tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722409422219442932024-03-21T14:36:31.976-07:00AfghanWatchMalali Bashirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406367261182553590noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272240942221944293.post-1349654996647540422019-03-13T12:58:00.002-07:002019-03-13T13:09:13.539-07:00Award Ceremony At Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #1f2124; font-family: , "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 18px;">Radio Free Europe's Internal Awards are given to the "greatest journalistic achievements in breaking news coverage, reporting, features, videos and photography" to reporters from 22 countries including the journalists based in Prague. These awards are given on monthly basis. </span><span style="color: #1f2124; font-family: , "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 18px;">This internal competition has the title "Best of RFE/RL. <br />In 2018, I was one of the six jury members. Here is an excerpt from the 8th Annual Best Of RFE/RL Awards where I announced the award for social content.</span><br />
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Malali Bashirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406367261182553590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272240942221944293.post-68405390143877045632018-10-01T01:32:00.003-07:002019-03-18T07:44:33.578-07:00Remembering Our Afghan Colleagues<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Last Joint Report We Did With Slain Colleague Sabawoon Kakar</h2>
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<strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">A compelling video about an Afghan’s women’s cricket team was the last story produced by Radio Azadi’s Prague-based Malali Bashir jointly with Sabawoon Kakar, a reporter in Kabul who was killed along with ten other journalists in Afghanistan in separate occasions on April 30. A total of three RFE/RL colleagues -- two reporters and a trainee who was about to start work -- were killed that day. This post by Bashir is a tribute to Sabawoon Kakar and other slain Afghan colleagues, and was initially published on RFE/RL's internal news portal Liberty Net.</strong></div>
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I was on my way to the office in Prague on the morning of April 30 when I first read the news of the suicide attacks. I also read that Shah Marai was among the dead. Shah Marai worked as a senior photographer for France Press. I knew Marai for his incredible work and later knew him via Twitter. I called my husband Bashir Ahmad, who is also a journalist, right away and we both shared our grief over the loss of this beautiful person.</div>
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When I came to the office, I read another message from Kabul on my phone about Abadullah Hananzai being among the dead and Sabawoon Kakar among the injured. Our colleagues in Kabul and Prague were devastated by this news. In the morning editorial meeting, we were told that Sabawoon Kakar had undergone surgery, that the doctors removed some shrapnel from his body. After the meeting was over I came to my desk.</div>
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Shortly afterward, I heard my colleague Norias Nori say that Sabawoon Kakar was no more. I didn’t want to believe my ears and asked in shock: dead? My desk phone rang. It showed the name of Ibrahim Safi, a video journalist in the Kabul office who also worked with me on different reports from there. I was always in contact with Sabawoon Kakar, Ibrahim Safi and Tamim Akhgar for videos and clips that we required for different field reports.</div>
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I picked up the phone receiver and heard what I feared. It was Safi’s tearful and shaky voice: Kakar is dead! He died! I could hear men and women crying in the background. Safi was calling from his desk and all our colleagues in Kabul were mourning, in shock and despair. We both cried and I only could say that I would call him back. Everyone was grieving in Prague and Kabul. Ten journalists had died in separate attacks in Afghanistan on that day.</div>
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I was scheduled to prepare and present the TV news that day. I read the news of the deaths of my dear colleagues on camera with a heavy heart.</div>
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The last <a class="wsw__a" href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/azadiradio/videos/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(219, 222, 224); box-sizing: inherit; color: #9e4702; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">story</a> that I worked on jointly with Sabawoon Kakar was on Afghanistan’s women’s cricket team.</div>
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Afghanistan had a women’s cricket team formed in 2010 which played internationally and in 2012 this team went to Tajikistan and won a challenge cup among 6 teams. But soon that team was disbanded and its creator Diana Barakzai fired by the cricket board. We wanted to find out why that team was disbanded and why Afghanistan still does not have a women’s cricket team while there are Afghan women's teams in soccer, track and field, boxing, taekwondo, and other sports.</div>
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Sabawoon Kakar interviewed Diana Barakzai, former captain of the women’s cricket team, as a part of this report. She told Radio Azadi that the board uses the issues of "insecurity" and "Afghan culture" as an excuse to mask prejudice against women. Diana Barakzai believes she was fired and her team disbanded because she had complained that conservative board members were obstructing the development of the women's game and misusing U.S. aid. Barakzai says that she has contacts for more than 4,000 girls and women who are begging to play the game. Sabawoon informed me in a voice message that he had transferred the video interview files via FTP.</div>
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One of his voice messages to me says: Salam, Malali sister, how are you? I hope you are in good health. I gave the interview to Ibrahim Safi and he transferred it to you in the morning. Today is the international day of reading books and I am on my way to take footage for my report on this topic.</div>
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I received Sabawoon’s last written message on my phone on April 26, five days before he died. I had told him that I was sorry I had not seen one of his messages and he wrote back in Pashto: hila kawam, which roughly means, ‘no problem’.</div>
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Sabawoon was a very dedicated, career-oriented, thriving and brave journalist. He fearlessly covered the news of explosions and suicide attacks. He was interested in covering issues that other people might fear covering. He reported on issues related to women.</div>
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I worked with Sabawoon on another story where a family in Kabul claimed their daughter was murdered by her husband. The husband was in prison. I arranged the interview and sent my questions to Sabawoon so he could talk with the family on camera. We wanted to take both sides of the story and worked on talking to the authorities, to the defense lawyer and anyone else involved. Meanwhile, the police let Sabawoon meet the dead woman’s husband in jail; he threatened to hurt Sabawoon if we issued the story.</div>
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We decided not to publish the story because the case was still pre-trial and we did not want our reporting to shape opinions in a murder case. Sabawoon kept hoping we would publish the story but we had to wait for the court hearing. Even though Sabawoon will never see the report published, I want to pursue this story to the end.</div>
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Sabawoon died a day before his fifth anniversary at RFE/RL. Sabawoon's pregnant wife gave birth to their second son five days after Kakar was killed. RFE/RL produced a video report about this titled: <a class="wsw__a" href="https://pa.azadiradio.com/a/29213204.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(219, 222, 224); box-sizing: inherit; color: #9e4702; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">The Child Who Will Never See His Father</a>.</div>
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I hope we remember him for his work and for the person he was.</div>
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Rreviously published <a href="https://pressroom.rferl.org/a/remembering-our-afghan-colleagues/29208309.html" target="_blank">here. </a></div>
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Malali Bashirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406367261182553590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272240942221944293.post-57368119590311451952018-01-08T04:24:00.000-08:002018-01-08T04:28:34.329-08:00I believe in sisterhood, which is called ‘Khorwali’ in Pashto<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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By <a href="https://pressroom.rferl.org/author/101375.html" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #fc750b; font-family: Merriweather-Light, Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; touch-action: manipulation;" title="Claudia Shute">Claudia Shute</a><br /><br />In a country where women are often publicly referred to by the names of their male relatives, the campaign <a class="wsw__a" href="https://www.rferl.org/a/afghan-women-campaign-to-reclaim-their-identities/28618186.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(219, 222, 224); box-sizing: inherit; color: #9e4702; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; word-wrap: break-word;">Where Is My Name?</a> aims to help Afghan women reclaim their identities. Launched on social media by a group of young Afghan women, and supported by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Afghan Service, the initiative that brings Afghan women’s rights to the forefront of media attention has gone global.</div>
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The campaign consists mainly of thousands of men and women who are making the seemingly small, but in reality, profound decision to share the names of their mothers, sisters, and wives on Twitter and Facebook using the #WhereIsMyName (#ناممـکجاست). RFE/RL’s Afghan Service, known locally as Radio Azadi, has supported the movement by sharing responses and information on social media in English, Pashto, and Dari.</div>
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Famous singers and actresses have also joined the campaign, including Farhad Darya, a musician who was named Radio Azadi’s Person of the Year in 2011.</div>
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Radio Azadi dedicated a call-in radio show to the campaign, during which male participants reversed a traditional practice, and introduced themselves as the son, father, or husband of a woman. These statements, Radio Azadi reporter <a class="wsw__a" href="https://gandhara.rferl.org/author/94014.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(219, 222, 224); box-sizing: inherit; color: #9e4702; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Malali Bashir</a> tells RFE/RL Pressroom, were remarkable for putting the woman’s name first.</div>
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Reporters for Radio Azadi’s Kabul bureau also went to the streets to see if ordinary people were prepared to share the names of their female relatives -- and many did.</div>
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The campaign relies on networks inside Afghan communities to spread the message that women’s rights matter. Says Bashir, “I believe in sisterhood, which is called ‘Khorwali’ in Pashto, but I also believe that men can be important allies in this fight for women’s rights.”</div>
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“It is simply about giving women an identity. Her name is the first thing that should come to mind if you accept a woman’s existence,” she says.</div>
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The impact of the movement is difficult to measure, but Bashir has received indications that its message is being heard. She has personally received photos of wedding invitations altered to include the bride’s name; the name of a bride who was <a class="wsw__a" href="https://www.rferl.org/a/family-wants-answers-after-wedding-celebration-ends-with-brides-death/28629414.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(219, 222, 224); box-sizing: inherit; color: #9e4702; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">killed</a> on her wedding day recently appeared on the announcement of her funeral, Bashir says, which is uncommon.</div>
