Women in Afghanistan

Posted by on May 15, 2015 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

I am not; maybe I have been here too long. But I’m not been hopeful about the future here. A sobering assessment ten years on, when Canada joined the mission in Afghanistan women’s rights were a significant part of the justification. Under the oppressive Taliban regime, women had few freedoms they could not leave their homes along; girls did not go to school. Now Canada’s mission is beginning to draw down and in tonight’s installment over Afghanistan what is next. Susan Ormiston looks at life today, through the eyes have to women, who have seen some change but wonder is it enough. Women here tell a different kind a war story. A war against abuse and abandonment, this is the story at to women both named Perrine, each fighting their own war and winning modest gains that will be your last. This is the land right here, can you show me inside? He doesn’t look like much have a house on a hill outside Kabul. Did you build this? But Perrine and her kids built this by hand. This is her lawn but she had to fight for it, when the village commander and his tags tried to take it for themselves. “It was just me my son and my daughter. I saw those boys have knifes and they had some other weapons with them. What I did? “I put-up the shovel and I start fighting.” What did the men do when you started to fight back? “They were beating my son, they were beating my daughter, and they beating me too.” After the beach you why didn’t you give up? I became angry too and then I caught one of them and I beat him and I tore his clothes from the top to the bottom. He had weapons but I was not scared, no I wasn’t scared.” Fighting that would have been unthinkable a few years ago Perrine’s poor. Her husband deserted her and her seven children. She lives in a relative’s house but once a week, women in this village have been going to assure a women’s gathering to learn about their rights. A program sponsored by Jennifer Roles team at...

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The Bamiyan Buddhas of Afghanistan

Posted by on May 15, 2015 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

About 100 miles west of Kabul Afghanistan is a broad valley flanked by high clips. From the first to the 6th century, the world’s largest statues have the standing Buddha was carved into the face of these clips. And for fifteen hundred years, the Buddha’s watched over this portion of the busy trade routes between India in China. As the centuries past the statue is also survived numerous wars over the control of Afghanistan. In the late nineteen nineties the peacefulness a balmy on Valley was broken once again, as the Taliban battled rival factions in the Afghan civil war. Although, the Buddha’s were considered idols according to the Taliban. Strict interpretation of Islam, the official stance up the ante for the first few years, was for their preservation as a part of Afghan history. And as a source of income from foreign tourists. In March 2001, that policy change. And the Taliban order the volume Buddha destroy. This Taliban video shows young men climbed to the top of the larger Buddha, they are among the last to touch the agent figures as they set the explosives. As a group a Taliban leaders watch from a nearby hillside the statues are reduced to rubble, and the Dead Nation fills the valley with a cloud of dust. All that remains today at the balmy on Buddha’s is our making niches in the mountainside with an outline of where the towering figures once stood. Last year, after the statues were destroyed, the Taliban themselves were forced out of power during America’s war against terrorism. Now the valley’s peaceful once again. And the people who live there trying to recover from decades of war. But in Western Europe researchers are exploring ways to rebuild the giant statues. And a foundation is being established to help fund the project. Through computer imaging and three-dimensional model scientists and historians are determining the precise materials. And the best construction method they will need to accurately replace the Buddha’s in the balmy on...

