmsX48pdbMp_LYLBb8LTOxCkBdJUg50otJFLxQ_5Wws_2PpilioahY8URdnF5ZOzpKiQJb93jxKc3f6b0jJ771qZNthQrG-0s4xXq112NJzX_IEy3SS8V7hDTbGw3F-bQ5sdGGi8FHnIK4/s1600/bd1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmsX48pdbMp_LYLBb8LTOxCkBdJUg50otJFLxQ_5Wws_2PpilioahY8URdnF5ZOzpKiQJb93jxKc3f6b0jJ771qZNthQrG-0s4xXq112NJzX_IEy3SS8V7hDTbGw3F-bQ5sdGGi8FHnIK4/s640/bd1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Somewhere in Badakhshan </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX03XPi0d04HTREforB-8cjEcf_T4HRNGEjIe9keiYHiEpGb_PlLSCNLv91caMFDdg6iZCUUy5AZG_pkG5hgk-ILJ-fV-ll4nIIl1h3ub0nmmA6iCW8B4CCuOswFBYA9qVFw4GA5_8wQbF/s1600/bd3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX03XPi0d04HTREforB-8cjEcf_T4HRNGEjIe9keiYHiEpGb_PlLSCNLv91caMFDdg6iZCUUy5AZG_pkG5hgk-ILJ-fV-ll4nIIl1h3ub0nmmA6iCW8B4CCuOswFBYA9qVFw4GA5_8wQbF/s1600/bd3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Natural beauty of Badakhshan</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGmSIUdLsoRKqvo3mLcapEEcZaJz6e54enJCBtNDIPvbN0ywvyvWNzVYFVLn072yPPWXF63z4YDAflnUOxxeLEoPZBHZHGS5ABozP9TAPoTIIcrGUKaRK3zu6MxrPIe1z_p_QUtUiPc_ee/s1600/bd4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGmSIUdLsoRKqvo3mLcapEEcZaJz6e54enJCBtNDIPvbN0ywvyvWNzVYFVLn072yPPWXF63z4YDAflnUOxxeLEoPZBHZHGS5ABozP9TAPoTIIcrGUKaRK3zu6MxrPIe1z_p_QUtUiPc_ee/s640/bd4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Afghanistan, with Hindu Kush peeping out behind</div><br /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For more Photos visit-><a href="http://www.kabuliyanhub.com/search/label/Badakhshan"> Badakhshan </a></div>

Badakhshan Province (Pashto: بدخشان ولایت ‎ / Dari: استان بدخشان) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in...

