Infobox company company name Afghan IPTV company logo company type company slogan foundation 22 July 2009 location H rth , Germany key people num employees industry Media products TV services revenue owner homepage http www.afghaniptv.de www.afghaniptv.de Afghan IPTV is a television service launched on 22 July 2009. The company is based in H rth , Germany . The service provides Afghan television channels, delivered by IPTV signals which is distributed via the internet . It can be received using a broadband connection of at least 2MB speed. It does not work with a dial up connection. The service has many Afghan channels including Ariana TV and Shamshad TV . Resellers flagicon Germany Germany H rth HQ Frankfurt AM Frankfurt Hamburg Herford Munich flagicon Austria Austria Vienna flagicon Belgium Belgium Brussels flagicon Canada Canada Ottawa flagicon Denmark Denmark Aarhus Copenhagen Vejle flagicon Netherlands Netherlands Amsterdam Arnhem Beverwijk flagicon Russia Russia Moscow flagicon Sweden Sweden G teburg Malm Stockholm flagicon UK UK Birmingham London flagicon Ukraine Ukraine Odessa flagicon USA USA Gerdena San Francisco coming soon Torrence ref http www.afghaniptv.de Adobe Flash website showing all references related to this article ref References reflist External links http www.afghaniptv.de Official site Category Afghan media ... more details
Taxobox name Afghan Hedgehog ref name msw3 MSW3 Hutterer pages 215 ref regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammalia ordo Erinaceomorpha familia Erinaceidae genus Hemiechinus species Long eared Hedgehog H. auritus subspecies H. a. megalotis trinomial Hemiechinus auritus megalotis trinomial authority Edward Blyth Blyth , 1845 The Afghan Hedgehog Hemiechinus auritus megalotis is a subspecies of the Long eared Hedgehog native to Afghanistan and western Pakistan . It is larger and reddish in colour, but otherwise similar in appearance to the Long eared Hedgehog. At 23 28 cm long and 700 to 900 grams of weight, the Afghan Hedgehog is roughly the size of the West European Hedgehog . Since the Afghan Hedgehog occupies mostly mountainous areas, are abundant at 1000 meters, and often found as high as 2500 meters, thus living at the highest elevation among hedgehog species, lower temperatures probably made it evolve larger. It also hibernation hibernates for approximately six months. Another adaptation for mountain terrain that this subspecies possesses long claws on its legs, which are more suitable for climbing. The Afghan Hedgehog is common in its habitat . It prey s on insect s, snake s, and scorpion s, but also prefers melons, watermelon s, and berries. Because of its passion for melons, it is often considered a pest. The Afghan Hedgehog is also a capable hole digger, even in rough terrain. References reflist erinaceomorpha stub Category Hemiechinus Category Mammals of Asia Category Mammals of Pakistan Category Mammals of Afghanistan Category Animals described in 1845 simple Afghan Hedgehog ... more details
Sediq Afghan lang fa born 1958 in Kabul is an Afghanistan Afghan philosopher and mathematician , currently head of the International Center for Mathematical Philosophy in Kabul, Afghanistan . He is also a political activist . He had a prominent role in protests in Kabul about Afghanistan and Islam related issues, including an anti American protest in 2003, ref name reu2001 Reuters 2003 http www.commondreams.org headlines03 0506 04.htm First Anti American Protest Held in Afghan Capital News article posted at CommonDreams.org, accessed on 2010 02 01. ref a hunger strike to protest over beatings of journalists by Afghan security officers in 2006, and another one to protest the Jyllands Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy 2008 Danish Muhammad cartoons . ref name ChristianScienceMonitor2008 03 10 cite news url http www.csmonitor.com World Asia South Central 2008 0310 p25s01 wosc.html title Danish cartoons one Afghan s peaceful protest publisher Christian Science Monitor date 2008 03 10 author Anand Gopal archiveurl http www.webcitation.org query?url http 3A 2F 2Fwww.csmonitor.com 2FWorld 2FAsia South Central 2F2008 2F0310 2Fp25s01 wosc.html&date 2010 02 18 archivedate 2010 02 18 ref He completed his preliminary education in Afghanistan and received his doctorate in mathematics from the Moscow University . About Sediq Afghan reflist Sediq Afghan b. 1958 in Kabul is a prominent Afghan philosopher and mathematician. He completed his preliminary education in Afghanistan and received his doctorate in mathematics from the Moscow university. Philosophies He is credited for inventing many mathematical formulas which has been registered and published worldwide. He has also found ... anti U.S. protests during May 2003. Sediq Afghan is a prominent Afghan philosopher known for his ... Siddiq Afghan s Official Website Persondata NAME Afghan, Sediq ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... Afghan, Sediq Category Living people Category 1958 births Category Afghan philosophers ... more details
