New United Nation envoy for Afghanistan

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On Thursday the new UN envoy for Afghanistan Tom Koenigs arrived in Kabul to take charge of his diplomatic assignment.
Tom Koenigs while reached in Kabul Airport pointed out that that during his stay in Afghanistan, he would focus on security issues in coordination with the Afghan government.

Tom has added to his speech that this is his first time visiting Afghanistan and he thinks the situation is is better now than before.n is good.

He also has said he would exchange views on different issues during his meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to apprise himself of the fresh situation

Karzai visit Pakistan

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President Hamid Karzai will have an official visit to Pakistan within a couple of days. During the two days stay in Pakistan Karzai and his counterpart General Parvez Musharaf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and other Pakistani authorities would focus on boosting cooperation in fields of including war on terror, trade and economy between the tow neighboring countries. President Karzai will also deliver a speech in Pakistani Militray academy about his government’s achievements in war against terroris.

My interview

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Here is my Interview with gair rhydd weekly Newspaper in UK page 20


Here is my Interview and the PDF file link, the last issue, page 20 "Politics" - gair ghydd weekly newspaper

Poison gas against protesters in northern Afghanistan

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Today morning hundreds of people in different provinces of Afghanistan ran on the streets for demonstrating against Danish publication in blasphemy about Mohammad the prophet of Muslims. Protesters in Maimana the central of Fariab blazed the PRT office. PRT soldier to avoid of further danger used poison gas against extremists and protesters.

According to a local reporter more than 40 protesters taken to the hospital and one protester killed while PRT soldier open fired on them.

Demonstration is continuing in Herat. Demonstration is followed today in Kabul, people for demonstration avoided by police to enter in the city but still there are 4 injured and lots of cars and buildings damaged. Yesterday they also damaged many buildings and blazed cars and shops.

Protesters going up on the wall of Danmak Embassy while they are trying to blaze the Embassy of Danmark. Here are the photos

Protesters want to explode the Danish Embassy

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In the recent days, hundreds of people in different provinces like Khost, Logar and Badakhshan protest and condemned the Cartoonist and the publication which printed the cartoons of Mohammad recently.
The demonstrator were asking from Afghanistan government to close the Danish embassy in Kabul. They also asked from Danish government to apologize and calling the cartoonist and newspaper in international court for trial.

Most of the protesters were chanting and wanting from Muslims to explode the Danish embassy while the other were wanting from Afghanistan government to send the Danish troops serving inside International force peace keeper out of Afghanistan.

A few days before, Afghanistan parliament also condemned and ask for trial and punishment of cartoonist and published the cartoons.

Today in Kabul there was also tens of people run out for demonstrating against blasphemy in Danmark which committed by a different publications. Protester were blocked the road in Wazir Akbar khan street and trying to find out the location of Danmark Embassy in Kabul, they could find the exact building but damaged the cars and building in Wazir Akbar khan – Kabul.
Demonstration is hugely increasing in different part of the country. In Parwan province the high way were heavily blocked by protesters and blazed the building the institutes of cleaning mines.

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Building prison Kabul

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President Hamid Karzai said that his government would build new prisons for detainees shifted from the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay.

According to Media U.S military would take back hundreds of Afghan held in Guantanamo Bay – Cuba. The prison for these detainees would complete within two years, said karzai.

British Troops in Afghanistan

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According to Media British announced that its troop numbers in Afghanistan will peak this year at 5700 with the deployment of thousands of fresh soldiers as part of a NATO expansion there.
The 4600 additional troops include 3300 for a special force task with reconstruction and fighting against drug trade in dangerous district in southern of Afghanistan.

New TV channels and Censorship

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Tow new private television channels in the name of Saqi and Hera have launched broadcasting in the western of the country Herat province.
Saqi started broadcasting on Friday with four hours broadcasting daily. Hera start broadcast six hours daily.

Beside of four private channels like Ariana tv, Tolo tv, Ayna tv, Afghan tv and including one government TV these two is launched outside of the capital.
According to the ministry of information and culture more than 25 other private channels are registered to started the gradually the transmission.

Las week Afghan TV accused and punished to 50000 Afghanis equal to 1000 U.S dollar for broadcasting a un-islamic pictures which showed a half naked body of woman in TV. Now the entire channel started censorship.

