Afghans stories:
Karzai inauguration: Views from Afghanistan
Nov 19th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Hamid Karzai has been sworn in as Afghan president for a second elected term. In his inauguration speech, he announced a conference to tackle corruption and a national gathering to help bring peace to Afghanistan.
Here...Diplomat: Canada handed over Afghans for torture
Nov 19th, 2009 - Boston
TORONTO—Top-ranking Canadian officials ignored evidence that prisoners handed over to Afghanistan's intelligence service a few years ago were tortured, a former Canadian diplomat in Afghanistan said.
Afghans want Obama to hold Karzai's feet to the fire
Nov 18th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
On Afghanistan's independence day in August, my friends in Kandahar were puzzled. Why was the government bothering to celebrate the holiday? With 100,000 or so foreign troops occupying our country...
12 Afghans killed in attack on meeting with French
Nov 16th, 2009 - AOL News
TAGAB VALLEY, Afghanistan -Rockets slammed into a market northeast of Kabul on Monday, killing 12 civilians but missing their presumed target: a meeting between France's...
US has no long-term stake in Afghanistan: Clinton
Nov 15th, 2009 - Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States has no long-term stake in Afghanistan and its primary aim is to defeat Al-Qaeda there, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday. "We're not interested in staying in Afghanistan...
Afghans videos from YouTube:
2:15Mixed feelings greet inauguration of Afghan President Karza
After a controversial election, Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second term on Thursday. But with public confidence at an all time low and the US ramping up pressure to rid the country of its corruption ...
1:40Rockets slam market as French general meets Afghans, 10 civilians killed
Rockets slam market as French general meets Afghans, 10 civilians killed
3:17Sahar Adish: The Power of an Afghan Girl's Education
Since 1980, the International Rescue Committee has helped nearly 7000 Afghans start new lives in the US A shining example of the resettled Afghan story-and the power of a girl's education-is Sahar Adish ...
1:31Taliban execute 2 Afghans publicly
In a gruesome public spectacle, Taliban-linked militants on Friday executed two Afghan men accused of spying for the United States, slitting their throats and parading their severed heads before a cheering crowd.
Afghans from WikiPedia:
The Demographics of Afghanistan are a mix of ethnic and linguistic groups. The population of Afghanistan is 28,150,000. This was last updated on July 2008.This reflects its location astride historic trade and invasion routes leading from Central Asia into South Asia and Southwest Asia. The majority of Afghanistan's population are Iranian peoples, notably the Pashtuns and the Tajiks. The Pashtuns are the largest ethnic group followed by Tajiks. The Hazaras are the third largest ethnic group, then the Uzbeks, Aimak, Turkmen, Baluch, Nuristani and other small groups. Pashto and Persian (Dari) are the two official languages of the country. Persian is spoken by at least half of the population and serves as a lingua franca for most. Pashto is spoken widely in the south, east and south west as well as in western Pakistan. Uzbek and Turkmen are spoken in the north. Smaller groups throughout the country also speak more than 70 other languages and numerous dialects.
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