Latest Kabul Stories
Fetzer Institute in Partnership with the Afghan Women's Writing Project KABUL, Afghanistan and SAN FRANSISCO, June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Thirteen-year old Massoma remembers the day in Afghanistan that her "head exploded, full of their talking, talking. They talked and talked and sold me. They laughed, happy." She describes the confusion and pain in short, terse, sentences, wondering that she "was not a good bride. I was not a perfect woman, because I was thirteen. My head...
KABUL, Afghanistan, June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bayat Foundation, led by entrepreneur and philanthropist Ehsanollah Bayat, recently inaugurated a new pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) and critical care unit (CCU) at Indira Gandhi Hospital in Kabul. The facility, rebuilt atop the debris of an unused, ruined section of the building in less than five months, features advanced remote patient monitoring technology, modern beds and medical equipment, and a variety of...
LENOIR CITY, Tenn., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As they searched for landmines and other unexploded ordnance at a Kabul, Afghanistan girls school, employees of Sterling Global Operations (SGO) knew their task was important, but its significance was amplified when a 15-year-old Pakistani girl was shot a few weeks later by Taliban terrorists because she wants an education. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130205/CL54289LOGO-b ) Malala Yousafzai started school again in...
KABUL, Afghanistan, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Roshan, Afghanistan's leading total communications provider, today launched 3G Jahaan (meaning "the world"), which will immediately be available in Kabul, and then rolled out nationwide. Roshan 3G Jahaan presents a significant next step in access by connecting the company's six million customers with each other and the world. Furthermore, 3G Jahaan's features such as video calling, conferencing and streaming confirm Roshan's promise...
Singular Collection of Documents on Afghanistan's History and Culture Preserved by Louis and Nancy Hatch Dupree NEW YORK, April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University (ACKU) officially opened the doors on the most advanced library and research center in Afghanistan, now at its permanent home on the campus of Kabul University. ACKU is an active, working archive containing extensive material on Afghan history and society. Used by students, journalists...
KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Roshan, Afghanistan's leading total communications provider, today announced that the company has been officially recognized as a certified B-Corp. Roshan is the first company in Afghanistan to achieve this prestigious B-Corp status and leads the way for other Afghan businesses to gain recognition for ethical business practices. The status also highlights that companies can successfully invest in Afghanistan as a business as well as...
KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Roshan, Afghanistan's leading total communications provider, today announced that the company has been awarded the highest quality recognition of ISO 9001:2008 for its technology, network and sales operations. ISO is gained by organizations that focus on improving company operations through utilizing performance principles such as strong customer focus, leadership, involvement of people, governance, factual approach to decision...
KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Some of the world's most famous Afghan musicians and performers from around the world will gather on Monday, January 21, 2013 at the spectacular Kingdom of Dreams in Delhi, India to celebrate Ariana Television Network's 7(th) Annual ATN® Awards 2012. The ATN Awards, the only Afghan Awards show of its kind, recognize and celebrate Afghan music and performing arts while encouraging unity among the global Afghan...
ALBANY, N.Y., Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Albany Law School President and Dean Penelope (Penny) Andrews is the author of the newly published book From Cape Town to Kabul: Rethinking Strategies for Pursuing Women's Human Rights (Ashgate Publishing), which advances a new approach to pursuing human rights for women in developing democracies. In the book, Dean Andrews draws upon her experience living under apartheid and after the fall of apartheid in her native South Africa,...
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Roshan, Afghanistan's leading total communications provider, today announced it won the Best Customer Care Award at the eleventh annual World Communication Awards ceremony, held in London. Roshan's victory marks the sixth consecutive year the operator has been recognized by the World Communication Awards. Roshan's selection as the winner of the Best Customer Care category of the World Communication Awards is the company's third such...