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International women’s rights groups have publicized the campaign to raise awareness about gender relations in Afghanistan and the wider region, and its co-founders have been invited to discuss it at a number of public events.</div>
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Says Bashir, “People are thinking, which is the first step.”</div>
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Not surprisingly, the campaign has also elicited a backlash, which some say is further testimony to its impact. In one incident, Tahmineh Rashiq, one of the campaign’s founders, was subject to online harassment and had her Facebook photos stolen and shared publicly.</div>
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Bashir notes that, due to societal pressure, formidable barriers to equality persist online, where many women use fake names to hide their identity, lest they be viewed as “loose women.”</div>
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“It is as if they wear a social media burqa -- you do not want to wear it, but you must to protect yourself against sexism and misogyny,” she says.</div>
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Bashir mentions the #MeToo (#زمانوم) movement, initiated by an uprising of women in America and Europe against sexual harassment, that is also emboldening Afghan women to speak out for their rights online and offline.</div>
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Asked how women’s rights measure up against Afghanistan’s other challenges, including daily atrocities related to poverty, extremism, and violence, says Bashir, “they are one of the first basic steps towards equality.”<br /><br />This article first appeared on Lady Liberty of RFE/RL: https://pressroom.rferl.org/a/rferls-afghan-service-supports-women-by-name/28905079.html</div>
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Malali Bashirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406367261182553590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272240942221944293.post-59334781088167138502018-01-01T13:48:00.001-08:002018-01-01T13:49:22.372-08:00The Afghan Diplomat Who Hit His Wife<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The news spread all over social media in Afghanistan and became a hot topic among Afghans on internet. While women rights activists condemned this act, many refrained from discussing the issue further because Mr. Aini was said to be linked with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Salahuddin Rabbani who is also a member of Jamiat-e-Islami party. Others chose to say that those who talk about this incident of domestic violence are actually doing it because of Mr. Aini’s political affiliations to Mr. Rabbani. Others tried to shove the issue under a rug by saying: this is their personal matter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan reporter Malali Bashir has won in the Twitter Power User category at the <a class="underline" href="http://socialmediasummit.af/en/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(206, 209, 213); box-sizing: inherit; color: #9e4702; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Afghan Social Media Summit</a>, which celebrates innovative social media use in Afghanistan.</div>
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Afghan social media users nominated <a class="underline" href="https://twitter.com/MalaliBashir" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(206, 209, 213); box-sizing: inherit; color: #9e4702; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Bashir</a>, along with eight other candidates, for the award. After a round of public voting online, Bashir was among the four finalists who advanced to the final round, where a panel of judges will evaluate them based on their creativity, best practices in social media use, and impact in Afghanistan. Bashir was announced as the winner during a social media summit in Kabul October 20.</div>
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Bashir keeps her 17,300 Twitter followers informed on the Taliban’s takeover of Kunduz, corruption in the Afghan government, and other pressing issues in Afghanistan.</div>
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However, Bashir’s engagement with these issues goes beyond tweeting and retweeting. Bashir, who is from Zabul, Aghanistan, has covered a range of topics related to Afghanistan, often with a women’s rights perspective. Since she joined RFE/RL in April 2014, Bashir has interviewed activist <a class="underline" href="http://gandhara.rferl.org/content/article/25456578.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(206, 209, 213); box-sizing: inherit; color: #9e4702; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Malala Yousafzai </a>and Afghan First Lady <a class="underline" href="http://gandhara.rferl.org/media/video/afghanistan-first-lady-interview/26724673.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(206, 209, 213); box-sizing: inherit; color: #9e4702; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Rula Ghani </a>about their advocacy for women and girls.</div>
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Along with her work at RFE/RL, Bashir has written for BBCPashto, Foreign Policy, and The Daily Times, and she has edited Afghan magazines. She also runs the blog <a class="underline" href="http://afghanwatch.blogspot.cz/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(206, 209, 213); box-sizing: inherit; color: #9e4702; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.05em; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">AfghanWatch</a>. Prior to her journalistic work, Bashir was a Fulbright scholar at Brandeis University, where she earned her MBA in International Business.</div>
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Article First published <a href="https://pressroom.rferl.org/a/malali-bashir-twitter-award/27308442.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><br />
Watch Award Announcement Video <a href="https://www.facebook.com/malalibashir/videos/10206310613096660/" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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ځوانانو پاڅئ انقلاب راولئ ــــــــــــ د ګرمو وينو سور سيلاب راولئ</div>
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که داسې نه وي ميخکي واچوئ ــــــــ د جينکو غوندې بنګړي واچوئ</div>
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د وحيد اڅکزي د خولې دا سندره نه يوازې له دې کبله غلطه ده چې د تشدد لپاره پکښي تبليغ شوی دی بلکې له دې کبله هم د غندلو وړ ده چې د بنګړو غوندي د ښځو د سينګار شاعرانه زيور د هغې د کمزورئ او د سړو لپاره د بيغيرتۍ د سمبول په توګه کاريدلی دی.</div>
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تر ټولو بېرونکی حقيقت دا دی چې پر يوټيوب په زرګونو خلکو دا سندره کتلې او خوښه کړې ده خو هېچا دا نه دي ويلي چې بنګړي په لاس کول د بې غيرتۍ مترادف ولې دی؟ نه چا دا ويلي چې له يوې خوا ميرمنې له کوره ښوونځي او بل ضروري کار لپاره دباندې نه پريږدو او له بلې خوا د هغوی په کور ناسته دومره بده ګڼو چې نارينه وو ته ورباندي پيغور ورکوو؟</div>
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د افغانو ښځود حقونو په مخ کې پراته خنډونه په ټولنه او کورنۍ کې د ښځې د کردار په هکله زموږ له چلند سره ډير ژور تړاو لري. زموږ په کورونو کې هره ورځ ښځو ته دا احساس ورکول کيږي چې هغوی نه يوازې دا چې تر نارينه ډيرې کمې دي بلکې هيڅ ارزښت نه لري.</div>
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د بېلګې په توګه زيات وخت مور او پلار خپله لور د زوی په نامه بولي او ورته وايي: ''ته مې لور نه يې.ته خو مې زوی يې.'' مانا دا چې د هغې ښځيتوب بد دی او ښه والی يوازې په نارينه توب کې دی.</div>
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ما هيڅوک ونه ليدل چې زوی ته دې ووايي چې ته مې لکه لور داسې تکړه يې نو ځکه درته د لور خطاب کوم. سرچپه داسې وي چې يو هلک کمزوری او بې زړه وي، هغه ته د پيغور په توګه د نجلۍ په حيث کتل کيږي.</div>
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حال دا چې موږ نه يوازې په تاريخ کې بلکه خپل شا او خوا ډيرې داسې تکړه ښځې وينو چې سل سړي ورته نه رسيږي.</div>
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لنډ که د خپل کور او کلي ښځو ته وګورو او پخپله انصاف وکړو چې څومره په تکليف ژوند تېروي. لنډ به خپلو ميندو ته وګورو. هغوی يوازې د دې لپاره هم د زړه ورتوب په لقب ارزې چې خپل ²زړه ور² ځوان يې نهه مياشتې په نس ګرځولو وروسته زيږولی، لوی کړی او د سيالانو سر کړی دی.</div>
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ښځو په ټولنه کې د ځان په ټيټوالي کې برابره برخه درلودلې ده. له کلونو کلونو راهيسې واکداره سړي سالارې ټولنې دوی دومره ويرولي چې د خپل نوم ساتلو په مبارزه کې يې ډير ژر ماتې منلي ده.</div>
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ډيرې ميرمنې چې نارينه زوی نه لري يا يوه لور يې د دوی په وينا تکړه وي د خپل خاوند سره په دې همنظره وي چې هغې لور ته دې د هلکانو جامې ورواغوندي چې دا کار هغې ته دا احساس ورکوي چې ته خدای څنګه پيدا کړييي، هغسې ښه نه يې. ته که تکړه يې نو ته بايد د هلکانو کالي واغوندي ځکه چې بهتري د ښځو سره نه ښايي.</div>
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زموږ په ټولنه کې دښځو د کار محدوديت ته په کتو سره ډيرې ښځې د نارينه وو په شان کارونو ترسره کولو لپاره غوره ګڼي چې د سړو کالي واغوندي. لکه د خوست حجاڼۍ حکمينه. داسې ښځې ډيرې هوښيارې وي خو خلک د هغې په سر کې د شتو مغزو تر هغې قدر نه کوي تر څوچې يې د پړوني پر ځای لونګۍ نه وي پر سر کړي.</div>
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د نارينه کالي او د هغه کړه وړه نه يوازې د نارينه نه بلکه د ښځې لپاره هم د وياړ وړ ګڼل کيږي. هغه کنسرټ به مو ليدلی وي چې کله خلک سندرغاړې شکيله ناز ته (د بيا کډې باريږي...) سندري ويلو پر مهال لونګۍ ور پر سر کړي نو د هغې پر مخ وياړ او خوشالي له ورايه ښکاره شي.</div>
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دا په دې مانا چې د لونګۍ ور پر سرولو سره هغه کس د دې ډير قدر وکړ. د لونګۍ اهميت او ارزښت په خپل ځای خو که يوه ښځه يو سړي ته پړونی د وياړ په توګه ورپر سر کړي نو آيا هغوی به يې وزغمي؟ نه، بلکې سرچپه به يې خپل سپکاوی وبولي.</div>
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د مثال په ډول په پارلمان کې د ښځو يوې استازې يو سړی د دې لپاره چې د هغې په فکرد هغه بې عزتي وکړي د ښځې په نامه ياد کړ او ورته يي د پړوني د پرسرولو مشوره ورکړه.دا ځکه چې ښځه په ټولنه کې سپکه ده. نارينه اونارينتوب د وياړ سمبول دی.</div>
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دا بې ځايه او د ښځې شتون ته تاوان رسونکی دود ان ملي شاعر محترم ملنګ جان هم په خپل يوه شعر کې ستايلی دی:</div>
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راځئ پيغلو چې ټولې نن د ننګ پټکي پر سر کړو</h2>
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دا خپل ټيکري بې ننګه کوز او بر زلمو ته ورکړو.</h2>
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تر څو چې ښځو ته خپله پيژندګلوي ورنه کړو او تر څو چې د هغوی نوم د بدۍ، بې زړه توب، زيان اوهر منفي کار سره تړو او تر څو چې موږ ته دا خبرې وړې او عادي ښکاري تر هغو به مو ټولنه بې توازنه وي.</blockquote>
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په احاديثو کې راغلي چې محمد (ص) فرمايلي چې خپلو خاوندانو او ښځو ته په خپلو او يا هغه نومونو ږغ وکړئ چې د هغوی خوښ وي ځکه چې له دې سره مينه زياتيږي. زموږ ملا صاحبان ټوله ورځ په ماجت کې د محمد (ص) د ښځو نومونه ښه په زور او زير اخلي خو همدوی او زموږ ډير نور خلک دباندې د خپلو کورونو د ميرمنو د نومونو په ياديدلو مړي کوي او د مجبوريت په وخت کې ورته د ''کډي'' نوم ورکوي په داسي حال کې چې ښځې خپل سړي د ''کډي'' په نامه نه بولي.</div>
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زموږ نارينه د نورو خلکو په منځ کې د خپلې کورنۍ د ښځو د نومونو اخيستل خو پريږده په خپل کور کې دننه هم خپله ميرمنه په نامه نه يادوي. پرې شرميږی. کله يې يوازې د ''ای...!'' په غږ راغواړي او کله پرې لږ د اوږده ږغ مهرباني وکړي او ورچيغې کړي: د فلانکي خان مورې!</div>
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تر څو چې ښځو ته خپله پيژندګلوي ورنه کړو او تر څو چې د هغوی نوم د بدۍ، بې زړه توب، زيان اوهر منفي کار سره تړو او تر څو چې موږ ته دا خبرې وړې او عادي ښکاري تر هغو به مو ټولنه بې توازنه وي.</div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: right;">د فرانسې د منتخب ولسمشر امانويل ماکرون مېرمن بريګيټ تر ده 24 کاله مشره ده. ماکرون ۳۹ کلن او بريګيټ ۶۴ کلنه ده. د ماکرون د مېرمنې لور چې لارنس نوميږي، د ماکرون همصنفي وه او بريګيټ په ښوونځي کې د ده ښوونکې وه. </span></div>
