Osama bin Laden’s death can hurt Afghanistan
By Fariba NawaMay 04, 2011 The San Francisco Chronicle As an Afghan American who grew up in both Herat, Afghanistan, and Fremont, I have a dual perspective on the death of Osama bin Laden. Most [...]
With aid of S.F. man’s project, Afghan women risk lives for a song
At a clandestine music school sponsored in part by a San Francisco resident, male students come and go through the front door while their female counterparts enter through a dark hallway.
Expatriate leaves San Jose to give micro-loans to poor Afghan women
Katrin Fakiri's office is a constant rush of phone calls, e-mail messages, and people entering and leaving. On a wall, a framed picture of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with Fakiri and several other women hangs crookedly.
Afghans eager to go home at all costs
Refugees undeterred by crime, ethnic violence, warlords' rivalries
Bay Area Afghan expatriates walk tightrope
Those who returned to rebuild are caught between 2 cultures
Afghanistan’s fate rests with council
Delegates to choose new government
Afghan warlords exact a toll on the road to democracy
By Fariba Nawa June 5, 2002 The San Francisco Chronicle Herat, Afghanistan -- Rafiq Shaheer's friends were shocked when they saw the bruises on his back after he was released from custody. "He lifted his [...]
Interim leadership celebrated
'We can take country forward,' chief says
Afghan talks off to a rosy start
Factions OK role for ex-king, lean toward peacekeeping troops
Fractious groups to meet at U.N.-sponsored talks
Monumental task to develop Afghan government (Analysis)