Afghan’s Only Sikh MP Recounts Her Struggle

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBfxPjcugeGaGJP_gYpFDi06aMcdSz7UdFE7HHs8A6PXDZDAwXuWlWZdvMEOIX5dc_UqS-FW5f1hdsZmQztAAO1kgub4VyKqcveX2LQ57KwLRIrgT8Tb81JRKb0ld6e6Gv_zp9cm4f_SA/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBfxPjcugeGaGJP_gYpFDi06aMcdSz7UdFE7HHs8A6PXDZDAwXuWlWZdvMEOIX5dc_UqS-FW5f1hdsZmQztAAO1kgub4VyKqcveX2LQ57KwLRIrgT8Tb81JRKb0ld6e6Gv_zp9cm4f_SA/s1600/images.jpg" /></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 5px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><strong>About a decade ago, Anarkali Kaur Honaryar was forced to leave her government job due to her religion. Now, she is a member of Afghan Parliament’s upper house, involved in nation-building for the war-ravaged nation.</strong></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 5px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Having worked for women’s rights all her life, Honaryar,37, the first women MP from Afghanistan’s miniscule Hindu and Sikh communities, has been closely monitoring the developments in India for the last few months after the Delhi gangrape.</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 5px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">“I saw how civil society raised its voice. I was very happy with the changes brought in the law by the President (of India),” said Honaryar, a trained dentist, who is currently in Delhi for a training programme for Afghan senators at Parliament.</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 5px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">She believes that rather than a stringent law, a change in mindset is required to stop the maltreatment of women. “To change mindset, you need time,” she noted, pointing out that education often makes no difference when it comes to crimes against women. “Many highly educated men have the mindset that women should be always at their beck and call… So, it will take a long time to change. But, we will have to keep on striving,” she said.</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 5px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">In 2011, she was awarded the Unesco-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence for her work in the field of women’s rights.</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 5px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Brought up in Baghlan in northern Afghanistan, she had to give up her government job. “I was working as a vaccinator at that time… There was a letter from the Taliban that Hindus and Sikhs cannot do government jobs, so I had to give it up,” she said. Similarly, her father, an engineer and a sister, were also forced to stay at home.</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 5px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">After getting an international award for her women’s right work in 2009, President Hamid Karzai asked her to contest the 2010 elections to the lower house, Wolesi Jirga. She lost, but was nominated by Karzai to the Meshrano Jirga as a representative of the Hindu and Sikh communities.</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 5px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">“Our main difficulty had been the problem of a cremation ground in Kabul. The government has helped a lot in these. Now we are planning to build a separate area in Kabul for the 142 families, where they will get housing and have their own cremation ground. As soon as the weather changes, we will start construction,” she said.</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 5px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><em>Courtesy of www.newindianexpress.com/</em></div><h2 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.453125px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Afghan Hindu/Sikh Women in Kabul</h2><h2 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.453125px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> </h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8mxOzUiQ2_CX65048iwSeTuJUsSBEe4gTk9vcEFMHer5dZIw6aPhDNrGUw3speIeGmpth3n5IbzrBRu3W8vCYGM_2PdJYJ18HQEb_honAgBQY7MU6fuDpAEWyyqGAPM8r2uZww2zFTd_/s1600/sikh_af.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8mxOzUiQ2_CX65048iwSeTuJUsSBEe4gTk9vcEFMHer5dZIw6aPhDNrGUw3speIeGmpth3n5IbzrBRu3W8vCYGM_2PdJYJ18HQEb_honAgBQY7MU6fuDpAEWyyqGAPM8r2uZww2zFTd_/s1600/sikh_af.jpg" /></a></div><h2 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.453125px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> </h2><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 5px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div>

About a decade ago, Anarkali Kaur Honaryar was forced to leave her government job due to her religion. Now, she is a member of Afghan Parlia...

The Voice of Afghanistan - Blind Auditions 8th Episode

<h1 class="yt" id="watch-headline-title" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 13px; orphans: auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="watch-title long-title yt-uix-expander-head" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" style="-webkit-user-select: auto; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-size: 0.9em; letter-spacing: -0.05em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="The Voice of Afghanistan - Blind Auditions 8th Episode">The Voice of Afghanistan - Blind Auditions 8th Episode</span></h1><h1 class="yt" id="watch-headline-title" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 13px; orphans: auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Catch  the eighth and final episode of the Blind Auditions of The Voice of  Afghanistan including the final few selections of the Contestants by  each Coach in this video.</span></span></span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL8klffTLe7Ui1LlpwoqEnTzaIxfy_y_IjhWAmQ07Gp-LHSF4xazh_8vmrwH5drQDQMHcLx1JQ5TqLVSj6QbHooFjqqtUoyigTXMUsvzpWZ4oECGNbBysazW0IyT6ixH5IAX8ClpNoFP5Q/s1600/top-banner.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL8klffTLe7Ui1LlpwoqEnTzaIxfy_y_IjhWAmQ07Gp-LHSF4xazh_8vmrwH5drQDQMHcLx1JQ5TqLVSj6QbHooFjqqtUoyigTXMUsvzpWZ4oECGNbBysazW0IyT6ixH5IAX8ClpNoFP5Q/s640/top-banner.png" width="703" /></a></div><h1 class="yt" id="watch-headline-title" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 13px; orphans: auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></h1><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/8WpRUOdYPIQ" width="700"></iframe>

The Voice of Afghanistan - Blind Auditions 8th Episode Catch the eighth and final episode of the Blind Auditions of The Voice of Afghanist...