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دوې افغانې ښځې په خپلو کې سره ږغيدې.<br />يوې وويل: هغه پلانۍ څنګه ده؟<br />بلې وويل: هغه خو وايي چې لېونۍ شوې ده.<br />يوې وويل: ولې؟ څه په شوي دي؟<br />بلې وويل: ما واورېدل د اعصابو دوا خوري.<br />دواړو ويش واخ وکړ چې پېغله نجلۍ ولې لېونۍ شوه.<br />وروسته چې پوه شوم نجلۍ ژور خپګان درلود.<br /><strong style="outline: none !important;">ژور خپګان یاني څه؟</strong>ټوله ورځ ستړې يې او د ورځې ډېری برخه دې خوا بده وي خو پوهيږې نه چې ولې. هر ورځ فکر کوې د هيڅ وړتيا نه لرې. ځان ناحقه ملامت ګڼې او پام دې وېشلی وي. غوڅه پرېکړه نشې کولای، خوب نه درځي يا تر اړتیا زيات خوب کوې. هره ورځ دې د ژوند له هر څه څخه زړه وهل شوی وي او له هغه فعالیتونو سره نوره علاقه نه لرې چې يو وخت دې خوښ وو. په وزن کې دي د پام وړ کمی یا زیاتوالی راځي. جزیيات دي په ياد نه پاته کيږي او د مايوسۍ احساس کوې. پر هر څه غصه درځي او ناکراره يې. فکر کوې نور خلک درباندي قضاوت کوي، ستا په اړه منفي خبرې کوي. خپل ځان نه ستايې او فکر کوې نور خلک تر تا ښه دي. کله کله د خپل ژوند ختمولو فکرونه کوې او داسي نور.<br /><strong style="outline: none !important;">ايا ژورخپګان ناروغي ده؟</strong>د روغتیايي سکتور متخصصين او سايسنپوهان په دې باور دي چې ژورخپګان ناروغي نه ده بلکې د انسان په روغتيايي سيستم کې يو ډول بې نظمي ده، د علايمو يوه مجموعه ده چې تحقيق ثابته کړې له يوه مشخص احساساتي حالات او وضعيت سره مستقیم تړاو لري.<br /><strong style="outline: none !important;">د ژورخپګان په صورت کې باید څه وشي؟</strong>داسي باور کيږي چې ماغزه سلګونو بېلابېل کمیايي پيغامونه لري چې نيوروټرانسميټرز Neurotransmitters بلل کیږي او د مغزو د سلولو يا حجرو ترمنځ د اړيکو د وسيلې په توګه کار کوي. Serotonin يو نيوروټرانسميټر دی چې د مزاج يا فکري حالت په ګډون د بدن د ګڼو فعالیتونو او احساساتو په جوړولو کې مهم دی.<br />کله کله د روحي مشورو تر څنګ ډاکټر درمل هم وړانديز کوي چې antidepressants بلل کيږي.<br />ساينسپوهان په دې باور دي چې antidepressants په مغزو کې د serotonin کچه زياتوي چې په نتيجه کې د بېرې او ژورخپګان کچه راټيټږي. خو دغه درمل خپلې منفي اغېزې هم لري چې بايد د ډاکټر له مشورې پرته په هيڅ صورت کې ونه کارول شي.<br />په افغانستان کې هم اوس د عقلي – عصبي ناروغیو په مرکزونو کې د روحي مشورو يا psychosocial counseling/ psychotherapy زمينه برابره ده او ښځې کولای شي له ښځينه ډاکټرانو سره په دې اړه خبرې وکړي.<br /><strong style="outline: none !important;">ژور خپګان څومره عام دی؟</strong>په افغانه ټولنه کې خلک غواړي هر ډول ناروغي پټه وساتي ځکه فکر کوي خلک به په بده سترګه ورته ګوري. یوه نجلۍ چې په لېونۍ مشهوره شي، خلک فکر کوي هيڅ څوک به ورسره واده نه کوي او که يې ورسره وکړي، دا پېغور به يې د ژوند تر پايه په غاړه کې لوېدلی وي. د نړۍ په نورو وروسته پاته هيوادونو کې هم ناروغیو ته په ورته سترګه کتل کيږي.<br />خو ژور خپګان دومره زیات دی چې زما په فکر د خپل چاپېريال او ژوند د ناخوالو يا غميزو يو منفي اغېز یې بللای شو چې هر حساس انسان ترې متاثره کيږي.<br />د استراليا په کوينزلينډ پوهنتون کې څېړونکو په ۲۰۱۳م کال کې یوه څېړنه خپره کړې ده چې له مخې يې افغانستان د نړۍ تر ټولو زيات په ژور خپګان اخته هیواد دی. د دغو څېړنو له مخې، په افغانستان کې په هرو پنځو کسانو کې يو کس ژور خپګان لري. دا شمېر تر دې هم ښايي زیات وي ځکه ډېری خلک داسي حالت پټوي. د نړۍ تر ټولو په کم ژور خفګان اخته هيواد جاپان ښودل شوی دی.<br /><strong style="outline: none !important;">ته يوازي نه يې!</strong>د روغتیا نړیوالې ادارې WHO راپور وايي، په ټوله نړۍ کې ۳۵۰ مليونه کسان ژور خفګان لري.<br />په ۲۰۰۴م کال کې په افغانستان کې تر سره شوې يوه سروې ښيي چې ۶۸٪ کسانو چې په دې سروې کې يې برخه اخيستې، ژورخپګان او ۷۲٪ يې اضطراب لري.<br />د جګړې او سولې انستيتوت د راپور له مخې، د افغانستان د روغتیايي سکتور چارواکي وايي، د تېر کال په پرتله په ۲۰۱۷م کال کې شل فيصده زیات د روحي ناروغيو اړوند کسان ورته ورغلي دي چې لويه برخه يې ښځې دي.<br />نو که هر څوک ژورخپګان لري، باید پوه شي چې يوازي نه دی.<br /><strong style="outline: none !important;">ولې او څوک په ژور خپګان اخته کيږي؟</strong>په ۱۹۹۶م کال کې ډاکټرې ايلېن آرون Elaine Aron د داسي شخصیت په اړه لیکلي چې دې ورته د <strong style="outline: none !important;"><u style="outline: none !important;">زيات حساس انسان</u></strong> نوم ورکړی دی. <strong style="outline: none !important;"><u style="outline: none !important;">زيات حساس انسان</u></strong> يا HSPP زیات زړسواند او زیات خلاق وي خو منفي اړخ يې دا دی چې داسي کسان دېر ژر په ژور خپګان او اضطراب اخته کېدای شي.<br />ژور خپګان د فزيکي ستونزو او ناروغيو په نتيجه کې هم رامنځته کېدای شي.<br />لوړو ذکر شویو څېړنو ته په کتو سره فکر کوو چې په افغانستان کې که يو څوک په ژور خپګان اخته نه وي، هغوی به يا ډېر قوي اعصاب لري او حساس به نه وي، يا به يې هيڅ کله هم په ژوند کې ناخوالې او غم نه وي ليدلی چې دا په افغانستان غوندي ټولنه کې له امکانه وتلې خبره ده.<br />نو ډاکټران تل وايي چې هر هغه کس چې ژور خپګان لري، باید په دې پوه وي چې ژور خپګان د دوی ګناه نه ده.<br /><strong style="outline: none !important;">خپلوان او ملګري څه مرسته کولای شي؟</strong>(ژور خپګان Depression او اضطراب Anxiety داسي حالت دی چې څوک ستړی وي او په عين حال کې بېريږي. په دغه حالت کې څوک له ناکامۍ بيريږي او په عين حال کې نه غواړي ګټور واوسي. ملګري غواړي خو نه غواړي ټولنيز ژوند ولري. غواړي يوازي وي، خو له يوازيتوبه يې بد راځي. هر څه ته پاملرنه کوي خو بیا هيڅ ته پاملرنه نه کوي. دا داسي حالت دی چې هر څه حس کوې خو احساسات دي فلج وي.)<br />ډېری وختونه د ژورخپګان لرونکي کسانو خپلوان داسي فکر کوي چې دغه کسان بانې لټوي، سستي کوي يا که وغواړي خپل ژوند ته تغير ورکولای شي. خو دوی بايد په دې پوه وي چې د ژورخپګان لرونکو کسانو تل د خپلوانو ملګرتيا او ډاډ ته اړتيا وي. دوی له ژورخپګان لرونکو خپلوانو او ملګرو سره مرسته کولای شي او هغوی قانع کولای شي چې باید له ډاکټره مشوره واخلي. ژورخپګان تداوي لري او تغيرېدونکی وضعيت دی چې د خپلوانو او ملګرو په مرسته او مينه ډېر ژر له منځه تلای شي.</div>
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په ۲۰۰۹م کال کې زما يوې ملګرې پر فېسبوک دوه-دوه اکاونټونه درلودل. يو پروفایل يې پبليک وو او بل يې ډېر شخصي وو. د ځينو نورو يو اکاونټ په خپل نامه وو او يو په مستعار نامه. ما له دوی پوښتنه وکړه چې ولې يو اکاونټ پر مخ نه بيايي، دوی راته وويل چې يو اکاونټ يې ډېر پبليک دی او له نورو خلکو سره معلوماتو شريکولو او تبصرو لپاره يې کاروي او په بل نسبتاً شخصي پروفايل کې يوازي د کورنۍ غړي او هغه ملګري لري چې باور ورباندي کوي او هلته خپل عکسونه هم شريکوي.<br />هغو نجونو چې يو اکاونټ يې په خپل نامه او يو په مستعار نامه درلود راته وويل چې په خپل نظريات په خپل نوم نشي ليکلای ځکه يې په مستعار نوم ليکي. د بېلګې په توګه ټوکې ټکالې او د شوخۍ او خوشالۍ خبرې.<br />خو داسي سړی تر اوسه نه پېژنم چې د ټوکو او د زړه د خبرې له خاطره يې مستعاره ای ډي جوړه کړې وي. د مستعارې ای ډي کارولو لپاره د هغوی دلايل نور دي لکه د دفتر له خوا قيودات چې نشي کولای د يوې موضوع په اړه خپل نظر څرګند کړي نو په بدل نوم خپل نظريات ليکي. ځیني نور بیا د ښځو په ای ډي فعاليت کوي چې نور سړي تېرباسي او يا هم په بدل نوم پر فېسبوک ښځې وځوروي.<br />له ښځو ولې هر وخت د جدي خبرو، ليکنو او چلند تمه کوو؟ ولې ښځې نشي کولای په خپلو کې يا پر خپل فېسبوک پروفايل ټوکې يا د خندا خبرې وکړي؟<br />په زور کور نه کلی کيږي. کله چې موږ له يو انځورګر يا ډاکټر يا د اقتصاد له محصل څخه دا تمه کوو چې پر سياست يا ادبياتو لیکنې وکړي، همدا متل عملي کوو. نو ځکه خو (هر سړی پيدا دی خپل خپل کار لره کنه). که دا خبره تر هڅولو محدوده وي، ښه دی خو دا خبره د پېغور تر بريده بايد ولاړه نشي چې: ښځې ټوله ورځ لنډۍ لیکي. لنډۍ ليکل د هر چا حق دی او ټوکې او خندا هم د هر چا حق ده. هدف مې له هغې خندا نه دی چې د بل توهين کوي. حتمي نه ده چې ښځې به ټوله ورځ تحقيقاتي او څېړنيزې ليکنې کوي ځکه دوی بايد د خپلو زده کړو پور پرې کړي. که څوک داسي ليکنې کوي، ستايل او هڅول يې اړين دي خو که يې نه کوي، څوک د پېغور حق نه لري.<br />زموږ په ټولنه کې له نجونو تمه کيږي چې له مشخصو ټاکل شويو نورمونو سره سم چلند وکړي. دا شرم دی، ها بده خبره ده، خلک به څه وايي؟ له ښځو د همدغو توقعاتو له کبله د خندا او خپل نظر څرګندولو حق اخيستل شوی دی. دهمدغو توقعاتو له کبله دوی نشي کولای لکه د نورې نړۍ د خلکو په څېر په خپل نوم موضوعات وڅيړي، آزادې تبصرې وکړي يا ټوکې وکړي.<br />ښځې چې په خپلو مسلکونو کې مشهورې شي، د توقعاتو تر نور بار هم لاندي شي ځکه هغوی ته د نورو ښځو د رول ماډل يا ایډيال په سترګه کتل کيږي چې دوی باید يو کامل انسان وي يا لږ تر لږه د يوه کامل انسان تمثيل وکړي. په هره خبره کې جدي وي او له نورو انسانانو ځان ډېر ليري او جلا وښيي. د دوی مسئوليت پرته له شکه سل چنده زيات وياو چلند يې بايد له عادي انسانانو سره توپير ولري ځکه خلک ترې زده کړه کوي خو دا په دې مانا نه دی چې هغوی تل د جدي اوسېدو تمثيل وکړي.<br />موږ لکه د غيرت مانا چې مو بدله کړې ده، د دروندوالي او سپک خوی مانا مو هم بدله کړې ده. دروندوالی بايد دا وي چې څوک د بل توهين نه کوي، ټولو انسانانو ته په يوه سترګه ګوري او د هر کس درناوی د هغه د انسانيت په خاطر کوي، نه د هغه د رتبې، مذهب، ژبې يا جنسيت په خاطر.</div>
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Malali Bashirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406367261182553590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272240942221944293.post-62420057387893146932017-06-20T07:30:00.002-07:002017-07-24T05:59:09.692-07:00غلبېل او کوزه/ لنډه کيسه<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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پر اوار ټغر ناستې زړې ښځې د خټو دېوال ته شا کړه.<br />د مخامخ ولاړ ځوان له پوښتنو ډکو سترګو ته يې وکتل.<br />– وای زويه مور يې داسي ښځه وه چې توبه! د داسي مور به څه لور وي؟<br />ځوان: ولې مورې؟ په مور يې څه شوي وو؟ ښه خلک نه وو؟ ژر وايه چې څنګه خلک وو؟<br />– زويه څه درته ووايم؟ زما خو يې مور خوښه نه شوه.<br />– ښه مور يې څه کوې زه خو يې د مور سره واده نه کوم، د لور سره يې واده کوم. هغه څنګه وه؟<br />– وايم د دې مور به څه لور وي چې هر څومره ښه شي د هغې مور لور به وي. پوهېږې مور يې څه کول؟ سګريټ يې څکوی، سګرېټ!<br />زړې ښځې په دواړو غوږو نيولو سره د لاسو چليپا جوړه کړه او لمسۍ ته يې ږغ کړ.<br />زويه ها چلم مې را سم کړه چې سر مې چيوي. توبه توبه!</div>
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Malali Bashirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406367261182553590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272240942221944293.post-87532153892711872072017-06-20T07:28:00.000-07:002017-07-24T05:59:23.677-07:00د افغانستان لور وسوځېده<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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کوټ واله توره چادري يې واغوسته او مخ يې په تور پوړني پټ کړ. ځان ته يې ويل:<br />
کوم دی چې د سر درد مې ښه شو؟ اوس هم خبرې اورم، چيغي او ږغونه. ډاکټر وايي چې دوا وخوره. ورته ومې ويل چې کار نه کوي، کار نه کوي!<br />
يوه شېبه وروسته، ځان ته:<br />
دوی وايي پېريان دي. ولاړ به شي.<br />
نجلۍ زيارت ته ننوته. خيرن کميسي ږيره ور ته يې حال ووايه. دوی وايي دا ملا دی.<br />
خيرن کميسي ږيره ور ورته څلور غبرګه کاغذ ونیوه. غوږ ته يې خوله ور نيږدې کړه او خپله غوښتنه يې ورته وويل. د نجلې سترګې ډډې راوختې او ولاړه شوه. ورته ويې ويل،<br />
نه دي تعويذ غواړم او نه دي مرسته.<br />
څلور غبرګی کاغذ يې پرانيستی او ورته يې وکتل چې ورباندي د خيرن کميسي ږيره ور په ژبه کې څه ليکل شوي وو.<br />
خدای تر تا او ستا تر مرسته لوی دی. او دا څه چې دي راته لیکلي دي، زه به يې درته ځواب درکړم.<br />
کاغذ يې د زيارت سر ته ولاړې شمعې ته ونيوه او ايره يې کړ.<br />
ږيره ور په وره کې ولاړ کس ته وکتل او سترګې يې پټې کړې. په وره کې ولاړ کس بيا يوه شېبه وروسته وتلی وو.<br />
په تور پوړني مخ پټې نجلۍ د زيارت دبانديني وره ته ورسېده.<br />
ږغونه ورته وايي، امريکايانو درته ويلي وو چې قرآن کريم وسوځوه؟ ولې دې دا کار وکړ؟ ولې دې قرآن کريم وسوځاوه؟ انجلۍ تر تور مول لاندي موسکی شوه او ځان ته يې وويل،<br />
ښه نو تر ننې ورځې چې به مې اورېدل، اوس د هغو ږغونو مخونه هم ليدلی شم.<br />
ږغونه زيات شول، او مخونه هم.<br />
له ږغونو او مخونو سره لاسونه او پښې هم ملګري شوو. چا د افغانستان د لور پوړنی کشاوه او چا يې ورېښتان، چا يې غوښې شکولې، چا يې ژوند چور کاوه. ږغونو او مخونو له الله ج څخه واک واخيست او پخپله د قضاوت پر ګدۍ کښېنستل، پخپله يې پرېکړه وکړه او پخپله عمل. او دا ځکه چې دوی يوازي ږغونه او مخونه وو، عقل او منطق نه.<br />
د افغانستان لور پر ږغونو غوږ نه نيوی او نه يې د دې ږغونو مخونو ته کتل، دې خو هغو مخونو ته کتل چې يوازي يې سترګې وې او بس، هغو سترګو ته چې يوازي يې د وږو ليوانو په منځ کې ګير هوسۍ ته کتل.</div>
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Malali Bashirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406367261182553590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272240942221944293.post-81782572657043764702017-06-20T07:25:00.000-07:002017-07-24T05:59:41.119-07:00د نورو لپاره ځان مه محدودوئ!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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د ژوند له تجربو مې زده کړل چې تر هغه وخته د ستايلو يې چې په هغه شپول يا دايره کې بند پاته يې چې خلک فکر کوي له دوی جلا ده.<br />
کله چې دې د کار يا وړتياوو ساحه تر هغه شپوله يا دايرې وغځېده چې نور فکر کوي د دوی ده، هغه سيال شې چې که دي ماتولای نشي، د یوازي کولو هڅې دي کوي. ملګرتيا تر سیالۍ ښه ده. يوازيتوب او ځان ګوښه کول بيا تر دوه مخې ملګري ښه دي.<br />
که غواړئ سيال او ملګری معلوم کړئ، د کار ساحه مو له هغه شپوله/ دايرې وغځوئ چې خلک فکر کوي ستاسو ده.</div>
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د ژوند له تجربو مې دا هم زده کړل چې تر هغه وخته د ستايلو يې چې له نورو سره په داسي دايره کې بند پاته يې چې فکر کوي ستا ورسره ګډه ده. کله چې دې د کار يا وړتياوو ساحه پراخه شوه او ځان دي له دې دايرې وايست، دوی د پرتلې له کبله د کمترۍ احساس کوي. دا داسي احساس دی چې ستا پر هر څومره هڅو سربېره دي ملګری نه پريږدي له زړه دي ملګری شي.<br />