Crimes on the rise

------- A few days before four people involved in theft and armed robberies. A local officer has said to the Media that more than 200 thieves had been arrested during the past one month. However, residents complained organized gangs of robbers and dacoits were still active in the area. There are still many armed gangs and thieves in the commanders, incidents of robberies, theft and dacoits were difficult to contain, believed the residents. A week back police arrested two armed men recovered three lifted vehicles with a number of other valuables from them in the same area. Most of the crimes are recorded as the people who left the front of war, now they joined to a different kind of gangs and robbers which mostly ambushing the highways. Government had still was in struggle to end this but still people are witnessed of increasing crimes in the country.

As The World Turns

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If we could shrink the earth's population to avillage of precisely 100 people, with all the existinghuman ratios remaining the same, it would looksomething like the following.

There would be:

57 Asians

21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere,both north and south
8 would be Africans

52 would be female48 would be male


30 would be white70 would be non-white
70 would be non-Christian30 would be Christian
89 would be heterosexual11 would be homosexual

6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealthand all 6 would be from the USA.

80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death
1 would be near birth


1 (yes, only 1) would havea college education

1 (yes, only1) would own computer.


When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective,we realize the need for acceptance, understanding and education.

And, therefore...
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roofoverhead and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of this world.
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, youare more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change ina dish someplace, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
If you can attend a religious meeting without fear of harassment,arrest, torture, or death, you are more blessed thanthree billion people in the world.
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness ofimprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation,you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.

If you can read this message you are more blessed than the overtwo billion people in the world who cannot read at all.

As you read this and are reminded how lifeis in the rest of the world, rememberjust how blessed you really are!

source: unknown

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Officials invovled in drug trafficking

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Deputy Interior Ministry on counter narcotics General Mohammad Daud has accused some officials at the Kabul airport of involvement in drug trafficking.

Addressing a press conference a few days before that some employees of the airport are involved in drug smuggling. In this regards, he address that recently four policeman with 500kg of contraband were arrested in an airport of the country.
Eighteen drug smugglers including Nigerian Nationals which were recently detained with drug by police in Kabul Airport.

The international police (Interpol) General Daud informed those drug mafias were trying to use Afghan airports for trafficking the contraband outside the country.
However he added that the government was determined to eradicate poppy and in this case trained 1300 police to send in Badakhshan, Nangarhar and other poppy growing provinces.
The Afghan government as well as UN reports has confirmed 21 percent were decrease in poppy cultivation from last year.

Deadline for foreign NGOs

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On 31st of December, Interior ministry issued one week deadline to all national and foreign NGOs, to remove their barricades that are blocked the roads and subway in the capital – Kabul to ensure smooth traffic in the city. This deadline is including military base and institutes based in the crowded part of Kabul.

The official and authorties of the concerned NGOs were didected in a meeting which held in the ministry of interior. Colalition forces and Serena Hotl were also included in the list of those which were asked to remove the barricades.

Interior minister has told to media that if NGOs denied to clean up the barriers which blocked the roads, government would take step for their removing.

Happy New Year 2006!!!

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Hope you and your family a year full of luck!!!!

Happiness for all human all over the world, including Karzai (of mine) Bler, Bush and Osama :) :) :)

And good future for Iraq people. A good success for U.S.A to promote their democracy in Afghanistan and the world.

Peace and Love for Afghanistan my injustice land and down with Terrorist.

Polio in Afghanistan

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Two new polio registered for the last year according to Public Health Minister in Kabul. This cases were registered in the term of 2004-2005.
This was found in the to district of Helmanad province.
As Dr.Fatemi the ministry of Health has pointed out that in the past sex months four cases were registered while this two found newly from those children who came from abroad.

The ministry of public health has take a serious campaign against this disease recently involving the provinces; Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Urzugan and a small district in Nimrooz.

This cost to 301800$ US dollar donated by UNICEF and WHO, a large number of children vaccinated under age five.

Good News

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Earliest, there was a word and the word itself was God (bible)

As a high rank visitor and demanding for an independent web-site, finally I determined to have an independent web page for my own pen:
http://www.kabuli.org/
http://www.kabuli.net/
In this blog I am going to broadcast my programs; interviews with well-known people, making funs program and broadcasting music through this Podcast (Radio Sohrab). The first program of Radio Sohrab would be “Freedom of_expression in Afghanistan”.
The name of this Podcast called “Radio Sohrab”. Radio Sohrab is an independent internet radio which you can re-listen and expressing your comments about each programs.

