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 of my Afghan colleagues and friends are delighted that bin Laden is dead. But many, including me, think his death could harm Afghanistan more than …
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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.
Read MoreExpatriate 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.
Read MoreAfghans eager to go home at all costs
Refugees undeterred by crime, ethnic violence, warlords’ rivalries
Read MoreBay Area Afghan expatriates walk tightrope
Those who returned to rebuild are caught between 2 cultures
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Delegates to choose new government
Read MoreAfghan 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 shirt, and it was all black,” said an acquaintance. Shaheer, president of the pro-democratic Council of Professionals in this city of 330,000, was jailed and …
Read MoreInterim leadership celebrated
‘We can take country forward,’ chief says
Read MoreAfghan talks off to a rosy start
Factions OK role for ex-king, lean toward peacekeeping troops
Read MoreFractious groups to meet at U.N.-sponsored talks
Monumental task to develop Afghan government (Analysis)
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