د ژوند نيمايي غمونه ځان له نورو سره له پرتله کولو څخه وي. له همدې کبله ستا او د ملګري دواړو به دي پر ملګري زړه سوځي. د زړسوي له مخې ملګرتيا د برابرۍ ملګرتيا نشي کېدای. ملګرتيا چې پر برابرو احساساتو ولاړه نه وي، ملګرتيا نه وي.<br />
ريښتوني ملګري درلودل ښه دی. د ملګرو د ژوند نيمايي غمونه کمول تر هغه لا هم ښه دی.<br />
که غواړئ ريښتونی ملګری معلوم کړئ، د کار او وړتياوو ساحه مو له هغه شپوله/ دايرې وغځوئ چې ملګري فکر کوي ستاسي ورسره ګډه ده. که څوک خوشاله کېدل، کيږي او که چا ځان پرتله کاوه، د ژوند نيمايي غمونه يې کم کړئ.</div>
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Malali Bashirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406367261182553590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272240942221944293.post-33561881785898214752017-06-20T07:21:00.002-07:002017-07-24T05:59:54.229-07:00واده منزل نه دی، د ژوند د مزل یو پړاو دی<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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د افغانانو په کور کې چې کله نجلۍ وزيږي، دوی يې د واده په فکر شي. نجونې له همدې فکر سره رالويږي. دوی له نورو مسئولیتونو سره تر دې مسئولیت هم لاندي شي چې که غواړي مېړه وکړي، بايد د نورو تر پښو لاندي ځان فرش کړي.<br />
که يې په سر کې هم درد شي، دا خبره بايد ځکه پټه کړي چې بیا به خلک فکر کوي دا کومه ناروغي لري او څوک به واده نه ورسره کوي. ډېری نجونې چې لید يې کمزوری وي، له همدې ډاره عينکي نه په سترګو کوي، هغه نجونې خو لا پرېږده چې ژور خفګان لري يا کومه عصابي ناروغي لري چې درملنه يې هم اسانه کيږي.<br />
ځيني وختونه نجونې زده کړو ته لېږل کيږي چې لوستې هلکان ورسره واده وکړي خو نجونې زده کړو بشپړولو ته نه پرېښودل کیږي چې پر خپلو پښو ودريږي او ځان له محتاجۍ وژغوري. زموږ د ډېری خلکو مقصد د نجونو پياوړي کول نه بلکه هغوی ژر تر ژره یو چا ته ور ودول دي.<br />
د نجونو عمر چې تر اتلسو کالو لوړ شي، يوازي خپلوان نه، بلکه هر څوک ځان ته اجازه ورکوي چې په اړه یې پلټنې پيل کړي او ډېری وختونه په داسي پوښتنو چې (فلانۍ مو واده کړې نه ده؟) غواړي کورنۍ ته یې پېغور وکړي چې ګواکي دا خو لويه ګناه ده چې لور يا خور يې نه ده واده کړې.<br />
نجلۍ چې شل کلنه يا يويشت کلنه شي، يو وخت داسي رارسيږي چې هر کس او نا کس (له کس او ناکس څخه مي هدف د هلک شخصيت دی چې هيڅ په نظر کې نه نیول کيږي. د واده په برخه کې ډېری وختونه د نارینه يوازي وړتیا دا وي چې نارینه دی) يوې هوښیارې،لوستې، ښايستې او کمالدارې نجلۍ ته مرکه کوي ځکه په باور يې د نجلۍ عمر زیات وي نو ډېر امکان لري کورنۍ يېورکړي.<br />
منطق خو دا دی چې که نجلۍ هيڅ ښايسته نه وي، هوښياره نه وي، لوستې نه وي، هيڅ کمال هم ونلري، لومړی خو هغه د خپلې خوښې حق لري. دوهم دا چې خپل نا اهله زوی پر هغې نجلۍ ځکه ښه ګڼل چې د واده عمر يې د ټولنې له خوا تر تعين شوې مودې تيريږي، اخلاقي فساد دی او نورو نسلونو ته په تدريجي ډول انتقالیږي. دغه اخلاقي فساد ښځې او کورنۍ يې د ژروادهکولو په غم اخته ساتي.<br />
نجونې تر ذهني فشار لاندي نیول چې هر ډول کس ته د واده لپاره هو کړي ځکه چې عمر يې د ټولنې تر ټاکلي ضرب الاجل اوړي، د يوه انسان له حقه همداسي سرغړونه ده لکه د يوه کس په زوره له بل سره نکاح کول.<br />
موږ باید خپلې لوڼې پر ځان باوري لويې کړو. د زده کړو تر څنګ هغوی ته وښيو چې د عمر زیاتېدو له بیري بايد ځان د غمونو کندې ته پوري نه وهي او داسي کس ته د خپل ژوند واګې په لاس ورنکړي چې وړتيا یې نه لري او پوهيږي ژوند سم نشي ورسره تېرولای.<br />
کورنۍ او نجونې باید په پام کې ولري چې همدا خلک چې اوس د فشار اچولو په خاطر د نجلۍ د واده پوښتنه کوي، تر واده وروسته یې د کوچني پوښتنه کوي او که یې لور وزيږي بيا د زوی پوښتنې پيلوي او که یې زوی وزيږي د بل کوچني او دا فشارونه به همداسي دوام لري.<br />
نجونو ته باید له کوچنيوالي اطمنان ورکړل شي چې دوی په خپل کور کې دي او د هيڅ چا د اوږو بار نه دي. دوی بايد ډاډه وي چې د پلار کور يې د دوی هم همدومره کور دی لکه د وروڼو چې يې دی. د نجونو په ژوند کې لومړيتوب او د ژوند پايله بايد واده نه بلکه پر خپل ځان اتکا وي چې دا تربيه له دوی سره تر واده وروسته هم د ښه ژوند لپاره مرسته کولای شي.<br />
نجونې بايد په دې پوه وي چې که يې د کوم دليل له کبله واده ونه شي، ژوند يې بې مقصده نه دی تېر کړی ځکه هر څوک په ژوند کې يو هدف لري چې هغه حتمي نه ده باید واده کول وي ځکه واده منزل نه دی، د ژوند د مزل یو پړاو دی.</div>
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Malali Bashirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406367261182553590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272240942221944293.post-78133069428308786652017-06-20T07:15:00.001-07:002017-07-24T06:00:16.203-07:00جنسي تېری او زموږ ذهنیت<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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د هندوستان د ډيلي ښار په جنوب کې دوو افغانانو د جواهر لال نهرو پوهنتون پر يوې زده کوونکې جنسي تېری کړی دی. دا خبره د ډيلي پوليسو د تيرې جمعې په ورځ کړې ده او په اړه يې راپور په انډين ايکسپریس کې خپور شوی دي. تېری کوونکي یو ۲۷ کلن تواب احمد چې ځان يې د سليم په نامه معرفي کاوه، او ۳۱ کلن سلېمان احمدي پېژندل شوي دي. تواب او سلېمان دواړه په توقيف کې دي.<br />دا له هغو سلګونو پيښو څخه يوه ده چې په دې وروستيو کې په بهرنیو هیوادونو کې د افغانانو له لاسه تر سترګو کیږي.<br /> <strong style="outline: none !important;">نولس کلنه ماريا زموږ د کورنۍ لپاره د لمرڅرک په څېر وه او دا به تل زموږ لپاره د يوه لمرڅرک په څېر وي. موږ له خدای څخه شکر کوو چې موږ ته يې داسي ډالۍ راکړې وه او موږ ته يې فرصت راکړی وو چې دا زموږ اولاد شي. موږ اطمنان لرو چې دا اوس له خدای سره خوندي ده.</strong>دا د هغې نولس کلنې جرمنۍ نجلۍ د مور او پلار بيان دی چې يوه افغان پناه غوښتونکي شا او خوا درې نيمې مياشتې مخکې تر جنسي تيري وروسته وژلې وه. دا نجلۍ ماریا نومېده، د طب محصله وه او مړی يې په یوه سيند کې موندل شوی وو.<br />په داسي قضيو کې تورنو کسانو یوازي پر دغو بهرنیو ښځو تېری نه دی کړی بلکه د هغو زرګونو افغانانو پر مخ يې پښه ايښې ده چې د مرګ له ګواښونو تښتېدلي دي، د افغانستان او د خپل انسانيت سپکاوی يې کړی دی.<br /><strong style="outline: none !important;">ایا د نيلوفر رحماني يوازي ژوند ته خطر وو؟</strong>نيلوفر رحماني یوه عادي ښځه نه وه. هغه زړه وره او تګړه روزل شوې پيلوټه ده چې له تيرو څلويښتو کلونو راپه دې خوا د افغانستان د هوايي ځواک لومړۍ پيلوټه هم ګڼل کيږي. دا چې هغه عادي ښځه نه وه، د هیواد په نخبه ګانو کې راځي، دولت به د ژوند اسانتیاوې هم ورته برابرولې خو دا وايي چې د خپلې دندې له کبله د خپلوانو له تهديد سره مخامخ شوې او د کار په ځای کې همکارانو هڅولې چې خپل کار پريږدي.<br />د رحماني غوندي خلک ولې پر دومره زړه ورتوب او تکړه توب سربېره خپل ټول ژوند، خپله دنده او خپل هیواد پريږدي؟ دا يوازي ژوند ته د خطر خبره نه، د انسان د حيثيت او درناوي خبره هم ده.<br />انګرېزانو او امریکايانو ته خو افغانانو ګرېوانونه څيري کړل چې دا ښځه خو له افغانستان سره د مرستو په پيسو روزل شوې وه او بايد يې د افغانستان خدمت کړی وای ځکه له لومړۍ ورځې يې همدا پر ځان منلې وه چې هر ډول حالات وي، دا به د افغانستان د هوايي ځواک برخه وي او اوس چې يې موقع وموندله، پښې يې سپکې کړې. ګورئ امريکایانو او انګرېزانو، دې ښځې ته پناه ورنکړئ!<br />خو چې په خپلو کې خبرې کوو، خپله ستونزه لومړی بايد درک کړو، بیا يې ومنو او بیا يې پر حل وږغيږو. کله چې موږ ستونزه منو نه، حل به یې څنګه کړو؟<br /><strong style="outline: none !important;">د تيري قربانيان او بې عفتي</strong><strong style="outline: none !important;"> </strong>د جنسي تيري په اړه ډېر خلک خوله پټه ساتي او چارواکو ته د بدنامي له بیرې شکايت نه کوي. له همدې کبله د داسي قضيو ثبت شوي شمېرې بشپړه ريښتيا نه ښيي.<br />تېری کوونکي به تر هغه وخته له دې کاره لاس نه اخلي چې بدنامي او ملامتي د قرباني شوي کس نه وي. په هغه ټولنه کې چې د جنسي تيري قرباني ته داسي خطاب کيږي هلتهډېر لوی بدلون ته اړتيا ده:<br />فلاني، فلانۍ بې عفته/ بې عزته کړه<br />فلاني/ فلانۍ ته بدلمني ورواړوله<br />فلاني،/ فلانۍ ته بدنامي واړوله.<br />موږ بايد په دې پوه شو چې هيڅ څوک د بل عفت او عزت هماغسي نشي اخيستلی لکه د چا علم، اخلاق، اقدار چې نشي اخيستلی. د انسان عزت پر هغه د ظلم او جنسي تيري له کبله له منځه نه ځي.<br /><strong style="outline: none !important;">د جنسي تيري لوی لامل</strong>ماریا، هندوستانۍ قربانيانې او د جنسي تيري نورې بالغې او نابالغې افغانې قربانيانېکه څه هم د ځينو افغان سړو د هوښ قرباني دي خو دویاصلاً زموږ د ذهنيت قرباني شوي دي.<br />د هغه ذهنیت چې سړی د ښځې څېښتن بولي او حق ورکوي چې له يوې ښځې سره هر هغه څه کولای شي چې زړه یې غواړي.<br />هغه ذهنيت چې له ښځو سره انتخابي چلند کوي. او يوازي د خپل کور ښځې ته درنه او غزتمنه وايي، او که له پردۍ ښځې سره هر ډول چلند وشي، زیان يې پردی دی.<br />هغه ذهنيت چې وايي يوازي هغه ښځې د درناوي وړ دي چې زما د خوښې عقيده لري، زما د خوښې کالي اغوندي، زما د خوښې خبره کوي، زما مفکورې ته سر ټيټوي، که نه انسانیت يې هيڅ ارزښت نه راته لري.<br />هغه ذهنيت چې ګوري د ښځې پر سر څه دي، دا نه چې په سر کې يې څه دي.<br />هغه ذهنيت چې وايي که يوه ښځه تر دوو بجو په مېلمستيا کې پاته کيږي، ته حق لرې جنسي تېری پرې وکړې ځکه هغه به حتماً بده ښځه وي.<br />هغه ذهنیت چې وايي که پر ښځې خپل عزت ګران وي، دباندي به نه وځي کنه که وځورول شي يا ووژل شي، ګناه يې خپله ده.<br />هغه ذهنیت چې که د يوې ښځې بدي په اثبات رسېدلې وي که نه، د هغې خدای کېدل او له قانوني پروسې پرته بايد سزا ورکول.<br />هغه ذهنيت چې هر څوک د هر چا خدای دی او کولای شي هر ډول چې يې زړه وغواړي قضاوت پر وکړي.<br />هغه ذهنيت، د دې پر ځای چې زوی د انسان په څېر وروزل شي او هغه ته دا تربیه ورکړل شي چې که يوه ښځه يا سړی يا هلک يا نجلۍ يا بل هر څوک په هره بڼه ووينې، پټ يا نه، دا حق نه لرې چې تېری باندي وکړې.<br />هغه ذهنيت چې بهرنۍ ښځې د عفت په نوم څه نه لري او دلته -هلته ورباندي جنسي تېری دومره لويه خبره نه ورته ايسي.<br />هغه ذهنيت چې له خپله کوره دباندي ښځه ورته (ايله) ښځه ښکاري خو دی که هر څومره جنسي تېری کوونکی او قاتل وي، خير دی ځکه سړی دی.<br />هغه ذهنيت چې وايي یو انسان تر بل ټيټ دی، يو د بشپړ انسان حق لري، بل که د حيوان برابر حق لا ولري خيرات دي کوي، یو بادار دی بل غلام، يو پوه دی، بل ناقص العقل.<br />هغه ذهنيت چې ښځې ته د انسان په سترګه نه بلکه د يو خيالي شي په سترګه ګوري، او ورته کله د ناموس، کله د کډې، کله د کوچنيانو نوم ورکوي او چې زړه یې شي د غيرت په نوم يې وژني.<br />هغه ذهنيت چې د سړي مينه- مينه ګڼي او له همدې سړي سره د ښځې مينه بد اخلاقي او دزنداني کېدو وړ بولي.<br />هغه ذهنيت چې د کوډګر ناسم تور ته سلګونو کسان د يوې بې ګناه ښځې پوړنی څيرلو او د هغې قتل ته لاس پر نامه دريږي.<br />هغه ذهنيت چې وايي جنسي تېری يوازي هغه وخت جنسي تېری دی چې پر خپلې مېرمنې نه وي. که پر خپلې مېرمنې د هغې له خوښې پرته زور زیاتی وي، هغه جنسي تېری نه دی.<br />دا ليست پای نه لري.</div>
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Malali Bashirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406367261182553590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272240942221944293.post-59511153184217474392017-06-19T13:23:00.000-07:002017-07-24T06:00:29.371-07:00په طنزيه خپرونو کې د ښځو سپکاوی<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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پر ټولنيزو رسنیو مې ځيني کليپونه تر سترګو شول. دا د هغو تلويزويوني خپرونو ويډيوګانې وې چې په افغانستان کې د طنز او ټوکو په نوم په خلکو کتل کيږي.<br />
يوه وروستۍ<a href="https://www.facebook.com/watanstar/videos/788674787976570/?pnref=story" target="_blank"> <span style="color: #8da734;"><span style="outline-color: initial !important; outline-width: initial !important; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;">ويډيو</span></span></a> چې د خانه امن په نوم جوړه شوې ده دوه درې سړي چې ځانونه يې ښځې کړي دي، ښکاروي. دغه سړي د ټوکو په نوم نه يوازي د امن خونو د ښځو سپکاوی کوي بلکه د هغو خونو د اداره کوونکو او له تاوتريخوالي سره مخامخ ښځو سپکاوی هم کوي. خپرونه د امن خونې اداره کوونکي ښځې داسي معرفي کوي چې ګواکي ذهني توازن نه لري او يا هم پخپله په تاوتريخوالي لاس پوري کوي او د حل پر ځای ستونزې ډېروي. پر ټولنيزو رسنيو يو شمېر ښځو د دغه ويډيو پر وړاندي غبرګون ښودلی او له دغه تلويزیون څخه غوښتنه کړې چې علني بخښنه وغواړي ځکه د دوی په وينا دا ډول خپرونې د ښځو پر وړاندي تاوتريخوالي ته لا زياته لمن وهي خو دا خبره به تر همدې بريده پاته شي او دغه خپرونې به بيا هم دوام وکړي.<br />
په دغه پروګرام کې يو سړی له ځانه ښځه جوړوي او بيا چې يې څومره زړه وي، هغومره د ښځو توهين کوي. په دې پروګرام کې دغه سړی چې له ځانو یې ښځې جوړې کړي وي، خپل مېړونه وهي او د کور کارونه په کوي. دغه ښځې ډېری وختونه دندې لري او غليظ مېک اپ يې کړی وي.<br />
په يوه بل پروګرام کې يې د يوې ښځې کوچنی پيدا شوی وي. مېړه يې وايي چې زينب نوم به پر ږدي خو مېرمن يې وايي تلسي يا کرشمه نوم به پر ږدي. د دغه پروګرام پيغام څه دی؟ ګواکي يوه ښځه دومره حق هم نه لري او پر ټولو تکليفونو ګاللو سربېره د خپل اولاد د نوم پر انتخابولو ورته باید پېغور وشي او بې شرمه وګڼل شي.<br />
د همدې پروګرام يوه بله<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbgViQk4sFg" target="_blank"> <span style="color: #8da734;"><span style="outline-color: initial !important; outline-width: initial !important; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;">ويډيو</span></span></a> مې تر سترګو شوه چې پکښي يوه نجلۍ (یو سړی چې د ښځې تمثيل کوي) بهر ته د لوړو زده کړو بورس واخلي او مور او پلار يې ورته همدا وايي چې هلته ولاړه شې زموږ پر لمن لکه جوړه نکړې خو کله چې دا نجلۍ د هوايي ډګر له دروازې ورها خوا شي، پتلون او کميس وباسي او هلته له ولاړ يوه کس سره لاس تر غاړې روانه شي. دا ويډيو څه پيغام لري؟ پيغام یې همدا دی چې کله نجونې بهر ته په زده کړو پسې لاړې شي، هغوی هغوی داسي کارونه کوي چې د مور او پلار يې خوښ نه وي.<br />
په بله ويډيو کې د يوه سړي لور چې بهر ته تللې وي، پر انترنيټ له پلار سره ږغيږي. پلار يې په افغانستان کې وي او لور ته وايي چې هلته شراب ونه څښې ډيسکو ته ولاړه نشې خو لور يې ورته وايي چې (پلاره ته لېونی يې!). د ويډيو په پای کې يې پلار وايي، (هر څوک چې خپل اولاد بهر ته استوي، همدا حال به يې وي.) پيغام یې؟ فقط ته به وايي په بهر کې خلک بس همدا شراب څښي او ډيسکو ګانو ته له تګه نه وي خلاص.<br />