Infobox film name Afghan Muscles image AfghanMuscles.jpg image size caption Publicity photo of Hamidullah Shirzai director Andreas M l Dalsgaard producer Jesper Morthorst br Michael Haslund Christensen writer Andreas M l Dalsgaard br Oliver Winding narrator starring Hamidullah Shirzai br Noorulhoda Shirzad music Fridolin Tai Nords Schjoldan release cinematography Frederik Jacobi br Andreas M l Dalsgaard editing My Thordahl released November 15, 2006 Denmark runtime 59 minutes country Cinema of Denmark Denmark language Persian and Arabic budget gross preceded by followed by website distributor Cinema Guild USA Afghan Muscles is a 2006 in film 2006 Cinema of Denmark Danish documentary film directed by Andreas M l Dalsgaard about bodybuilding in Afghanistan . Plot Following the War in Afghanistan 2001 present 2001 United States led invasion and the overthrow of the Taliban government, bodybuilding has enjoyed a renaissance in Afghanistan. The film follows the lives of two Afghan bodybuilding ... once encouraged his progress. The Afghan national team arrives in Bahrain for the Mr. Asia event, but the more ... index.php?section reviews&Id 11364 Afghan Muscles, Film Threat, December 7, 2008 ref Production Afghan ... clad male bodybuilders around the Afghan capital. Dalsgaard spent three years following a group of bodybuilders ... Kabul. ref http www.centralasien.dk content journal TheDSCAJournal02 Oct2005.pdf Afghan Muscles page 51 , The DSCA Journal October 2005 ref Release During a presentation of Afghan Muscles at the 2007 ... by Afghan women in bodybuilding, either as athletes or audience members. It s men looking at men, he ..., Docs and Truth at AFI Fest, IndieWire, November 7, 2007 ref Afghan Muscles shared the 2007 AFI ...?option com content&task view&id 141&Itemid 153&lang en Afghan Muscles, Planete Doc Review, May 9, 2008 ref Afghan Muscles has been released in the U.S. on DVD by Cinema Guild . ref http cinemaguild.com ... Code 3D2302 Afghan Muscles, Cinema Guild ref See also The Bodybuilder and I References Reflist ... more details
Infobox Ethnic group group Afghan Australian image caption Notable Afghan Australians poptime Afghan ... Ethic Media Package rels Islam ref name Census Ethic Media Package related Afghan Australians are Australians .... ref while 19,416 claimed Afghan ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry. ref name ABS Ancestry ... 2008 06 02 Total responses 25,451,383 for total count of persons 19,855,288. ref Afghan cameleers The first Afghan cameleers arrived in Melbourne in June 1860, when 8 men arrived with a shipment of 24 ... to have reached Australia as early as 1838 ref Flinders Range Research The Afghan Camelmen http .... The Afghan Australian community has produced a sizable number of individuals notable in many fields ... Wales Auburn and Merrylands . In Melbourne, which is host to the second largest Afghan population ... arrival of Afghan asylum seekers by boat has changed the demography of the Afghan Australian community in a significant way. Once only a tiny minority, Hazaras are now more common among the Afghan Australian ... Afghan Mosques to which Afghans gather, one located in North Ryde, New South Wales and another ... reconstruction and will possibly close, due to the small Afghan population in the area. The Mosque ... Saturday school s for Afghan Australian youth s Esteqlal Afghan Saturday School located at Castle Hill Library. Top Ryde Afghan Saturday School located at Ryde Public School. Language Various Dari dialects are spoken at home by two thirds of people 11,066 of Afghan heritage, whilst Pashto language ... of most Afghan Australians, 15,961 or 95 Additionally there is a small minority of Christians . ref ... of Statistics work Census Dictionary, 2006 cat.no 2901.0 ref See also Afghan Australia Muslim camel ... afghans.htm The Afghan Cameleeers in Australia References Reflist Ethnic groups in Australia Afghan diaspora Asian Australians Category Ethnic groups in Australia Category Afghan diaspora Australian Category Australian people of Afghan descent ethno stub Afghanistan stub Australia stub ... more details
