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On AlterNet: malalai kakar

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "malalai kakar"

There's No Hope for Afghanistan If Women Aren't Involved

There's No Hope for Afghanistan If Women Aren't Involved

Ann Jones, The Nation. October 28, 2009.
What happens to women in Afghanistan is not merely a "women's issue." It is the central issue of stability, development and durable peace.

Taliban Gunmen Murder Leading Afghan Women's Rights Activist

Taliban Gunmen Murder Leading Afghan Women's Rights Activist

Jerome Starkey, Independent UK. April 14, 2009.
"This cold-blooded assassination puts in question the direction that Afghanistan is heading," warns the director of the UN Development Fund for Women.

Women Who Took On the Taliban -- and Lost

Women Who Took On the Taliban -- and Lost

Kim Sengupta, Independent UK. October 3, 2008.
Of five prominent Afghani women interviewed three years ago by The Independent, three are dead and a fourth has had to flee.

On the Murder of Afghanistan's Most Famous Policewoman

On the Murder of Afghanistan's Most Famous Policewoman

Nushin Arbabzadah, Comment Is Free. October 1, 2008.
The Afghan policewoman Malalai Kakar was a crusading defender of women and a model of Afghan womanhood far older than the Taliban.