خو د يادونې وړ ده چې دا یوازینی تلويزیون نه دی چې په افغانستان کې يې د ښځو پر وړاندي تاوتريخوالي ته لمن وهلې وي يا يې تمسخر کړي وي.<br />
که د همدغو تلويزیونو يو څو نور پروګرامونه وګورو وبه وينو چې له دغو څخه یو چې وړاندي کونکی یې زيات مينه وال هم لري، ډېری وختونه خپلې خپرونې ته ښځينه سندرغاړې مېلمنې کوي او داسي پوښتنې ورڅخه کوي چې د خندا پر ځای ژړا درولي.<br />
انسان په دې پروګرام کې ناستو کسانو ته حيران شي چې يا خو دوی رواني ناروغي لري او د بل انسان له سپکاوي خوند اخلي او يا هم د افغانانو د طنز مفکوره دومره ټيټه شوې ده چې اوس د توهین او طنز تر منځ په توپير نه پوهيږي.<br />
په دغه<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULbHt-oeEFE&t=648s" target="_blank"> ويډيو</a> کې د پروګرام کوربه يوې ښځينه سندغاړې ته وايي:<br />
ولې داسي فکر يووړې؟<br />
<strong style="outline: none !important;">سندرغاړې</strong>: نه فکر نه يم وړې.<br />
<strong style="outline: none !important;">د پروګرام کوربه: </strong>زما په فکر د واده فکر ته ولاړې.<br />
<strong style="outline: none !important;">سندرغاړې: </strong>نه اوس لا واده لیري خبره ده. زه غواړم خپل هنر پر مخ بوځم. واده بیا وروسته اسانه خبره ده.<br />
<strong style="outline: none !important;">د پروګرام کوربه: </strong>…. تاسو خو ښه ياست، عمر مو کم دی، وزن مو هم کم دی. يوه بله ښځه وه. وزن يې تر نیوي کيلو زيات وو. عمر يې ۴۲، ۴۳ کلونو ته نيږدې وو. چې ورته ووایې، (واده دي نه دی کړی؟) دا وايي: (نه!) بیا خپل ځان راټول کړي وايي، (نه تر اوسه کوچنۍ يم). خو څنګونه يې ښه له غوښو ډک وي.<br />
د پروګرام کوربه یو بالښټ راواخلي او خپل څنګ ته يې ونيسي او په چوکۍ کې په ناسته غورځي او د يوې پنډې/ چاقې ښځې تمثيل کوي.<br />
دا د دغه پروګرام یوازي یوه صحنه ده چې ښايي تر نورو صحنو يې ډېره عادي او نرمه ژبه لرونکې وي.<br />
په يوه سالمه او پرمختللې ټولنه کې چې انساني ارزښتونه ورته مهم وي او همداراز نژادپالنه، جنسي تبعيض، د عمر پر بنسټ توپير ورته له انسانيته وتلي کارونه وي، د دې پروګرام دا یوه صحنه شوک کوونکې ده ځکه په همدې يوه دقيقه کليپ کې، د جنسي تبعيض (Sexism)، عمر پر بنسټ تبعيض (Ageism)، د فزيکي بڼې پېغور (Fat shaming)، د پېغلتوب پېغور او داسي نورو بېلګې شته. پوښتنه دا ده چې دومره جدي ستونزې چې باید څوک يې په رامنځته کولو وشرميږي، څنګه یو چا ته د خندا وړ کېدای شي؟<br />
دا پروګرامونه څه پيغام رسوي؟ پيغام يې همدا دی چې لوستې ښځې خپل مېړونه وهي! سړي بايد د کور کار ونه کړي او که يې کوي حتماً به يې مېرمن په وهلو ورباندي کړی وي! په سليقه اوسېدل بد کار دی! د ښځو لوړې زده کړې بد کار دی! د ښځو پرمختګ، ليک لوست هغوی تاوتريخوالي ته هڅوي!<br />
دا درې څلور ويډيوګانې له هغو سلګونو خپرونو څخه دي چې دې تلويزيونو د نړيوالو په مالي مرسته په دې ژمنه جوړ کړي دي چې د دوی به په افغانستان کې ډموکراسي او بشري حقونو ته ژمن اوسي. بهرني مالي مرستندويان فکر کوي چې دا تلويزيونونه په افغانستان کې د طنز او مزاح غوندي ژانر ته لاره پرانيزي او دا چې د افغانستان غمځپلي ملت ته د خندا زمينه برابروي. خو نړيوال مرستندويان چې دغو تلويزيونو د مليونو ډالرو قراردادونه ورکوي، څه خبر دي چې دا تلويزيونونه د ښځو د بشري حقونو پر وړاندي څه ډول زهر پاشي او د بيان د ازادۍ په نوم څه ډول د ډموکراسي ختې باسي.<br />
په هندوستان کې هم داسي خپرونې شته چې سړي له ځانه ښځې جوړوي خو د هغوی تمثيل چا ته ژړا نه ورولي او کله چې يې له خولې بې خونده خبره ووځي، بې سزا نه پاتې کیږي.<br />
په هندوستان کې له دغو خپرونو څخه یوه کامډي نايټس ويد کپيل نوميږي. په ۲۰۱۴م کال کې په دغه خپرونه کې وړاندي کوونکي کپيل شرما یوه ټوکه کړې وه چې داسي وه.<br />
<strong style="outline: none !important;">(پر سرکونو سوریان تل زیان نه رسوي، کله کله ګټه هم لري. لکه د بې وزلې سړي چې مېرمن اميدواره وي او په لاره کې سوری مخې ته راشي، هملته کوچنی زېږوي.)</strong>د کپيل شرما دغه خبره د ښځو د حقونو مدافعينو په کلکه وغندله او د ده پر وړاندي يې د مهاراشټرا ايالت د ښځو ریاست ته شکايت ثبت کړ. خو د افغانستان د ښځو که څه هم د ښځو د حقونو مدافعین شته او هم د ښځو د حقونو مدافع ریاستونه او وزارتونه خو دا هر څه د هغوی د سترګو مخې ته روان دي او دوی ږغ نه کوي.<br />
ملالۍ بشير</div>
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ورځ يا د مارچ په اتمه د کاناډا د صدراعظم جسټن ټروډو مېرمنې سوفي ګريګواير ټروډو پر ټولنيزو رسنيو
له ښځو وغوښتل چې له هغه سړي سره لاس په لاس عکس واخلي او ورسره شريک يې کړي <span style="font-size: 22pt;">چې په
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داسي وليکل: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>“</span><b><span lang="PS-AF" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">ماته هيڅ کله اړتيا نه ده پېښه شوې چې</span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" lang="PS-AF" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span></b><b><span lang="PS-AF" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">په یو چا مې لاس ونيسم</span></b><span lang="PS-AF" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">.</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>”</span><span lang="PS-AF" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="PS-AF" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">په انګلیسي ژبه کې د دې مانا داسي هم راځي لکه: له هيڅ سړي څخه مې په ژوند
کې مرسته نه ده غوښتې. <br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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کړی او ورسره يې ليکلي: <b>ايا بدلون راوستلو ته تيار ياست؟ دا اوونۍ موږ د ښځو
نړيواله ورځ لمانځو نو راځئ هغه هلکان او سړي ولمانځو چې موږ هڅوي، نجونو او ښځو
ته درناوی کوي او د (ښځو لپاره) له ږغ پورته کولو نه بيريږي. ستاسو په ژوند کې د
داسي سړي سره لاس په لاس کې عکس واخلئ او پر ټولنيزو رسنيو يې خپور کړئ. موږ کولای
شو په ګډه نور سړي وهڅوو چې د برابرو حقونو او ټولو لپاره د فرصتونو برابرولو
لپاره ښه سبا راسره جوړه کړي. <br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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ته تيار ياست؟ پر خپله ټويټر پاڼه داسي ليکلي: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="PS-AF" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">يا د کم عمر او په زوره ودولو پر ضد وينا وکړه. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="PS-AF" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">يا داسي قوانين يا پروسې اعلان کړه چې د جنسي تاوتريخوالي ښځينه قربانيانې
خوندي کوي.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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مننه. سړو ته په نورو ورځو هم ډېره مننه ويل کيږي. <br /><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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طنزيه لهجه ليکلي دي: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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مېرمن ټروډو د ډېرو ښځو له مخالفت سره مخامخ شوه ځکه د هغوی په وينا، دا ورځ باید
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سړو د لمانځلو غوښتنه کیږي. همکاري او اتحاد مهم دی خو ښځيتوب هم مهم دی. <br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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نړيواله ورځ باید ستا پر مېړه جسټن ټروډو متمرکزه نه وي.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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کړي دي نو ځکه مېرمنې يې جايزې ماينې نه دي. اکبر له دې کبله ډېر اندېښمن شو او په
عبادت ځای کې يې عالمانو ته وویل چې د دې ستونزې حل ولټوي. دغه عبادت ځای په ۱۵۷۵
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عبدالقادر بدايوني دا وړانديز وکړ چې په مالکي فقه کې متعه جايزه ده، نو که د دې
فقه قاضي فتوا ورکړي نو دا ودونه به جايز شي. اکبر هغه شېبه د حنفي فقه قاضي له
خپلې دندې لري کړ او د مالکي فقه قاضي يې پر ځای مقرر کړ. کله چې دغه قاضي فتوا
ورکړه چې د اکبر ودونه جايز دي، اکبر بيرته هغه قاضي له دندې لري کړ</span><span lang="PS-AF" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 22.0pt; mso-bidi-language: PRS-AF;"> </span><span lang="PRS-AF" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 22.0pt; mso-bidi-language: PRS-AF;">چې نور خلک له دې فتوا څخه ګټه پورته نه کړي.<br /><br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Malali Bashirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406367261182553590noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272240942221944293.post-51214211070565806082014-03-20T19:30:00.001-07:002014-03-20T19:33:52.465-07:00The Rest of Us are Equally Capable!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I was invited to speak on women's rights violations in Afghanistan at an international conference in Europe, I wanted to say the below to everyone who is involved in anything of such nature.<br /><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even thought I have no problem with speaking on women's issues and the violations of their rights, on behalf of all Afghan women, I want to be clear that we can speak on other topics as well such as economy, the country's social structure, governance, peace and security, defense, foreign policy and international relations, etc.<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Afghan women can understand and speak on other issues concerning Afghanistan as well except our own rights that men should also be speaking of and be able to understand and defend. "Women's and children's rights" should not be made a gender-specific topic only suitable for females to talk about.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Women should not be used as a symbolic representation of their gender in conferences, workshops and seminars by allotting them only specific topics and reinforcing the idea that women are not capable of speaking on other issues. This everything does not only happen in Afghanistan but also in the "heart of Europe".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unless people change their attitude towards women in general and accept them as equals and capable of understanding and solving various issues faced by all humans and unless the women leaders refuse to be constrained and limited to a certain discourse, their rights will be violated no matter how many times they count figures and facts of violations of the rights of their kind through speeches and debates.</span></div>
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Malali Bashirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406367261182553590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272240942221944293.post-44202335315837089642014-02-03T13:09:00.000-08:002014-02-03T14:45:09.749-08:00Fighting the Hydra: The Battle to End Corruption in Afghanistan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Twelve
years after the fall of the Taliban, Afghanistan has made visible
progress on many fronts. Millions of children go to school, a network of
roads now connects east to west and north to south, household income
has increased, and, generally speaking, Afghans have given themselves
hope and the opportunity to ensure a stable economic future utilizing
vast reserves of minerals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">However,
rampant corruption remains a daunting threat to the West-backed
government of Hamid Karzai, and to the country. A recent survey by
Afghanistan’s High Office for Oversight and Anti-Corruption (HOOAC) and
the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) concluded that
between 2009 and 2012, the cost of corruption in Afghanistan rose to
US$3.9 billion. According to this report, “In 2012, half of Afghan
citizens paid a bribe while requesting a public service” and 30 percent
paid a bribe for other reasons; in total, the cost of bribery in
Afghanistan amounted to twice the country’s domestic revenue. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">A
lot has been written about these alarming numbers and about the
severity of the problem in the war-torn Afghanistan — and in most
analyses, the blame for every penny of <i>baksheesh </i>paid has been
laid at the door of the Afghan government. Far less has been written
about the international community’s share of responsibility for tackling
corruption and monitoring the billions of Western dollars paid to
individuals, companies, and organization in grants and funds; just as
little has been said about solutions to this pressing issue. Almost
everybody agrees, however, that after four decades of war and conflict,
Afghanistan now has a culture of corruption. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Corruption
got a stranglehold on the country in 2001 when American-led coalition
forces, after toppling Taliban rule, allowed warlords to become a
crucial part of the Afghan government. The warlords rapidly amassed the
political force to become an unofficial network of criminals who
operated above the law and protected each other’s interests. Ever since,
Afghanistan has ranged at the top of every list of corrupt countries in
the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Despite
the warlords’ power, Afghanistan has taken some steps to curb
corruption in the public sector. Afghanistan has penned an
anti-corruption law and strategy and established the HOOAC in 2008.