s Afghan Girl. The photograph was shot in December 1984. Sharbat Gula lang ps pronounced IPA ps a bat born ca. 1972 is an Afghan woman who was the subject of a famous photograph by journalist ... simply as the Afghan Girl until she was formally identified in early 2002. The photograph has been ... news world 2002 03 12 afghan girl.htm title National Geographic tracks down Afghan girl last Zoroya ... popularly referred to as the Afghan Mona Lisa . ref cite web url http ikranm.blogspot.com ... Pashtun ref cite web url http ngm.nationalgeographic.com 2002 04 afghan girl index text title Afghan ... Union s Soviet invasion of Afghanistan bombing of Afghanistan and sent to the Nasir Bagh Afghan refugees ... http www.famouspictures.org mag index.php?title Afghan Eyes Girl title Afghan Eyes Girl last Lucas ... a rare opportunity to photograph Afghan women and captured her image. Although her name was not known, her picture, titled Afghan Girl , appeared on the June 1985 cover of National Geographic . The image ... green eyes staring directly into the camera, became a symbol both of the 1980s Afghan conflict and of the refugee ... of the magazine. ref cite news title National Geographic Afghan Girl, A Life Revealed url ... publisher The Washington Post Company date 2001 04 10 accessdate 2012 01 14 ref Search for the Afghan Girl The identity of the Afghan Girl remained unknown for over 17 years Afghanistan remained largely ... forward and identified themselves erroneously as the famous Afghan Girl. In addition, after being shown the 1985 photo, a handful of young men falsely claimed Gula as their wife. File Sharbat Gula the Afghan ... the Afghan Girl was Identified by Her Iris Patterns last Daugman first John accessdate 2012 01 14 ... , entitled Search for the Afghan Girl , which aired in March 2002. In recognition of her, ref ... They Found National Geographic s Afghan Girl last Braun first David work National Geographic News ... set up the Afghan Girls Fund, a charitable organization with the goal of educating Afghan girls and young ... more details
Image Afghan bread.jpg right thumb Afghan bread Afghan bread , or Nan e Afghani Persian language Persian , is the national bread of Afghanistan . ref http www.mansfieldct.org schools mms reads OSOR06 1 Design Breadwinner 20HTML 20Pages recipes.htm ref The bread is oval or rectangular and baked in a tandoor , a cylindrical oven which is the primary cooking equipment of the sub continental region. The Afghan version of the tandoor sits above ground and is made of bricks, which are heated to cook the bread. The bread, also known as nan , is shaped and then stuck to the interior wall of the oven to bake. Nigella sativa Etymology Black cumin or caraway seeds are often sprinkled on the bread, as much for decoration as for taste, and lengthwise lines are scored in the dough to add texture to the bread. Afghan bread is commonly stocked at Middle Eastern grocery stores in western countries. In Afghanistan the baker still cooks the bread the traditional way by spreading the dough around the tandoor, so that it quickly puffs up and starts to colour and emit a fresh bread smell that draws the early morning throngs of people. The baker then uses two long iron tongs to pull the bread from the tandoor wall. Afghans carry the bread in cloth bags, unlike western breads which are packaged in plastic. Similar to that in Arab countries, bread is served with most meals and is generally torn into shreds and used by those eating to envelope foods, so that they can be picked up and conveyed to the mouth, in a manner similar to a sandwich , and also to soak up liquids on the plate. Since people in Afghanistan normally use their hands to eat, the bread thus acts as both a fork and a spoon . The bread has no firm crust and tastes similar to the Indian cuisine Indian and Pakistani cuisine Pakistani variants of naan bread. It has a dense and rich taste. References references Flatbreads Category Afghan cuisine Category Pashtun cuisine Category Pakistani breads Category Flatbreads Category ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2007 Infobox football club clubname Afghan FC image File AFCChaman.png 110px fullname Afghan Football Club Chaman nickname founded 1960 ground Government High School Stadium Govt High School Stadium br Chaman , Pakistan capacity 4,000 chairman Haji Naseer Ali mgrtitle Head Coach manager Adam Khan league Pakistan Premier League season PPL 2011 position 2nd pattern la1 flareonwhite pattern b1 pattern ra1 flareonwhite leftarm1 E20E0E body1 E20E0E rightarm1 E20E0E shorts1 E20E0E socks1 E20E0E pattern la2 blueshoulders pattern b2 pattern ra2 blueshoulders leftarm2 FFFFFF body2 FFFFFF rightarm2 FFFFFF shorts2 FFFFFF socks2 CC0000 Afghan Football Club Chaman or Afghan FC are a football soccer club playing in the Pakistan Premier League . The club is based in Chaman , Balochistan Pakistan Balochistan , a border town near Afghanistan. The Afghan Club have a loyal fan base with locals turning up in huge numbers to support their team at their home matches held in a makeshift pitch at the Chaman High School Stadium. City of Chaman is the best example of a poor country with thousands of spectators and lovers of soccer and yet with no proper football stadium. Afghan Club with its thin and bleak fund prepares the stadium every year for the event at Chaman. They are founding members of the PPL, and have struggled to compete in the league. In 2004, Muhammad Essa s goals ... season was in Pakistan Premier League 2005 2005 .Afghan Club has the trouble with producing players.In fact Afghan club annually produces brilliant young talent but to the dismay of the club these players join Departmental teams for salary.Please note that all players in Afghan club are voluntars and that club can not afford to pay to the poor members of the team.But Afghan Club has still managed to remain in the premier league. Afghan FC barely avoided relegation in the 2006 07 season, finishing ... in Quetta .Afghan Club is presently the only soccer club in Pakistan which does not have any official ... more details
