Many American Armed forces are skeptical about how the Afghan National Army will be able to handle the country when they leave. Many soldiers scoff at the idea and have no faith in the ANA, but those who have worked with Lt. Ahmaduddin Ahmad see that there is hope. When Lt. Ahmad walks by American [...]
Recently retired male supermodel, Cameron Alborzian, obtained a meeting with Major General Phil Jones. Cameron and Jones talked about a more tactful and passive way of getting the Afghan insurgents to lay down their arms. Cameron talked with Jones about using yoga as a way to connect with the prisoners and also calm them. While [...]
This past summer violence has decreased in Afghanistan after five years of increasing attacks. This information comes after a new report from the Pentagon. The report tells U.S. officials the current strategy, including finding active areas of insurgent activity and turning them over to Afghan control. Military officials have been waiting for these types of [...]
A few weeks ago, a report from the Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) came in with information about the inauguration of a new courthouse building in Kunar, northeast Afghanistan. The building – that took 16 months to complete, at a price of $440,000 – will have three floors and is being constructed for the Asadabad Court [...]
Hamed Wardak has been working hard to try to build good relations between Afghanistan and America. And once these relations have been developed, Wardak looks for ways to maintain the optimistic fervor between the two countries. Clearly the man would be delighted to learn of other individuals or corporations working for the same goal. And [...]
Good news for Afghanistan was marked by the signing of an agreement to “promote civil aviation ties” with Bahrain which will enable direct flights with the two countries. Signers on the agreement were Abdulrahman Mohammed Al-Qaoud, Bahrain’s Civil Aviation Affairs Undersecretary and Sayed Mehdi Sayedi, the Afghan Deputy Transportation and Civil Aviation Minister. Any kind [...]
There was a reception to launch the Meridian International Center’s photo exhibition, “In Small Things Remembered: The Early Years of U.S.-Afghan Relations,” depicting early Afghan-American relations. Guests included: “Counselors Hakim Atarud and Khojesta Fana Ebrahimkhel from the Embassy of Afghanistan; former Afghan Deputy Minister of Culture, Faiz Khairzada, who organized the performances in Afghanistan of [...]
Hamed Wardak, an Afghan working towards improving conditions in the region, would be delighted to learn about the new hospitals being opened in his namesake, the Wardak province of Afghanistan. It was two hospitals that opened there, both maternity ones, with a capacity for 30 women in each. Wardak is in the central east part [...]
There will be more educational opportunities for Afghans since the announcement by the country’s Education Ministry of the opening of two new buildings as well as a girl’s elementary school in Qadis, costing $48,000, comprising six classrooms and two admin rooms. In Balkh, another girl’s high school opened – much larger – with 24 classrooms [...]
When it seems that things aren’t looking great for a country, and it is then awarded a Government Leadership Award, the country’s activists are more than happy. Hamed Wardak and Afghanistan are examples of this. Amirzai Sangin, Afghanistan’s Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology was awarded the Government Leadership Award a few weeks ago [...]