Although it still has a long and hard way to go, the struggles to
eliminate corruption are paying off. According to the UNODC/HOOAC
survey, the 50 percent of Afghan citizens who paid a bribe in 2012
represented an improvement — their number was down from 59 percent in
2009. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Corruption
in Afghanistan ranges from petty bribes students pay teachers for
passing grades to millions of dollars paid outright to ministers,
companies, and non-government agencies and wasted on inefficient
contracting and procurement mechanisms. Since corruption has become a
part of the social fabric, most Afghans have come to accept it as a
rational means by which small functionaries supplement below-subsistence
salaries, and rationalize that it is better to pay money for quick
service, and even court decisions and police protection, than go
without. In addition, many Afghan officials believe that Afghanistan is
going to fall apart once foreign troops withdraw, so they are rushing to
make as much money as possible by any means before then. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The
enormous opium economy is one of the biggest sources of corruption in
Afghanistan. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzi told the National Journal that most of
the money generated by the illicit trade is taken by International
dealers, and a UNODC report found that opium sales generated US$18
billion for the Afghan mafia between 2002 and 2009 — a fraction of the
total US$420 billion to US$460 billion it generated. Weak government
organizations and widespread illiteracy are among other sources of
concern. But while the international community has been very vocal in
criticizing Karzai for letting his country slip into corruption, global
donors must take responsibility for taking few measures to halt it.
Afghans fairly charge that the international community lacks effective
policing and monitoring of its distribution and contracting mechanisms. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">One example of
the U.S. government’s poor regulation and monitoring of its contracts
was revealed in the recent report of Special Inspector General for
Afghanistan. “Millions of contracting dollars could be diverted to
forces seeking to harm U.S. military and civilian personnel in
Afghanistan and derail the multi-billion dollar reconstruction effort,”
the report, “<a href="http://www.sigar.mil/pdf/audits/2013-04-10audit-13-6.pdf" target="_blank">Contracting With the Enemy</a>,” concluded. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Karzai has
also accused foreigners of sabotaging his efforts to eradicate
corruption. According to a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty report,
Karzai said in a televised speech in December 2012 that foreigners were
responsible for a huge part of corruption in the country.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">“The
existence of corruption in Afghanistan is a reality; indeed, it is a
bitter reality,” the president said. “[But] the corruption in our
governments’ institutes, such as bribery, is a small part of the
corruption. The biggest part of the corruption in our country, and that
involves hundreds Aof millions dollars, does not belong to us. A huge
part of the corruption is imposed on us in order to weaken our
government. We are not to be blamed for that. That is not our fault.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Talking
to a gathering on Anti-Corruption Day, Karzai said that foreigners
paved the way to corruption by giving lucrative contracts of millions of
dollars to high-ranking Afghan officials. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">According
to the Corruption Perception Index of 2012 issues by Transparency
International, Afghanistan is among the most corrupt countries in the
world. This does not mean that the problem of corruption in Afghanistan
is too big to be tackled, but so far, for whatever reason, Afghanistan
has had little success in tackling graft or implementing institutional
reform. Administrative system reforms should be made as soon as
possible, while paying attention to the capacity building of Afghan
government employees to do their work more efficiently by learning to
use advanced technology and work more transparently with the new
systems. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">But
Afghanistan cannot do it alone. It must come together with the
international community to strengthen its institutions, especially its
judicial system and security forces, and combat corruption — or it will
haunt Afghans for generations to come. </span></div>
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Malali Bashirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406367261182553590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272240942221944293.post-11903507533763446882014-02-03T12:10:00.003-08:002014-02-03T14:47:26.965-08:00آيا روژو کې مو د خپلو ميرمنو د زړه ګټلو ثواب ګټلی؟<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Pashto Kror Asiatype'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">د
روژې مبارکه مياشت تر نيمايي اوښتي خو د ښځو کار لا هم پوره شوی نه دی. د
نورو مياشتو په پرتله روژه کې د ميرمنو کار لا زيات شي. له پېشلمي څو ساعته
مخکې راپورته شي او په پخلي پيل کړي. په ډيرو کورونو کې خو د پخلي پوره
اسانتياوي هم نه وي. د ګيس يا برقي نغري په نه شتون کې وچ او لامده سره يو
ځای کړي خو کوشش يې دا وي چې خپل خاوند ته داسې ډوډۍ پخه کړي چې نه سوي وي
او نه بې خونده.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Pashto Kror Asiatype'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">په
سره ګرمۍ کې پر سره تناره ولاړه وي او په نيمه شپه د څراغ په رڼا کې پخلی
وکړي. بيا په خاوند او د کور په نورو غړو پسې خونه په خونه ګرځي چې پورته
شئ پيشلمی دی. زياتره ځوانانو بچو پسې خو مور څو څو واره ورځي او په جار او
قربان يې ويښوي. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Pashto Kror Asiatype'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">که
په دسترخوان کې د نارينوو کوم خوراک خوښ نه شو د خراب پخلي تور د کټوې پر
ميرمن پورې وي. که غوړي يا مالګه لږ کمه يا زياته وه نو بيا خو د دنيا تر
ټولو لويه ګناه شوي وي. د سړو دا هېره وي چې خوارکۍ په نيمه شپه، ټپه تياره
کې راپورته شوې ده. خير دی که پخلي يې له سلو څخه دوې نومرې کمې ګټلي.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Pashto Kror Asiatype'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">په
ډيرو کورونو کې اوس هم ميرمنې له سړو وروسته ډوډۍ ته کښيني. په پشلمي يې
هم همدا حال وي. هلته په ماجيتونو کې ملايان شيبه په شيبه اعلانونه کوي چې:
ايماندارو! روژې مو بندې کړئ. وخت کم پاتې دی. د کور سړي او په ځانګړي ډول
د کور مشر حاجي صيب ورته بدبد ګوري او ګرموي يې چې تاسي ښځې په خوراک کې
ډيرې سستې ياست. ميرمنې نيمه نيمخوره ډوډۍ تر ستونې ښکته کړي او بيا يې ورځ
د سهار د اذانونو سره د لوښو پر مينځلو شروع شي. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Pashto Kror Asiatype'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">سهار
په توره خړه بيا مور وړو کوچنيانو ته چايي او خوراکونه برابروي. کار هغه
وخت لا زيات شي چې ځينې نازولي کوچنيان پښې ټکوي چې ولې يې پېشلمي ته نه دي
راپورته کړي. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Pashto Kror Asiatype'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">په
روژه کې د سړو کارونه کم وي. ځينو د روژې سپيڅلتيا بانه کړي وي، له دفتر
يا د لاس له مزدورۍ يې رخصت اخيستي وي. دا چې اوزګار وي نو کله په کور کې د
يو ديوال سيوري ته غځيدلی وي او کله بل ته.ځيني چې له کوره دباندي ووځي نو
ايله د خلکو سره د ځان درنه او د بل سپکه وايي. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Pashto Kror Asiatype'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ښځې
که د ورځې هرڅومره ستړي شي بايد خوب ونه کړي ځکه چې بيا لټانې پيژندل
کيږي. کوچنيانو ته د غرمي ډوډۍ ورکولووروسته بايد د کور سړو ته ژر ژر د
اودسونو تړمې اوبه برابرې کړي. دا کار بايد ترماخستنه د هر اذان نه مخکې
وکړي چې خاوند يې د ثواب له ګټلو پاتې نه شي. که لټي او کوتاهي يې وکړه نو د
خاوند د بدو ردو عذاب يې پخپله غاړه دی. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Pashto Kror Asiatype'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">که
ښځه مياشتنۍ ناروغي ولري هم بايد خوراک ښکاره ونه کړي. آن په خپل کور کې
هم. کنه نو بې شرمه بلل کيږي. د جومات د ملاصيب له خولې هم په امان کې نه
وي. </span></div>
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العقل ټاپه خو پرې لګيږي چې لګيږي. د دين په کار کې يې هم لټې او سستې
مشهورې کړي. په دې حقيقت سترګې پټيږي چې اول خو ډيرو ځايونو کې د کلتور او
مذهب په نامه له مکتبه ليري پاتې شوي وي. بيا ټوله ورځ د ګڼو ماشومانو او د
کور د نارينه وو په خدمت کې تېره کړي نو هغه کوم وخت دی چې ښځه دې پکې د
سړو سره د ښې ديندارۍ په سيالۍکې د لومړي مقام حاصلولو منډه ووهي؟ </span></div>
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روژې په مياشت کې د خوراک څښاک سلسله د روژه ماتې سره يو ځل بيا شروع شي.
بيا هم ښځې تر سړو وروسته په دسترخوان کښيني او بيا هم نيمه نيم خوره ډوډۍ
خوړو وروسته سړو ته د ماخستن د چايو په برابرولو بوختې شي. </span></div>
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لوستونکي به وايي چې دا خو د پيړيوو پيړيوو راهيسې راروان کلتور دی چې ښځې
دې يې پخوي او سړي دي يې خوري. په دې کې نوي خبره څه ده او ستونزه څه ده؟
ستونزه دا ده چې موږ دغه ستونزه د کلتور برخه ګڼلي او بدلون يې نه غواړو. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Pashto Kror Asiatype'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">سړو
به روژه کې د عبادتونو په کولو سره ډير ثوابونه ګټلي وي خو آيا ورسره
ورسره يې د کور د ميرمنو بوج هم ورکم کړی؟ آيا کله يې دا ويلي چې نن به
کوچنيان دی ماړه کړي. نن به د اودسونو د اوبو لپاره پر ميرمن سور او شين نه
کيږي. پخپله به ځانته بدنۍ ډکه کړي. آيا کله يې ويلي چې ميرمنې ته په نيمه
شپه د خپل پخلي د هنر خواږه وروښئ؟ دا کارونه واړه ښکاري خو اثر يې تلپاتي
وي. د کورنيو اړيکو د قوي کولو او آخرت کې د ثواب ګټلو اسانه لار ده.</span></div>
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Malali Bashirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406367261182553590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272240942221944293.post-36410224206047272442014-02-03T11:08:00.001-08:002014-02-08T01:03:42.803-08:00Pakistan: pal for pay or frenemy in the way! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iamge source: <span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-04/17/c_13832409.htm</span></td></tr>
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Pakistan receives billions of dollars from the US. The recent
freeze is only a small share of this large sum of foreign aid but this
would definitely serve as a warning to Islamabad. <br />
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After withholding
$ 800 million in military aid in July last year, a Congressional panel
in the US further cut down $ 700 million of assistance to Pakistan at
the end of 2011. The US Congress argues that the aid will remain pending
until Pakistan implements a strategy against the spread of locally made
explosives. According to reports, these homemade bombs are most
commonly used in attacks against the coalition forces in Afghanistan. <br />
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Almost
$ 20 billion in civil and military aid has been paid by the US since
2001, most of which is a reimbursement for cooperation in
counterinsurgency to Pakistan, which is believed to have shown
reluctance in positive cooperation in the war on terror. BBC reported
that some of the Congressmen believe Pakistan has not only 'failed to
stop terrorists' from planning attacks on Afghan and coalition forces in
Afghanistan but they have in some instances 'helped terrorists'.<br />
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The
Pak-US ties noticeably strained earlier last year after the arrest of a
CIA contractor in January. And following a request for the diversion of
most of US's aid to the civilian sector, Pakistan asked for a
significant 'cut back' of US military trainers and impeded the process
for US personnel to get visas. Pakistani officials chose to remain in a
state of denial about having any knowledge of Osama bin Laden's presence
in Pakistan. The al Qaeda chief was killed by US Navy SEALs on May 2 in
Abbottabad, a garrison town just a couple of hours drive away from the
capital, Islamabad.<br />
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<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=272240942221944293" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>With all these billions of dollars pledged to
Pakistan, the US is understandably upset over Pakistan's obstreperous
behaviour in countering insurgency in the region. Many of the terror
groups including Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and the Haqqani network are up
and running. The latter is claimed to be based in North Waziristan and
Pakistan has continuously dodged US demands of carrying out a military
operation against the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani network. Alternatively,
the Obama administration has increased drone attacks on the Haqqani
group and other militants in that region. Pakistan has publicly shown
grievances about drones. CIA's drone programme could face a bit of a
hurdle as the US had to evacuate the Shamsi Airbase in Balochistan,
which is believed to be used for drones. Pakistan asked for the
evacuation of the base after NATO bombarded a Pakistani military
checkpost on the border with Afghanistan killing 24 of its soldiers.
