10 Sep 2011 | no comments » Children
Afghanistan is the worst country for a child to be born in, according to the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees. Three decades of ongoing conflict have left tens of thousands of children orphaned on the street. The challenges are daunting, especially for children and women. Even though political and economic uncertainty and personal and community insecurity still exist in much of Afghanistan. 1 in 4 children die before reaching their 5th birthday. Only 50% of all Afghan children between the ages of 7 and 13 attend school. Click Image to Enlarge.
15 Dec 2010 | no comments » daikundi
Daikundi, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan but poorest, deprived and forgotten. Daikundi’s capital is Nili. It is located about 310 kilometres from Kabul, and falls into the traditionally ethnic Hazara region known as the Hazarajat. Despite centuries of persecution and the denial of basic civil rights, Hazaras have become leaders in today’s newly emerging Afghanistan. Education is especially important to them, and it shows. Hazara literacy rates are higher than the national average, and nearly all Hazara children—both boys and girls—attend school and go on to university. Click Image.
10 May 2009 | 1 comment » Bamyan
The so called Red City (Shahr-i-Zahak) is located about 17 km from Bamiyan. The three-tiered Red City – a fortress of sun-dried red clay from the 3rd century BC - clings to a cliff 1,500 feet above above the entrance to the Bamiyan Valley. The Red City was never rebuilt after attack in 1221 and nowadays you can see only the ruins of the Red City.
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