Afghan Arabi is a breed of domesticated sheep found in Afghanistan . They are a member of the fat rump breeds of sheep. The wool is carpet quality and the Arghan Arabi are raised for their Lamb and mutton meat . ref name OKState cite web url http www.ansi.okstate.edu breeds sheep afghanarabi index.htm work Breeds of Livestock title Afghan Arabi publisher Oklahoma State University , Dept. of Animal Science accessdate 2009 05 12 ref Characteristics Both sexes are polled hornless and have long pendulous ears. Typically, this breed is grey or black with wihite displayed on the face. ref name OKState The average height of mature ewes is Convert 48 cm in sigfig 2 abbr on . ref name DADIS cite web url http dad.fao.org title Afghan Arabi Afghanistan work Breed data sheet publisher Domestic Animal Diversity Information Service accessdate 2009 05 12 ref References reflist sheep stub Category Sheep breeds Category Animal breeds originating in Afghanistan ... more details
Refimprove date May 2009 File afghan blanket.jpg thumb An afghan blanket An afghan is a blanket , wrap, or shawl of colored yarn. It is knitting knit ted or crochet ed, often in geometric shapes. It can also be referred to as a throw . Afghans were first made in Afghanistan and commonly featured geometric designs with many holes in the pattern. They are hand stitched or knitted. ref http demo.articles 4 u.com afghans and throws ref In North America n craft tradition, afghans are draped over couch sofa s or large chairs for decoration. There are three main styles of afghan mile a minute afghans, join as you go afghans, and Motif visual arts motif afghans. Mile a minute afghans are usually made in one piece and with a minimum of stitches they are the simplest style to make and are especially popular with beginners. Join as you go afghans are made up of many different pieces, one of which begins where the last leaves off. Motif afghans, such as the granny square , are composed of many different small pieces, called motifs, squares, or blocks. These motifs may be all of the same design or of different designs, but they are typically the same size, for ease of joining. Some favor the motif style because of its portability and versatility of design. References Reflist 2 Bedding Category Blankets Category Jackets Category Shawls and wraps Category Crochet clothing stub textile arts stub ... more details
Refimprove date August 2009 Infobox Museum name Afghan Museum br Afghanisches Museum de icon image imagesize 200 map type Germany Hamburg map caption Location of the Afghan Museum in Hamburg latitude 53.543333 longitude 9.989444 established 1998 dissolved location Hamburg, Germany type Culture and cultural history visitors director curator publictransit Messberg Hamburg U Bahn station Messberg website http www.afghanisches museum.de www.afghanisches museum.de The Afghan Museum German Afghanisches Museum is private museum of culture and cultural history of Afghanistan , situated in the historic and picturesque Speicherstadt warehouse district of Hamburg , Germany . The museum s mandate is to bring the authentic and traditional aspects of Afghan culture to life. History This private museum was opened in March 1998 by lawyer and businessman Nek Mohamad Pirzad, his family and friends. Interior and contents The artistic design for the museum was led by Mr. Hessan, an Afghan artist living in Germany. The museum houses displays how a shoemaking cobbler repairs worn out shoes, tandoori bread is baked, a carpet maker ties knots for a large Afghan carpet with the famous Elephantfoot pattern. Exhibitions display a look inside a tea house and a Turkmen people Turkmen tent called yurt , or under an Afghan veil chadri . Reproductions of the great fortress of Bost, Qala e Bost, in Lashkar Gah , the big Buddhas of Bamyan , and the minaret of Jam are represented. The store offers green tea flavoured with cardamom , roasted chick peas , raisins , mulberries , Afghan jewellery and clothes are sold. Visitors The museum takes part in the Long Night of Museums of Hamburg . ref name musedi cite web url http www.langenachtdermuseen hamburg.de die museen afghanisches museum.htm title Lange Nacht der Museen Afghanisches Museum publisher http www.langenachtdermuseen hamburg.de Der Museumsdienst Hamburg language German accessdate 2009 08 29 ref See also Kabul Museum List of museums and cultural ... more details