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Inside an Afghan prison

Posted by on May 14, 2015 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

As Canada ends its combat role in Afghanistan, we have been looking at what is next for that country. The progress that is been made and the challenge is still ahead. Tonight we want to take you inside the place you have never seen before; it is been described as a breeding ground for insurgents. The Taliban call it a recruitment center, you might be surprised to learn is actually a high-security prison. Susan Ormiston got the real access inside. When Turkey prison on the outskirts of cabal at the foot of the Hindu Kush Mountains, 5,000 up the country’s worst criminals are her, in a placement to be impenetrable. Security seems tired; guards go through all our television gear and put it down. But we are about to show you what does get through, and how the ceded territories can sprout inside these walls. The prison chief General Abdel Baki bisutti has a fondness for caged bird. And the Confession, that jailbirds threatened him. “Many times we have received phone calls from inside the jail, and have been threatened that we are going to be killed by a suicide attack.” Abdel Baki bisutti added. All Charki seen riots, jailbreaks and political executions. Fertile ground for stoking the insurgency. To counter unrest the US is pouring in millions of dollars for upgrades and programs. They may be murderers and thieves, but they’ll be physically fit. Computer literate and scholars Islamic Studies, religion only we are told not politics. But not long ago the Taliban, run its own mad rush to school here, and completely controlled a prison wing, so that guards had to leave food at the door. The Taliban say that this prison is recruiting center. Many suspected insurgents are still able to keep up contact with their fighters outside, and it is believed that the finest market bombing in Kabul with patch right here by 45-year-old, prisoner who was able to orchestrate the attack from inside his prison. We research one to two blocks every day and find stuff. The main problem at the moment drugs and cellphones, and you found all these in one block yesterday. We have thousands have telephones...

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Historic Fotage Of Buddha of Bamiyan in Hazara history

Posted by on May 13, 2015 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

It was here that we would live in New York for several days while exploring the area. These have been built in typical Mongolian style by the government, especially for the comfort and convenience of those who wish to visit the exciting sites nearby. Inside, you are protected from a chilly night air by layers of felt placed over the read framework. And modern pilot facilities as well as hot water are available. You will be quite comfortable on the bed stool and everything is spotless. It so well rested, we were ready to go out and explore the site of Bamiyan, a very famous city, and an area the whole valley the Golden Valley of Bamiyan is noted for an entire mountain range that was used by the Buddhist as a sacred place in centuries past. And that whole series at mountains there has Buddhist caves in it, religious, fanatics, religious priests came here curve the caves and they dedicated all these caves to Buddha. And when the Muslims came along, many of the caves were destroyed in fact the case were used as residences and the car from the fire covered many of the paintings inside and that sort of save those paintings. They have been able to remove the tar, deposits from the fires at the Sentul last two centuries and they are found Buddhist paintings some a them a great beauty in color inside the caves. Tremendous Buddhist, religious, complex in this Bamiyan valley, there were places where you can see the remains of some other statues that had been attached by those holes to the background near the statue that long since disappeared. One tremendous statue is being restored by Indian, engineers and art is to have come up there and they are trying to restore this tremendous one, you can see how in the golden days these patent have ropes there and put the mud around the rope to cause the polls in the roads. But this is that was a small Buddha 125 feet, here is the large Buddha. The large Buddha is a hundred and seventy-five feet high, probably the biggest in all over the world...

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GLOBAL PULSE: Afghan Women: Far From Equal (8/21/09)

Posted by on May 12, 2015 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Women are expected to wear a Burqa because the Taliban are active in this area, next on mobile homes. How these news outlets around the world are covering the struggle of women in Afghanistan. Women have made progress in Afghanistan but even though they can run for office equality is still just a dream. High I am Erin Coker. Iran’s Press TV pointed out at the taliban’s treatment of women led to a justification for war. “They sold the invasion of the way of driving out the Taliban, while empowering the female population but the Taliban, still in evidence and anything the wall who is becoming more bloody and entrenched. Is the more home been good for women’s rights,” said PressTV/Iran. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has now signed a law that in a fact, return some women to the oppression experienced under the Taliban as ABC News reported. The new law severely restricts the right in Afghanistan’s three million Shiite women. Allowing husbands to refuse support two wives who do not obey their sexual demands, and requiring women to get permission from their husbands to work. When the law was first signed in March its part outrage here and around the world, Karzai withdrew it but in the middle of the presidential campaign it is back apparent attempt to win votes among conservatives. Even women who gain a measure a power can escape danger according to this report by the BBC. Every day when the first woman prosecutor here at needs home she does not know should see her children again. Maria Bashir is guarded round-the-clock extremists detonated a massive bomb outside her home last year. Maria the top law officer in the province is trying to give women human rights and equality they were promised that under the constitution adopted by President Karzai’s government five years ago, but this hasn’t happened. This woman cannot can protection from her husband and drug addict in idsa. The organization Women for Women International reports that up to eighty percent Afghan women are affected by domestic violence. Nearly half of all girls are forced into marriage before 16 and eighty-five percent of women have no formal education...