Bamiyan Afghanistan

<h2><b><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.1875px; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg3A9MEqvl-8_An3ixQibqhAzTj4deJXAvvdQllLRzlrI0MAb7mF_jd3_DFQToJDPl6dJkqMI7itL-r5Mmd_r_WYF-4TJ8TU8QrGcIX_OgFjOBPhGYD7JlThjBnv7eEl1nlld_JqAyiomM/s1600/25593_105422242826871_105370906165338_65540_4144196_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg3A9MEqvl-8_An3ixQibqhAzTj4deJXAvvdQllLRzlrI0MAb7mF_jd3_DFQToJDPl6dJkqMI7itL-r5Mmd_r_WYF-4TJ8TU8QrGcIX_OgFjOBPhGYD7JlThjBnv7eEl1nlld_JqAyiomM/s320/25593_105422242826871_105370906165338_65540_4144196_n.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Bamiyan</b>  can be translated as ‘The Place of Shining Light’; is one of the thirty-four<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the centre of the country, with a population of about 418,500.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Its capital is also called<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Bamyan. </span></span></div><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></b></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.1875px; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">In antiquity, central Afghanistan was strategically placed to thrive from the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Silk Road<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>caravans which criss-crossed the region trading between the Roman Empire, China,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Asia" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Central Asia">Central</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="South Asia">South Asia</a>. Bamyan was a stopping off point for many travellers. It was here where elements of Greek and Buddhist art were combined into a unique classical style, known as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Buddhist" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Greco-Buddhist">Greco-Buddhist</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>art. Bamyan has several famous historical sites, including the famous<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhas_of_Bamiyan" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Buddhas of Bamiyan">Buddha statues</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>with more than 3,000 caves around it, the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band-e_Amir" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Band-e Amir">Band-e Amir</a>, Dara-i-Ajhdar, Gholghola and Zakhak ancient towns, the Feroz Bahar, Astopa, Klegan, Gaohargin, Kaferan and Cheldukhtaran. </span></span></h2><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYqpQ42zc27BT6pQvCQ1o79oli1-svOX3JD7RtKG6_TkwQC6jgzbSSzKvOXwHg0V77TNCtym0kBkJfSi2EyQnxAlqKDcR1yabwrarh6wuQwjKpyxufLJIdaE3W6suCxk2PvCPik8tg4N-W/s1600/Untitled-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYqpQ42zc27BT6pQvCQ1o79oli1-svOX3JD7RtKG6_TkwQC6jgzbSSzKvOXwHg0V77TNCtym0kBkJfSi2EyQnxAlqKDcR1yabwrarh6wuQwjKpyxufLJIdaE3W6suCxk2PvCPik8tg4N-W/s320/Untitled-4.jpg" width="214" /></a><b>Bamiyan History          </b><b></b><br />The Bamiyan Buddhas stood in a valley that has seen great changes through the centuries. One of its most vibrant periods was also one of its earliest. During the ancient period, this region served as an important point along the Silk Road which created a place where cultures mixed and influences were highly varied. These influences included China, ancient Rome, and India. The area was mostly home to the Buddhist religion though. The religion was born in the approximate area and flourished in the Gandharan region, which includes the Bamiyan valley. This area hit a peak with Emperor Chandragupta Maurya and even furthered its power and wealth during the rule of Ashoka, who was not only a great ruler but also a practitioner of Buddhism.         Buddhist monasteries were not the most usual of structures in this era, around the 5th Century CE. Monks would usually live in carved out caves or grottoes that were connected to or near chaityas, which were sanctuaries also carved out of the living rock. The Bamiyan valley is full of these caves and inside them many pieces and works of art can be found. Most frequently statues were created or paintings done on the wall, almost all devotional in nature. The colossal Bamiyan Buddhas were extraordinary<br /><br /><span style="color: #0000ee;"><b>Band e Amir<span style="color: #0000ee;"> in <span style="color: #0000ee;">Bamiyan Afghanistan's National