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IFJ Calls for Protection of Journalists as Tensions Mount in Afghanistan Ahead of Elections

July 23, 2009 by Press Release

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called upon the government of Afghanistan to protect journalists and set “model standards” for democracy if it wants upcoming elections in the country to be fair.

Speaking at a national assembly of journalists’ leaders from across the country in Kabul at the weekend, IFJ General Secretary Aidan White said Afghanistan needed to provide more access to information to media, more guarantees of safety for journalists and more professionalism in the state broadcasting system, which is heavily biased in favour of governing parties.

UNAMA on iTunes

July 22, 2009 by Dominic Medley

UNAMA on iTunes

UNAMA is pleased to announce that all our radio reports are now available on iTunes.

If you're a regular user of iTunes and podcasts just search for UNAMA Radio in your iTunes Store and subscribe to our podcast.

You'll receive a weekly show in Dari and Pashto and reports and interviews most days of the week in English, Dari and Pashto.

To launch this new service, with one month to go to the elections, you'll be able to listen to a special 45 minutes elections briefing in English prepared by UNAMA Radio.

Veiled Freedom Book Review

July 21, 2009 by Expat Advisory Staff

Veiled Freedom - By Jeanette Windle

Naive and idealistic, relief worker Amy Mallory arrives in Kabul ready to change the world. She soon discovers that as a woman in Afghanistan, the challenges she faces are monumental. As the new security chief to the Minister of the Interior, former Special Forces veteran Steve Wilson is disillusioned to find that the country he fought to set free has fallen into its old habits of greed and corruption. Afghani native Jamil returns to his homeland seeking a job while his painful past continues to haunt him. All three search for truth . . . and for freedom . . . but at what cost?

Selling Product in Afghanistan

July 21, 2009 by Deborah Newell

Friday was the day to go to Camp Eggars and "set up shop". They have a bazaar on base every weekend and we're the only NGO (non-government organization) allowed to sell merchandise; all the other vendors are actual Afghan shop owners. The military men and women stationed at Eggars love to stop by and purchase some of our products as gifts for friends and family back home.

Kabul theatre aims to take tragedy back from reality

July 21, 2009 by Jamie Stewart

The show debuts at the newly refurbished Kabul Nendari

Afghanistan has witnessed the return of children’s theatre to Kabul after an enforced cessation of two decades. The play, Dragon Mountain, carries a meaning beyond the legend it recalls. This is an Afghan story from an ancient past, tinged with hope for an emerging future

In his 2007 book A Thousand Splendid Suns, Afghan author Khaled Hosseini told how the dogs of Kabul developed a taste for human flesh in the worst days of the fighting. Yet today, the dogs of Kabul run in packs, no longer able to stumble alone upon a generous meal in the remains of a shattered building.

ABC begins Kabul service

July 21, 2009 by Will Waters

irBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has started scheduled commercial B747 freighter services to Kabul, the first since the US-led coalition started military operations there in 2001.

The Russian carrier said the first flight operation on 14 July had gone smoothly - carrying armoured vehicles - handled in Kabul airport by Ariana.

Dennis Gliznoutsa, group commercial director for parent company Volga-Dnepr, said: “Despite the fact that volumes are down worldwide, the Middle East is still a vast and attractive marketplace for the group.

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