Showing its anger over NATO's attack, Pakistan has blocked the supply
route to the coalition forces in Afghanistan. However, Reuters recently
reported: "Pakistan expects to re-open supply routes to NATO forces in
Afghanistan, but will impose tariffs. Fees were designed to both express
continued anger over the November 26 attack and raise funds for the
state to fight homegrown Taliban militants."<br />
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Charging NATO could
prove fruitful for Pakistan, which is already under scrutiny from
American lawmakers and there are less chances of getting continuous
financial support from its international allies in the war on terror.
Many US politicians have already shown disbelief about Pakistan's role
as a US trustworthy ally despite Islamabad's claims of losing thousands
of soldiers and over 30,000 civilians in the war on terror. However,
Islamabad has been calling its current pro-insurgency policy as its
strategic depth and an element of national interest. The latest episode
shows that the US should fully stop funding Pakistan that has enough
economic problems and could change its policies if it comes under
extreme financial pressure. <br />
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Pakistan receives billions of dollars
from the US. The recent freeze is only a small share of this large sum
of foreign aid but this would definitely serve as a warning to
Islamabad, which has to decide to continue its pro-insurgents policy or
be a genuine and productive US ally in the war on terror. <br />
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<i>This article was published in The DailyTimes <a href="http://archives.dailytimes.com.pk/editorial/20-Jan-2012/view-pakistan-pal-for-pay-or-frenemy-in-the-way-malali-bashir" target="_blank">before</a>. </i></div>
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Malali Bashirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406367261182553590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272240942221944293.post-20160393546588309402014-02-03T11:00:00.002-08:002014-02-08T01:03:30.835-08:00Afghanistan Could Heal Pakistan’s Economic Wounds <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=272240942221944293" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">After
the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001, Afghanistan was the center of attention
of the whole world. With the financial, political and military support of
the International community, Afghanistan gradually started to work on its
economic, security and democratic foundations. It has an elected government and
has developed diplomatic relations with countries around the world. Relationship
with its neighbor Pakistan, with which it shares 2640 kilometer long border, is
considered one of the most important. However, this relationship has always
been rocky. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The
Taliban that operate and plan strikes from within Pakistan on the Afghan soil
remain the biggest problem for Afghanistan and the International forces in that
country. Afghanistan, the United States and many other countries of the world
have been critical of Pakistan regarding this issue. “The Taliban-led
insurgency and its al-Qaida affiliates still operate from sanctuaries in
Pakistan,” says a U.S. Defense department 2012 report on <a href="http://www.defense.gov/news/1230_Report_final.pdf" target="_blank">Progress
toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan</a>. With its own sluggish
economic conditions, Pakistan needs to look deeper into options for solutions
to the security problems regarding its bordering areas and Afghanistan that can
bring the much needed economic prosperity to the region. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The
atomic power Pakistan has been facing some serious challenges economically. The
country’s economy has been sluggish for the past few years. The GDP growth is
projected to be about 4 percent during 2014-2015 which is slower than that of
its “regional peers” according to the World Bank’s <a href="http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPROSPECTS/Resources/334934-1322593305595/8287139-1358278153255/GEP13aSARRegionalAnnex.pdf" target="_blank">Global Economic Prospects 2013</a> report. “FDI to Pakistan has
continued to decline over a longer period (since 2008) reflecting the uncertain
security situation, weak growth prospects, and widespread electricity
shortages,” the report adds. The World Economic Forum’s <a href="http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalCompetitivenessReport_2012-13.pdf" target="_blank">The Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013</a> ranked Pakistan
the bottom 21<sup>st</sup> country out of a list of 144. To heal its economic
wounds, Pakistan needs to look no further than its neighbor Afghanistan that
presents a handful of financial and investing opportunities. Afghanistan is no
longer a country of 90s which was abandoned by the United States after the
defeat of the Soviet Union. More than a dozen of countries have poured in
billions of dollars in Afghanistan’s education, infrastructure, financial and
other sectors to a greater extent. To do the same and be a beneficiary of
Post-Taliban Afghanistan, Pakistan may need to give up the strategic depth
policy and look outside the box for trade ties with Afghans. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">By
helping to end the Afghan insurgency, Pakistan can bring valuable improvements
to its own economy. The TAPI gas pipeline, which will run from Turkmenistan
through Afghanistan to Pakistan and India, can help bring industrial and
economic progress in the neighboring countries. The gas sale purchase agreement
(GSPA) has been signed for the TAPI gas pipeline that was discussed for years.
According to The Express Tribune, <a href="http://tribune.com.pk/story/308650/wielding-soft-power-us-offers-to-finance-tapi-gas-pipeline/v/" target="_blank">The United States had offered</a> to fund part of the project
through the Export-Import Bank (EIB) and the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation (OPIC) but this opportunity was wasted when Pakistan decided to
boycott the Bonn Conference., “The TAPI pipeline will have a capacity to carry
90 million metric standard cubic metres a day (mmscmd) of gas for a 30-year
period and is likely to become operational by 2018,” says a report of <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/article3449588.ece">The Hindu</a>.
</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">In
November of 2011, Afghanistan signed a contract with India for the country’s
largest iron deposit Hajigak which lies 100 kilometers west of Kabul. The
estimated amount of ore is said to be 1.8 billion metric tons and is the
biggest mining project in Afghanistan, according to a<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-28/afghanistan-awards-most-hajigak-iron-ore-mining-rights-to-indian-group.html">
Bloomberg report</a>. However, during the same week, <a href="http://www.france24.com/en/20111204-pakistan-boycott-global-afghanistan-conference-stirs-controversy" target="_blank">Pakistan boycotted Bonn conference</a> which was considered
imperative for Afghanistan’s future and peace in the region. Protesting NATO’s
airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, Islamabad, in a decision based
more on emotions than shrewdness, also blocked supply route for NATO forces in
Afghanistan. Pakistan created more doubts about its intentions towards the
stability of Afghanistan that its politicians have repeatedly wished. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">In
efforts to look for positive engagement, Kabul and Islamabad have signed many
transit trade agreements (APTTA) with each other but the later has not been
able to keep up to it and thus the otherwise profitable commerce accords have
proved less productive. The latest agreement was signed in October of 2012
which will allow Afghan traders to take their goods to India through Gwadar
port of Pakistan. <a href="http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2010/07/07/pakistan-afghanistan-ink-mou-rail-links">Pajhwok
Afghan News</a> reported, “During the sixth round of APTTA talks, Pakistan
rejected an Afghan proposal to allow transit facility for the transportation of
Indian goods to Afghanistan through the Wagha border.” But many fear that
Pakistan may not remain persistent in implementation of the new agreement. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The
rail track that is being planned to connect Afghanistan to its neighbors will
prove to be a great step towards increasing trade between the neighboring
countries. One of the tracks is being constructed to connect Pakistan and
Afghanistan with “shared project cost”. “The rail tracks would link
Baluchistan's capital of Quetta to southern Kandahar province and Peshawar to
Jalalabad,” <a href="http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2010/07/07/pakistan-afghanistan-ink-mou-rail-links">Pajhwok
Afghan News</a> reported. This would provide an opportunity for a boost in
bilateral trade and open door for Pakistan to Central Asia through Afghanistan.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">With
its own sluggish economic conditions, Pakistan needs to look deeper into
options for solutions to the security problems regarding its bordering areas
and Afghanistan that can bring the much needed economic prosperity to the
region. Pakistan knows better than anyone else how to deal with insurgents and
by bringing Taliban groups including the Haqqani Network to peace talks, it
could play a major role to help end the Afghan war. “Elements within the
Pakistani security establishment continue to view the Haqqani network as a
useful ally and proxy force to represent their interests in Afghanistan,” says <a href="http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/Haqqani_Network_0.pdf" target="_blank">Institute for the Study of War</a>, 2010 report. Afghan
officials and the public have now and then expressed their doubts about Pakistan’s
desire for stability in Afghanistan. It is Islamabad’s best chance to prove
everyone wrong and demonstrate its sincerity by pressuring the involved armed
groups to reach a peace deal in Afghanistan. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">To
be considered a trusted partner in war against terror, Islamabad has to play
smart by switching its focus from helping and funding terrorist activities to
investing in the reconstruction of Afghanistan and building a friendly
relationship with its neighbor. This will not only help the Afghan economy but
also the Pakistani. It’s time for Islamabad to discontinue whining about
India’s influence in Afghanistan and instead bring fundamental changes in its
foreign policy that would mean increased trade and economic ties with Kabul and
thus political and economic development for its own nation.</span></div>
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Malali Bashirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406367261182553590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272240942221944293.post-46548751867911036822014-02-03T10:59:00.001-08:002014-02-08T01:04:23.273-08:00Did women doom Afghanistan?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Malali Bashir<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In
the West, many people believe that Afghanistan has been the motherland of
insurgency, and that fundamentalism runs in Afghans’ veins. They say that by
being too traditional, extremist, and narrow-minded, Afghans have ruined their
country.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">In
sharp contrast, many people in Pakistan believe God has doomed Afghanistan
because of egalitarian attitudes that once allowed women to dress “half-naked.”
From the well-to-do and educated elite to the middle class to illiterates
living below the poverty line, few think to question the explanation – or even
the assumption that Afghanistan <i>was</i> damned. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">In
Pakistan, the word “un-Islamic” is used to describe Afghan society and the word
“obscene” to describe Afghan women in Kabul before the start of the Soviet war.
A friend who now lives in Europe says, “When I was a young girl and I once went
with my aunt to the city market in Quetta, where I was living as a refugee with
my family. I wasn’t wearing a burqa or hiding my face, and a woman <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/null" name="13f77fd7328597ad__msoanchor_1"></a>exploded at me. She accused me of
being one of the women who had so angered God that He’d sent down His
punishment in the form of war upon Afghanistan.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The
party-throwing, cinema-going, music-enjoying<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/null" name="13f77fd7328597ad__msoanchor_2"></a> ways of the Afghan women of the ’80s
are condemned to this day. Many people in Pakistan say the dress code of old
Kabul was simply “nakedness.” A decade ago, when I myself was a child
refugee in Quetta, one of my high school teachers devoted a class to how girls
should cover themselves fully, and cited Afghanistan as a place that had paid
the price of their women failing to do so. Even recently, when I encountered a
Pakistani woman living in Europe (and who will become an American citizen
within the next few years) she told me it was because of the “obscenity” of its
women – bare-headed, stockinged, mini-skirted – that Afghanistan has gone and
is still going through so much. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Media<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/null" name="13f77fd7328597ad__msoanchor_3"></a> plays a <a href="http://disinfo.com/2013/02/how-mass-media-manipulates-public-opinion/" target="_blank">great role</a> in <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanholiday/2012/07/16/what-is-media-manipulation-a-definition-and-explanation/" target="_blank">shaping</a> the opinions of the masses, and this has been <a href="http://insider.pk/opinion/pakistani-medias-forgotten-role/" target="_blank">the case</a> in Pakistan. The biased output of the politically-<a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C07%5C30%5Cstory_30-7-2007_pg3_2" target="_blank">controlled</a> local media, the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9byImL0q9s" target="_blank">distorted
history</a> <a href="http://savefrom.net/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DY9byImL0q9s&utm_source=firefox-sf&utm_medium=extensions&utm_campaign=link_modifier" target="_blank" title="Get a direct link"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"></span></a>taught in its
school <a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_21-10-2004_pg7_26" target="_blank">textbooks</a> and the <a href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/shia-ahmadi-hindu-religious-minorities-in-pakistan/1/269108.html" target="_blank">religious extremism</a> bred through <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/4715235.stm" target="_blank">madrassa
system</a> victimizes the Pakistani people and <a href="http://www.rediff.com/news/report/even-children-are-being-brainwashed-in-pakistan/20110406.htm" target="_blank">breeds a system</a> of mind control that can contribute to
extremism, lack of <a href="http://www.pakalumni.com/profiles/blogs/do-pakistani-students-lack" target="_blank">critical thinking</a>, and indifference to the truth. These
politically instilled beliefs have led Pakistanis to consider themselves
morally and religiously superior to other Muslims, especially Afghans. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span>
<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=272240942221944293" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">If
one were to believe these vain Pakistanis who think God would punish an entire
nation for the way a few of its women dress, one could say that the “Islamic”
Republic of Pakistan already would have been wiped out of the face of earth. In
cities such as Lahore, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Pakistan" target="_blank">brothels</a>
operate openly and the red light district, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/20/books/20grim.html?_r=0" target="_blank">Heera
Mandi</a>, has existed since the time of the Mughals. But for ordinary
Pakistanis, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TknYjcj1tHs" target="_blank">nightlife</a> <a href="http://savefrom.net/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DTknYjcj1tHs&utm_source=firefox-sf&utm_medium=extensions&utm_campaign=link_modifier" target="_blank" title="Get a direct link"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"></span></a>has nothing to do
with Heera Mandi. In Lahore, Karachi, and Islamabad, bands perform at Western-style
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6opTGtNM4ak" target="_blank">underground
concerts</a> <a href="http://savefrom.net/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D6opTGtNM4ak&utm_source=firefox-sf&utm_medium=extensions&utm_campaign=link_modifier" target="_blank" title="Get a direct link"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"></span></a>where foreigners
and rich Pakistani partygoers with Muslim names drink, dance, and enjoy
themselves – and sometimes end up with each other for a night. If, according to
popular Pakistani logic, a small percentage of women wearing Western-style
clothes caused Afghanistan’s fall, the Pashtuns and Balochs in Pakistan who
today are being <a href="http://thebalochhal.com/tag/kill-and-dump-operations-in-balochistan/" target="_blank">butchered</a> like sheep<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/null" name="13f77fd7328597ad__msoanchor_4"></a>
, may be doomed by the actions of those in the Punjab. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Islam
teaches <a href="http://pashtunwomenvp.com/index.php/2013-01-28-03-21-27/political/288-did-women-doom-afghanistan#_ftn1" target="_blank">equality</a>. Some humans, it says, are superior to others
because they are upright. The holy Quran says, “O ye who believe! Let not some
men among you laugh at others: It may be that the (latter) are better than the
(former): Nor let some women laugh at others: It may be that the (latter) are
better than the (former): Nor defame nor be sarcastic to each other, nor call
each other by (offensive) nicknames: Ill-seeming is a name connoting
wickedness, (to be used of one) after he has believed: And those who do not
desist are (indeed) doing wrong.” (The holy Quran, 49:11) This verse
explains everything to<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/null" name="13f77fd7328597ad__msoanchor_5"></a> Muslim
Pakistanis that they should notconsider themselves better than their neighbors
based on their vanity. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">There
is a great need for such Pakistanis to come out of the hypnotizing propaganda
fog of the so-called Mullahs and the media and rethink their double standards,
especially as they relate to the conflict in Afghanistan. Pakistanis cannot
consider themselves morally and ethically superior to their fellow Muslims
based on mere stereotypes. They need to understand that it takes a “cunning”
enemy –not the dress-code of a country’s female citizens – to doom a neighbor
in the name of brotherhood and religion. </span><br />
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Malali Bashirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406367261182553590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272240942221944293.post-12975995671106316902014-02-03T10:56:00.003-08:002014-02-08T01:02:54.436-08:00The Future of Afghan Economy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The
political and security uncertainty has increased in Afghanistan amid the
approaching date of transition of its state of handing over the security
responsibilities from International forces to Afghans in 2014. The consequences
are surely apparent on the citizens, the investors, the donors and other
stakeholders. The challenges lay ahead of the country in the form of
firstly donors’ pledge for any further aid because of global economic slowdown
and because of the corrupt government of Afghanistan. Secondly, the impact of
security forces’ shift on investors’ confidence, economy and jobs. But, there
are some alternative options for the country that might halt worsening the
situation in the future as predicted by many.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18758148"><span style="color: blue;">BBC News reports</span></a> that according to the World Bank, the Afghan
economy is highly dependent on foreign aid making gross domestic product (GDP)
of the country more than 95 percent between 2010 and 2011. And <a href="http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTAFGHANISTAN/Resources/Vol1Overview8Maypm.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">an estimate</span></a> of 6 to 10 percent of the population
worked with projects financed by aid. Hence many fear that the Afghan economy
may plummet after the withdrawal of the International forces which make a
significant part of it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The
projections of <a href="http://www.oecd.org/development/aideffectiveness/50056866.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">OECD-DAC Survey</span></a> on Donors’ Forward Spending Plans
for 2012 to 2015 note, that the overall global country programmable aid (CPA)
will be sluggish with “largest drops expected for Haiti and Afghanistan”.