Park</span></span></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptmEmpWRUSoCU0D4E7iR87kzY0RRqbsHeCNUcBANWeSzA9CxDWx23GbVLbvWDHMb-v-J2_KLuxQ2vqUc6tEcctei8Z6TfREYwdjYYJcubbmijNT-_cJn3Pe4QD8mSYrKAb7ztlBuoVLL6/s1600/182632_183122838392033_3335771_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptmEmpWRUSoCU0D4E7iR87kzY0RRqbsHeCNUcBANWeSzA9CxDWx23GbVLbvWDHMb-v-J2_KLuxQ2vqUc6tEcctei8Z6TfREYwdjYYJcubbmijNT-_cJn3Pe4QD8mSYrKAb7ztlBuoVLL6/s400/182632_183122838392033_3335771_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #0000ee;"><b><span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.1875px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Band-e Amir National Park</b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.1875px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is the first national park of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Afghanistan<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.1875px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">. It is a stunning group of turquoise lakes in the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Eastern<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.1875px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>zone of the country, in the Bamyan Province. It sits high in the Hindu Kush at an altitude of 2900m, and in 2013 about 6,000 local tourists visit the site each year. The area is protected by a small number of park rangers and most of the landmines are cleared.</span></span></span></b></span><br /><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Band-e Amir is a series of six incredibly deep blue lakes in the heart of the central Afghanistan. The lakes are situated in the foothills of the Hindu Kush, the second highest mountain range in the world, 80 kilometers from the ancient town of Bamiyan, where the Taliban destroyed the world’s tallest Buddha statues in 2001. Surrounded by pink towering limestone cliffs almost in complete lack of vegetation, the stunning lakes seems totally out of place.</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">The beautiful lakes were created by the carbon dioxide rich water that is drawn from the spring melt-water in the surrounding mountains and came out from faults and cracks in the rocky landscape. This outflow of water percolates slowly through the underlying limestone, dissolving its principal mineral, calcium carbonate. Over time, the water deposited layers of hardened mineral (travertine), which created dams that trap water in increasingly large basins. These dams are usually about 10m high and 3m wide. Water cascades from one lake to the other near travertine terraces serving as massive natural dams between the lakes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTtpeGzqEau-i9hgxpf3a6gjeyxcwgp9Wi0tzfhTO2mA2R3B3KpIkPs8UpKhVxgW5qGABpSmnIIbNGOtU4ZGfVMwlLJrbNgL-vhR2qRwd5sttHzzP-O9CHegXXFIURLEsKDEh0xweX0Ox/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTtpeGzqEau-i9hgxpf3a6gjeyxcwgp9Wi0tzfhTO2mA2R3B3KpIkPs8UpKhVxgW5qGABpSmnIIbNGOtU4ZGfVMwlLJrbNgL-vhR2qRwd5sttHzzP-O9CHegXXFIURLEsKDEh0xweX0Ox/s1600/1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/usaidafghanistan/4507775624/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1c48ea; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Photo credit</a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">The deep blue color of the lakes is due to the clarity of the air as well as the purity of the water. The high mineral content of the lakes also causes the intense and varying colors of the lake waters.</div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #111111; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Of the six lakes, Band-e Panir is the smallest, with a diameter of approximately 100m (330ft). The largest is Band-e Zulfiqar, which measures some 6.5km (4mi) in length. The most accessible of the lakes is Band-e-Haibat, literally translated as Dam of Awe.</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Band-e-Amir had been a destination for travelers since the 1950s. The lakes became a national park only in 2009, although their beauty was recognized much earlier, in 196o. But due to the instability of the government at that time, it wasn't recognized as a national park. Covering approximately 230 square miles, Band-e Amir is Afghanistan’s first and only national park and it also features on UNESCO World heritage list.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZ89I96FSjzo9SPn6qHHHc6iIjisBZYQaP_i_8fFFwFleDLZF7xXSCaUUM1t0wVKtq7FNA7XRiRYNtddRoa7Hl_3l7Yr2WKFpuLrDAit7n3WEMDgr1xOMK8XRDEYcGAQU-6XozAEkrqMk/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZ89I96FSjzo9SPn6qHHHc6iIjisBZYQaP_i_8fFFwFleDLZF7xXSCaUUM1t0wVKtq7FNA7XRiRYNtddRoa7Hl_3l7Yr2WKFpuLrDAit7n3WEMDgr1xOMK8XRDEYcGAQU-6XozAEkrqMk/s1600/2.jpg" /></a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; 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Bamiyan can be translated as ‘The Place of Shining Light’; is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the centre of th...

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