Afghanistan News News Afghanistan » Culture: The Taliban may not like Peaky Blinders, but its Afghan fans are part of a long history of cultural engagement with the world
The four young Thomas Shelbys walking around Herat. Screenshot from YouTube/Herat-Mic The Taliban’s morality police recently summoned four young men in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan for a ...
News Afghanistan » Culture: “This Is A Matter Of Saving The Culture Of Afghanistan”: Decorated Iranian Filmmakers Mohsen & Hana Makhmalbaf Plus Jimmy Mulville Urge UK Government To House Dozens Of ...
“This is a matter of saving the culture of Afghanistan,” Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf said to a parliamentary committee this morning as he pled with the UK government to house dozens of ...
News Afghanistan » Culture: Inside Afghan Women’s Fight to Compete at the Olympics
No school beyond the sixth grade. No traveling without a male guardian. Death by stoning for “moral crimes” such as adultery. In most places, women must cover themselves from head to toe if they leave ...
News Afghanistan » Culture: Afghan Storytelling and Preserving Culture
In this event recording, you'll hear from people working across music, film, writing, and other creative forms to safeguard Afghan culture. Each storyteller offers unique perspectives on cultural ...
News Afghanistan » Culture: Three years ago this month America withdrew from Afghanistan
War & Peace & War: Twenty Years in Afghanistan. By Andrew North. Ithaka Press; 352 pages; £25 Twenty Years: Hope, War and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation. By Sune Rasmussen. Farrar, Straus & ...
News Afghanistan » Culture: Peaky Blinders Lookalikes Arrested By Afghan Taliban
The Afghan Taliban's dreaded morality police have arrested four young men for dressing like characters from the British TV series Peaky Blinders. The men were detained in the western Afghan city of ...
News Afghanistan » Culture: 3 Years on: The Cost of Taliban Rule
A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 23, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi August 15, 2024, ...
News Afghanistan » Culture: What is the Capital of Afghanistan? Check Here!
The capital of Afghanistan is Kabul. According to Britannica, Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, is the city of culture that reflects a mix of tradition and modernity. From Attan folk dances and ...
News Afghanistan » Culture: Afghan designer weaves cultural heritage into Wisconsin fashion scene
Sarwat Najib empowers through fashion, while bringing Afghan culture to central Wisconsin. Originally from Kabul, fashion designer Sarwat Najib brings Afghan artistry to Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Her ...
News Afghanistan » Culture: UNESCO Director General and Chief Executive Dr Abdullah Abdullah celebrate the role of Cultural heritage for the future of Afghanistan
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, Chief Executive of Afghanistan, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, and the Director of the Afghanistan Center at Kabul University, Nancy Dupree. “Keeping History Alive” a ...
News Afghanistan » Culture: The Taliban may not like Peaky Blinders, but its Afghan fans are part of a long history of cultural engagement with the world
The Taliban’s morality police recently summoned four young men in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan for a “rehabilitation programme”. Their offence: “imitating actors” and “promoting foreign ...