However, according to the World Bank, the pledged amount of $4 billion per year
on average in Tokyo conference in July 2012 will be used over the next years
for the financial gap (civilian), says a <a href="http://outlookafghanistan.net/national_detail.php?post_id=6411"><span style="color: blue;">report of the Daily Outlook Afghanistan</span></a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The
economic stagnation was the general regional problem in 2012. A World Bank
report “<a href="http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPROSPECTS/Resources/334934-1322593305595/8287139-1358278153255/GEP13AFinalFullReport_.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">Global Economic Prospects</span></a>” confirms that the
overall South Asian economic growth deteriorated in 2012 to an estimated 5.4
percent, from 7.4 percent the preceding year. The reasons mentioned are
shortage of electricity, late monsoon rains, macroeconomic imbalances including
large fiscal deficits and high inflation, doubts about policy and security
situation also accompanied by negative influences from weak global economy and
the Euro Area debt crisis. Afghanistan’s real GDP may decrease from 10 percent
of over the past decade to 4-6 percent for 2013-2015 according to the
projections in the report.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">On
the other hand, the <a href="http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/734470WP0Afgha0C0disclosed011010120.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">World Bank’s Afghanistan Economic Update</span></a> said
that a double-digit growth rate of 11 percent in 2012 makes Afghanistan the
fastest growing economy in South Asia. The report adds that the services and
construction sectors continue to grow strongly, driven mostly by continued high
military spending and external aid. “Afghanistan's economy is growing strongly
as a result of an exceptionally good harvest this year.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
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order to meet the millennium development goals (MDGs), the government needs to
help people be productive by providing them accessible fundamental services
such as education, agriculture and irrigation, health, network of roads and
power supply. Weak infrastructure has been a great obstacle in the development
process and thus has put a pressure on the efforts for a sustainable economy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span></div>
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<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=272240942221944293" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=272240942221944293" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Firstly,
poor security conditions have always been an impediment in the rebuilding and
development process and thus have an adverse effect on economy. “Pakistan’s
continued acceptance of sanctuaries for Afghan-focused insurgents and failure
to interdict (explosive) materials and components continue to undermine the
security of Afghanistan and pose an enduring threat to US, coalition and Afghan
forces,” <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iMmZzk8b0YRFOpVLqJjrxZxnHA-g"><span style="color: blue;">AFP quotes</span></a> a report from the Pentagon in December
2012. Hopes, though, remain regarding the role of Pakistan and with an
increased pressure from stakeholders as the <a href="http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/01/21/news/national/pakistan-gets-the-drivers-seat-in-afghan-peace-process-2/"><span style="color: blue;">PakistanToday reports,</span></a> “The US authorities are
now urging Islamabad to impress upon the Afghan Taliban to join the
reconciliation process.” Pakistan has shown interest in taking some serious
steps towards playing its highly important role in the peace process and
strengthening bi-lateral relationships with Afghanistan, for example, the
release of Afghan Taliban.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span></div>
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<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=272240942221944293" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Secondly,
there is a huge potential, in Afghanistan, to develop a mining and minerals
industry which will obviously take time but would attract heavy investments and
thus provide the possibility of creating jobs and elevating the economic
situation. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20708548"><span style="color: blue;">BBC reports</span></a>, “It is estimated that Afghanistan's
deposits of metals, hydrocarbons and rare earth minerals could be worth at
least $1tn (£630bn).” A <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/world/asia/14minerals.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0"><span style="color: blue;">New York Times report</span></a> states, “Afghanistan could
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world” and “could become the ‘Saudi Arabia of lithium’.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span></div>
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power supply is crucial as much as it is to the domestic companies, agriculture
and other sectors.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">UN
secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon in the <a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:knvdNudqAo4J:www.sustainableenergyforall.org/news/item/download/21_a61f4e64894aa99e95173d14767b9000+&hl=en&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShhn7C6Qb06KS1YmW_sZJsUr9YPAFpIHIRdXgefVdj5H8TgvrsYdQfqU2Yvb3P0TbINs1JJKO_m3jm2_1XzTWW5h"><span style="color: blue;">UN 2011 Sustainable Energy for All initiative</span></a>
says, “Energy is the golden thread that connects economic growth, increased
social equity, and an environment that allows the world to thrive. Development
is not possible without energy, and sustainable development is not possible
without sustainable energy.” And the <a href="http://www.undp.org.af/publications/KeyDocuments/ANDS_Full_Eng.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">Afghanistan Development Strategy (ANDS)</span></a> states that
energy is the top priority for Afghanistan in order to develop the economy of
the country.</span></div>
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<![endif]--><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Source:
Sustainability of Energy Supplies in Afghanistan, report by Katerina Oskarsson
Civil Military Fusion Center </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"></span>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">There
are challenges but also remain opportunities in the sector of energy production
domestically. Clean Energy Info Portal – reegle states that according to
the Austrian Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEP) <a href="http://www.reegle.info/policy-and-regulatory-overviews/AF#sources"><span style="color: blue;">estimates</span></a>, 23,000MW of hydropower resources
potential are available but Afghanistan has been able to develop only 260MW.
Solar resources provide about 6.5 kWh/m2/day. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Thirdly,
there have also been problems of corruption and mismanagement in the
government. According to the <a href="http://www.transparency.org/cpi2012/results"><span style="color: blue;">transparency
international</span></a>’s Corruption Perception Index of 2012, Afghanistan is
among the most corrupt countries of the world. <a href="http://www.afghanwarnews.info/corruption.htm"><span style="color: blue;">Afghan
War News</span></a> identifies that “There are many types of corruption that
undermine the ISAF mission in Afghanistan. Three broad categories of corruption
are economic corruption, criminal and patronage networks, and petty corruption. Economic
corruption includes extortion, "tax" contracts, and significant
diversion of foreign assistance from donor nations. Criminal and
patronage networks facilitate illicit drug trafficking, provide money to
insurgents, and subvert the government and security institutions. Petty
corruption involves lower level government officials usually in the form of
bribes.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span></div>
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<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=272240942221944293" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Assistance
to Afghanistan’s <a href="http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/en/USAID/Activity/231/Assistance_to_Afghanistans_AntiCorruption_Authority_4A"><span style="color: blue;">Anti-Corruption Authority</span></a> identifies four pillars
of Afghanistan’s national anti-corruption strategy:</span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">"Improve
the transparency and accountability of its institutions to reduce corrupt
practices.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Improve
financial oversight.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Build
judicial capacity to investigate, prosecute, punish, and remove corrupt
officials from power.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Aid civil
society organizations in educating and empowering the public to
participate in transparent and accountable governance."</span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">In
order to counter this problem, the country needs to implement its
Anti-Corruption Strategy not only with the help of the central government but
with the help of the U.S. and allied countries involved in distribution of aid
to projects that go un-monitored and un-evaluated. The vicious cycle that
involves corruption and insecurity takes a toll on the overall economy.</span></div>
<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The Daily Beast today <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2013/03/14/afghans-to-hell-with-daily-beast.html">wrote</a>
on its segment BACKLASH about a response from Afghans on twitter regarding
Leslie H. Gelb’s article on The Daily Beast, “To Hell with Karzai”. Without
directly quoting from the article “<a href="http://pashtunwomenvp.com/index.php/2013-01-28-03-21-27/current-issue/199-karzai-s-remarks-not-a-news">Karzai
Remarks, Not News!</a>” The Daily Beast misinterpreted the point the I wanted
to convey. In response, I would like to reiterate
their point and clarify that in fact, we did not and do not support the claims made by the Daily Beast.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">In my analysis of Karzai’s remarks regarding the Taliban and the
United States, I <a href="http://pashtunwomenvp.com/index.php/2013-01-28-03-21-27/current-issue/199-karzai-s-remarks-not-a-news">argued
that</a> the media misinterpreted what President Karzai said in his speech on
International Women’s Day. As I wrote, “The next hour, media outlets around the
world carried his remarks in bold and some interpreted them in their own way.”
Ironically, the article was itself misinterpreted by The Daily Beast. As
the Daily Beast tried to understand the fury of Afghans on Twitter in response
to Gelb’s outrageous article, they seem to have been in search of an
alternative perspective against the one that Afghans on Twitter had;
misinterpreting my article, then, <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2013/03/14/afghans-to-hell-with-daily-beast.html">the
Daily Beast claimed</a>, “....blog <a href="http://pashtunwomenvp.com/index.php/2013-01-28-03-21-27/current-issue/199-karzai-s-remarks-not-a-news">took
Gelb’s side</a>, arguing that Karzai often references invalid theories of
collaboration between Taliban and NATO forces.” Yet in fact, I neither
mentioned the Daily Beast remark in my article nor had I read it at the time I
was writing my article. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span></div>
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<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=272240942221944293" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Secondly my article did not attempt to analyze Karzai’s remark
but instead aimed to offer an inside look into what Karzai had said—into what
he really said. According to my article, thus, “What he said was more about
Taliban hypocrisy. If you listen to his original remarks, he said that the
Taliban are benefiting the foreigners by providing them an excuse to stay
longer in Afghanistan because if there is violence, NATO will not leave. The
primary focus of this particular part of his speech on International Women’s
day was to unfold the double game Taliban are playing.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The article points out that “This is not the first time the
Afghan President Hamid Karzai gives such statements. He had made similar<span style="color: red;"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGq3gb_v1v8"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">comments</span></a> <a href="http://savefrom.net/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DNGq3gb_v1v8&utm_source=firefox-sf&utm_medium=extensions&utm_campaign=link_modifier" target="_blank" title="Get a direct link"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"></span></a></span>(in
Pashto) during the Peace Jirga in Afghanistan in 2010”; this statement was
followed by: “...but no media outlet highlighted these comments then, despite
the fact that these 2010 comments are more controversial and direct than the
ones he made today and yesterday.”<br /><br />
In response to the “invalid theories”, I would like to clarify that the article did not suggest one thing or the other but balanced the argument by
explaining what the Afghans started to think about the United States’ position
regarding the Taliban after 2003; Karzai’s statement echoed the Afghans’
position because he knows his people well the way Dr. Najibullah did. In an
effort to explain how the idea of “doubts” regarding others’ position on
something in Afghan society works, I used the quote from Sarah Chayes’s book in
the article. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">I would like to take the opportunity to
reiterate that the I do not agree with Leslie H. Gelb
for what he has written in his article “To Hell with Karzai” and the way he has
tried to “interpret” the President’s remarks and his portrayal of the ethnic
makeup in Afghanistan. Like most educated Afghans, I believe that dividing the
Afghan people on ethnic basis will only be an effort to jeopardize the
peace-keeping efforts of not only the involved-in-Afghanistan International
community and the rest of the world that stands in solidarity with Afghans for
democracy, development, and rebuilding of their country, but also of war-weary
Afghans who have suffered for three decades. </span></div>
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