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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: She cannot read or write and had never heard of Time magazine until a visitor brought her a copy of this week’s issue, the one with the cover picture of her face, the face with no nose. On Wednesday, the young woman, Bibi Aisha, left Kabul for a long-planned trip to...

Sambuddha Mitra Mustafi ("BBC," February 11, 2010) Kabul, Afganistan - She wanted to be a pilot as a child, but has now been recognised as a leading campaigner for the rights of Afghan women. "It is difficult for a woman to be a pilot in Afghanistan. My father said it does not fit in with this...

AFGHANISTAN: DWINDLING SIKH COMMUNITY STRUGGLES TO ENDURE IN KABUL Moving even fascinating slideshow at this link: EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Afghanistan: Dwindling Sikh Community Struggles to Endure in Kabul For...

A documentary about British-trained Sikh fighter pilots and a seminar about Merlins at the RAF Museum at Hendon Mohinder Singh Pujji, in 1944, flew without a helmet throughout the war. The British premiere of a documentary about British-trained Sikh fighter pilots of the First and Second...

Afghanistan has quietly passed a law permitting Shia men to deny their wives food and sustenance if they refuse to obey their husbands' sexual demands, despite international outrage over an earlier version of the legislation which President Hamid Karzai had promised to review. The new final...

Only Sikhs have emerged victorious in Afghanistan, courtesy Hari Singh Nalwa Only Sikhs have emerged victorious in Afghanistan, courtesy Hari Singh Nalwa Punjab Newsline Network Sunday, 21 June 2009 CHANDIGARH: In the two and a half centuries that Afghanistan has existed as...

Various survey results pointing to at least 17 per cent rise in opium production in Afghanistan this year have sent the securities agencies in the state in a tizzy. Security agencies here feel that Afghanistan's huge opium production and its geographic proximity puts Punjab in a danger zone. The...

Afghanistan's hated Sikhs yearn for India : Afghanistan, Taliban, Kandahar, India, Sikh : IBNLive.com : CNN-IBN Afghanistan's hated Sikhs yearn for India Reuters Posted Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 09:31 Email Print YEARNING FOR INDIA: In Kandahar, Indian children cannot go to...

Sikhs quitting Afghanistan (Aljazeera) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=12jphdfl4/*http%3A//english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5642333D-F7E5-42E0-926C-0892374D7DED.htm Array Sun, 09 Jul 2006 11:42:16 GMT After living in Afghanistan for more than two centuries, economic...

Sorry, Mr. Prime minister, Afghanistan is not our war (News From Bangladesh) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=13fjhpcq0/*http%3A//www.bangladesh-web.com/news/view.php?hidDate=2006-03-27&hidType=OPT&hidRecord=0000000000000000097404 Array Mon, 27 Mar 2006 08:23:51 GMT...

http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story.php?sid=20041215063928316 The Man Who Would Be King; The First American in Afghanistan: A ... Palestine Chronicle - 16 hours ago ... India. He encountered Maharaja Ranjit Singh, a Sikh soldier and statesman who had crafted various clans into a...