Afghans are met by both poverty and the freezing cold of winter after over a decade since the start of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan.
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War leaves Poverty in its Wake
Posted by Joseph Robertson on January 26th, 2012
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Comments Off30% of Afghan children are working in child labor
Posted by UpdatedFrequently on October 19th, 2011
30% of all children in Afghanistan are laboring in some fashion. Most are doing it just to help out their family, because their parents cannot earn money or not enough of it.
Posted in Afghanistan Tags: Afghan Children, Age Group, Associate Professor, Character Building, Child Abuse, child labor, Child Labor Issues, Child Laborers, Child Neglect, Children Face, Cnn, Dartmouth College, Edmonds, Good Stuff, International Organizations, Kabul, Pests, Physical Harm, Sweatshops, Toxic Chemicals, Unicef Comments OffFarmers in Afghanistan continue to grow opium to avoid poverty
Posted by UpdatedFrequently on October 11th, 2011
A new report says that opium cultivation increased in Afghanistan by seven percent from the previous year. Farmers on the edge of poverty continue to grow the illicit crop because it is the easiest to make money with.
Posted in Afghanistan Tags: Afghan Government, Async, Createelement, Document Location, Drugs And Crime, Economic Hardship, Eradication, Ga Document, Google, Google Analytics, Http Www Google, Insertbefore, International Troops, opium, Opium Cultivation, Opium Poppies, Opium Poppy, Previous Year, Security Responsibilities, Text Javascript, Washington Post Comments OffA Rock Festival In Kabul, Afghanistan
Posted by War News Updates Editor on October 1st, 2011
Afghanistan To Host First Rock Festival In 30 Years — The Guardian
Organisers hope hundreds will shrug off security fears to attend ‘stealth festival’ of local and central Asian bands.
Afghanistan is anticipating its first rock festival for three decades next week when hundreds of fans are expected to converge for a one-day extravaganza of local and international acts.
Sound Central, a “stealth festival” that organisers hope will draw up to 2,000 young Afghans, will showcase Afghan bands playing music from doom metal to blues rock, as well as musicians who have flown in from Iran, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
Read more ….
Update #1: Stealth festival to rock Kabul with musical explosion — Reuters
Update #2: Real Rock & Roll: Holding a Rock Festival in Kabul — The Atlantic
My Comment: No alcohol on the premises ….
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Posted by UpdatedFrequently on September 21st, 2011
An already unstable country now faces the possibility of running out of food within three months. Afghanistan is now experiencing drought conditions and OXFAM is calling on donors to help.
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