Slide show and article on women in the Muslim Brotherhood.
A cute article about Coaching Women's Basketball in Qatar.
Female drivers in Kabul, Afghanistan, and why we should listen to Afghan women.
Showing posts with label afghanistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label afghanistan. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Greg Mortenson a Fraud?
Greg Mortenson is the author of Three Cups of Tea, a great book about how he started building schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan. I read the book in 2008 and was really inspired by someone who was actually on the ground in Pakistan, making a difference for children and upholding a tradition of soft power - cultural diplomacy.
Well, the American show 60 Minutes did an expose on him on TV last night, and it looks like some of his stories are outright lies and a lot of the money his organization received has been mismanaged if not just ripped off. I can't tell you how disappointed I am. It's so hard to find real heroes in this world when more and more of them turn out to be liars and frauds.
Well, the American show 60 Minutes did an expose on him on TV last night, and it looks like some of his stories are outright lies and a lot of the money his organization received has been mismanaged if not just ripped off. I can't tell you how disappointed I am. It's so hard to find real heroes in this world when more and more of them turn out to be liars and frauds.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
The Next Abu Ghraib?
I generally don't cover much about Afghanistan, but I felt this merited an exception. By now you've probably heard about the attacks in Afghanistan that are in response to alleged Qur'an burnings in the US. There was a Qur'an burned, but apparently the story grew in Afghanistan and people began rioting and killing. The whole incident is deplorable, but a new scandal has been brewing and things could get even worse.
This is the first I had heard about it, but FireDogLake has an article describing the situation. Der Spiegel has been researching the incidents and has produced a documentary [this documentary is supposed to be very graphic] about it. Members of the 5th Stryker Brigade in Afghanistan formed a "kill team" and went around killing innocent Afghanis. For no reason. Just because they could and it was "fun." I want to state right here that most American soldiers are not like that. This "kill team" is an aberration. But these 12 men killed innocent civilians for fun and then took photos of the bodies. They are now being tried for war crimes in a US military court.
This is the first I had heard about it, but FireDogLake has an article describing the situation. Der Spiegel has been researching the incidents and has produced a documentary [this documentary is supposed to be very graphic] about it. Members of the 5th Stryker Brigade in Afghanistan formed a "kill team" and went around killing innocent Afghanis. For no reason. Just because they could and it was "fun." I want to state right here that most American soldiers are not like that. This "kill team" is an aberration. But these 12 men killed innocent civilians for fun and then took photos of the bodies. They are now being tried for war crimes in a US military court.
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