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Farmers, their animals and the environment – Africa – Part 1

Posted by on May 11, 2015 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Curved horns help these codes push away the tall grass, when food is scarce tales filled with fat help these sheep survive. The extra skin on this Bulls neck helps it stay cool in the heat is shiny coat reflects the hot Sun light. these donkeys can digest food with very little water, these are genetic traits evolved over the centuries as these animals adapted to survive the hostile environment this region.not only have individual farmers benefited from the animal’s ability to survive, the entire region has benefited in terms reliable agricultural production. Every day list them Zebedayo Mchiwa faces the same problem he must find grass for the animals he tends sometimes it’s easy, sometimes it’s not, he passes his time by making music he offers as is music to be the soundtrack for this video. as we listen will meet other farmers and hear their stories, these are the farmers of southern Africa all rely on animals these farmers recognize that their best hope for the future is with indigenous animals, local animals that have already survived in this region for thousands of years and will continue to survive and to provide benefits to the farmers who need them. The Zebedayo Mchiwa is one of those farmers the rains came late in central Tanzania this year his crops failed, but it’s not a total disaster because he has his cattle his herd include a local breed called improper of during the drought several years ago when most improved cattle in this region died the umpapa what survived so he’s added them to is heard and knows they will see him through the tough times. Zebedayo Mchiwa I plan to use these cattle because I can sell one or two of them, I can use the money from the sale to buy the food I need to feed my family. There is a bit of irony here yes the umpapa will help mister Mchiwa and his family survive, but the breed itself is at risk of extinction and the fade of the umpapa is not unique acrossthe region many other breeds indigenous farm animals face similar features. Southern Africa is a land of...

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Afghanistan: War Without End, Part 1

Posted by on May 9, 2015 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

This is the story of Afghanistan a country are staggering beauty and remarkable people. But it is also story have repeated invasions heroic resistance and compass wars. The tragedy is that the west’s often willful ignorance about Afghanistan’s recent past, has condemned to people to a seemingly endless struggle for survival. It is a story that is come to dominate my life. The margins are the Hindu Kush cover most about Afghanistan, as well as the southern border with Pakistan. This is where the Taliban, came to power and where Al Qaeda had that training camps. From these camps came the hijackers who destroyed the twin towers on September the 11th 2001. In retaliation America bomb the Taliban out of power. “Institution again and again that exercising control over Afghanistan is easier said than done. The American’s are the last in a long line the farmhouse, who tried to been the travel in Afghans to that will, few have succeeded,” said Sandy Gall. In The name of God, I would not give one speck of my land for the whole Kremlin, Nor one flower from my land for the whole of Washington. “They have often been conquered but they have never been subdued and dominated. They do not play by normal rules,” said Nigel Ryan. “One other thing you learn, if you look at history is that for example strength for some firepower and cannot control necessarily a country particularly when you have country with mountaineers difficult terrain and very determined and proud independent people,” said Sir Nicholas Barrington. “I first visited Afghanistan in 1982, two-and-a-half years after the same its invasion. When President Brezhnev sent in the red army to prop up the new an unpopular communist government in Kabul,” said Sandy Gall. Soon after the invasion all western journalists were bomb and the only way to report the war was to travel with the majority in resistance. This meant crossing the border illegally and walking across the mountains. Few television networks were prepared to spend the time and money, so coverage for the wall was sparse which meant the Russian atrocities went largely unreported. “We got together documentary team, and we literally...

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