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Siddiq Barmak

Siddiq Barmak was born in Panjshir, Afghanistan, on September 7, 1962. He got his M.A degree in cinema direction from the Moscow film institut (VGIK) in the year 1987. He has written a few screenplays and has made a few short films and also his first feature film “Osama”…

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Iran detains 121 Afghans, foils human trafficking bid

“Iranian officials have foiled a major human trafficking attempt by detaining 121 Afghan nationals who had illegally entered the country, IRNA reported Sunday, quoting authorities…”

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Afghan women journalists in danger

Farida Nekzad is a journalist and managing editor of Pajhwak, an independent news agency in Afghanistan. Pajhwak reaches Afghans through over 50 radio and independent television stations, providing daily news reports on local and regional issues…

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FIXER: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi

[ May 6, 2009; 7:15 pm to 9:15 pm. May 7, 2009; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Just 24 years old, journalist, translator, and coordinator Ajmal Naqshbandi was one of Afghanistan’s best “fixers”-people who help foreign media negotiate the treacherous landscape of personalities…

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Audition | Playing at the Isabel Bader Theatre

[ May 2, 2009; 4:15 pm to 6:15 pm. May 9, 2009; 7:15 pm to 9:15 pm. ] When Afghan-Canadian director Nelofer Pazira returns to Bamiyan, Afganistan for the screening of the award-winning film she collaborated on, The Giant Buddhas, she is shocked to see a crowd of 2,000, …