Beside regular updating daily the news and articles there is a window called “Link-dani” (Link-pot) in this part you will have a very latest updated news around the world, this part may update each morning and afternoon.

There is also a link of pictures in the left side of the page; all pictures are loaded in Flickr server. Pictures are showing the daily status life of Afghans in side Afghanistan, All of the pictures are taken by me (sohrab) from: Mazar-e-Sharif, Sheberghan, Aqcha, poll-khomri, Panjsheer, Shamalli, Sayad, Jalalabad and Kabul. In the picture you will read what does mean life in Afghanistan and what problem they have and suffer from, what has changed and what is under changing. How looks like Afghan people, how beautiful they are and what they wearing and how they are walking, what they are eating and what they are drinking, what they love and what they hate of, what makes them angry and what makes them smiling.
What the Afghan women wears out of their house, what makes them so restricted to cover themselves, what means Islam in their covers. these things you can read on the photos which I am cogitating to have a point view of the people and the society which I am living.

In the right-side bar I have linked the important web news sources; calls “the biggest sources links”. This will help Afghan press to have access to giant network news sources.

All published posts are archived by subject in ten categories: daily, social, politic, news, literature and poet, satire, international, technical and No description (contained picture and cartons).

Bellow the archive you can subscribe in order to receive notice of updating the blog.

Most of the Podcast program will be translated to English for my English blog Afghan LORD. I will also publish the text to the main page so some people can get it to publish in their publication and paper BUT the source address and pen name must be mentioned. This is highly asked from reader to respect the copy-writes. I informed by people from Iran that news paper in Iran has published some of my articles, only mentioned my name. I am kindly asking here please please mention the pen name and web name. I would be happy.

I really need your help and comments! Let me know what needs to change and what needs to be added that I have forgotten.
Finally, let me mention that after this I can interview with those people who want to interview in specific issues but inform me in advance please. Finally i understood that silently living and writing is a kind of censorship and self-restriction. I am not afraid of threats and intimidation, after this you will be able here my voice over the web through the Radio Sohrab.

Please write your comments to:
sohrab@kabuli.org
kabuli_2005@yahoo.com

Tourism agreement between Afghanistan and India

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A cooperation agreement signed on development of tourism between Afghanistan and India.
The agreement calls for bilateral cooperation to develop tourism in Afghanistan signed by Minister of Information, culture and tourism Dr.sayed Makhdoom Rahin and Indian Tourism Minister Mrs.Rinoka Chaudari.

The agreement signed a few days before while Indian Tourism Minister heading an eight member delegation arrived in Kabul two weeks before.

Historical day in Afghanistan history

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Today is a historical day in Afghanistan political history. Today all representatives will gather together to shake hands and promise to do good for Afghanistan. Today they will inaugurate the parliament, which is an important legislative body of government.

Today is a public holiday in Afghanistan in respect of inauguration of parliament. People seem happy although suffered of injustice and war in the last 24 years. In their faces you can read; no war after this, brotherly and friendly living.

All highway and sub-way roads are blocked cause of security. I walked long distance to reach a Café net. Roads are very restricted by ISAF and ANA, not allowing people to move towards the city. I am connected from a Café net, Very crowed here, low internet connection spend more money. One hour I should pay 80 Afghanis = one dollar and 80 cent.

I will write you after this regularly from Kabul. I am backed in my lovely homeland. I like the sky of Kabul, I love my people my lovely people. I love walking alongside of the roads and rocks in the mountains which embraced the city.

Taliban receive foreign support

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Defense minister General Abdul Rahim Wardak said that Taliban had received military and financial supports from outside. In an interview with certain media he added that Taliban had acquired millions of dollars as well as weapons to conduct subversive activities in Afghanistan.

Arab and nationals of other foreign countries including the neighboring nations, he added were carrying out Iraq style suicide attacks here. According to official sources that refused to be named, 22 suicide attackers infiltrated the country.

Defense minister Wardak also admitted recently that Taliban and Al Qaeda had increased their activities in south and southeast Afghanistan. Media reports indicate that Al Qaeda, Taliban and fighters loyal to Gubudin Hekmatyar have intensified their activities in Afghanistan