Kabul...a city carved into the mountains
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Afghanistan with the Americans!
but children are back to school...i am not sure however for how long!
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Blasts from my past
Sonal Mansingh is one of the leading exponents of Odissi, an ancient classical dance form of Orissa.
Sonal learnt Bharatanatyam from Prof. U S Krishna Rao and Chandrabhaga Devi at
Here she is watching her students perform at a function at her Hauz Khas Institute, in Delhi.
Blasts from my past
A warlord of Tajik origin, Ismail Khan is known as the "Lion of Herat". (he is th oneshaking hands with my hands.)
During the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan of 1979, Khan was an officer in the Afghanistan army, reaching the rank of Mujahedin commander.
He was forced to flee after the Taliban took over authority in 1995. While organising opposition against the Taliban, he was handed over to them by his old adversary General Pahlawan after a deal in 1997. Two years later in March 2000 he escaped and worked as a low-profile member of the Northern Alliance.
Ismail Khan is known for his reluctant support for Afghanistan’s central government. In early 2002 there were media reports of a relationship in Herat between Ismail Khan and the government of Iran.
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld met with Ismail Khan, in Herat, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2002. and his support was crucial to the new national government.
Ismail Khan controls the border trade with Iran. According to one estimate, this yields $1 million a day in revenue, which is not shared with the Central Afghan government. This has been a source of friction between the two.
(courtsey www.globalsecurity.org)
Some blasts from my past
Ustad Professor Abdul Rabb al-Rasuul Sayyaf, also known as Abdur Rab Rasul Sayyaf sitting on the yellow chair is a factional fundamentalist leader in the Afghan northern Alliance Government that took over Afghanistan in December 2001 and a hard-line Wahhabi Islamic Fundamentalist supported closely by Saudi Arabia.
Sayyaf was the one who invited Osama bin Laden to Afghanistan and for years enjoyed his support to follow his "Jehad" in Afghanistan. He also received a large portion of the support from CIA in 1980s and is still apparently a close friend of the U.S. govt.
I interviwed Sayyaf in Sept2002.
(courtsey Wikipedia)
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
the Umrican world
this was sent to me by someone ....i just cant remember who....credit goes to her/him!
Monday, October 02, 2006
The Trio gets blown up once again
isnt the evil Trio ever going to triumph over the good..they usually do in real life!!( if there is a good legal team)
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