For the Arab migration or invasion of Afghanistan prior to the Soviet Afghan War History of Arabs in Afghanistan Afghan Arabs also known as Arab Afghans were Arab and other Muslim Islamist mujahideen who came to Afghanistan during and following the Soviet war in Afghanistan Soviet Afghan War to help ... throughout the region, while another wave arrived during the Bolshevik Revolution . Afghan Arabs who entered Afghanistan during the Soviet Afghan War began arriving in the early 1980s. see History of Arabs in Afghanistan Origin One supporter of the Afghan Arabs, General Hameed Gul , the former head ... Azzam 1941 1989 is often credited with creating enthusiasm for the Afghan mujahideen cause in the Arab ... Services Office to organize guest houses in Peshawar just across the Afghan border in Pakistan and paramilitary training camps in Afghanistan to prepare international recruits for the Afghan war front ... close links with two of the Afghan mujahideen faction leaders, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar the Pakistan ... of the Afghan, www.Islamicawakening.com viewarticle.php?articleID 877& accessed 2006 and Abdullah ... Year Afghan Withdrawal By ELAINE SCIOLINO, The New York Times . Jul 18, 1986. p. D17 1 page ref As it became ... with Muslims worldwide, and drew more of them to volunteer in Afghanistan. Consequently most of the Afghan ... were different than the early Afghan Arab volunteers inspired by Sheikh Azzam s tours, and have ..., the mujahideen staging area and center of Afghan Arab activity. ref Ismail Khan, Crackdown ... by most Afghans. While the first Arab Afghans were for the most part welcomed by native Afghan mujahideen, by the end of the Soviet Afghan war, there was a great deal of mutual antagonism between the two groups. The Afghan mujahideen resented being told they were not good Muslims and called the expatriate ..., Marc 2004, p.57 58 After the war with the Soviets However minimal the impact of the Afghan Arabs ... After the war, many foreign mujahideen stayed in Afghanistan and took Afghan wives. The Afghan ... more details
catalog display.pperl?isbn 9780385516419 The Afghan Campaign by Steven Pressfield Hardcover Random House ... for their freedom. While marching, Matthias meets Shinar, an Afghan woman who, having abandoned ... afghan campaign.htm title Review of The Afghan Campaign, by Chet Richards publisher www.d n i.net accessdate ... pov regardingwar conversations blog 1 book review the afghan campaign.php publisher PBS work Regarding War Blog title Book Review The Afghan Campaign first Andrew last Lubin date September 09, 2010 accessdate ...&slug pressfield13 title The Afghan Campaign Greek war story echoes today s battles first William ... links http www.stevenpressfield.com books afghan campaign.asp Steven Pressfield s official website DEFAULTSORT Afghan Campaign Category American historical novels Category 2006 novels Category Works ... more details
File Afghan food.jpg thumb 300px A table setting of Afghan food in Kabul Afghan cuisine is largely based ..., Afghan cuisine is undeniably unique, and has been considered to be one of the most flavorsome of cuisines. General information File Afghani dinner.jpg thumb Afghan dinner sitting on dastarkhan in Helmand ... foods. Fruits and vegetables, fresh and dried, form an important part of the Afghan diet, especially ... s. Herbs and spices used in Afghan cuisine include mentha mint , saffron , coriander , cilantro , cardamom .... Afghan cuisine emphasizes well balanced, contrasting tastes and food is neither spicy nor bland. Kabul influence on Afghan cuisine An ancient city of art, culture, and being the nation s multi cultural ... citizens. Most notable Afghan food items known today were probably first served by urban residents. Most ... types of Afghan bread Naan Literally bread . Thin, long and oval shaped, its mainly a white whole ... part of any meal. Wealthier families will eat one rice dish per day. The Afghan royalty spent ... Palao File Afghan men feasting.jpg thumb Afghan style eating with plates of Pilaf Palao ... with naan . Afghan kebab is most often found in restaurants and outdoor vendor stalls. Families ... used meat is lamb. Recipes differ with every restaurant. Afghan kebab is served with naan, rarely ... 2011 ref Quroot is typically eaten raw, and may be served with cooked Afghan dishes such as Ashak , Mantoo, and Qeshla Qoroot, among others. Afghan food items File Afghan meat balls with rice and corn.jpg ... as a side dish. File Afghan roast chicken 2010.jpg upright thumb Roasted chicken kebab File Afghani lamb kebab.jpg thumb upright Afghan Lamb and mutton lamb kebab with yellow Saffron rice div col 2 Kofta Afghan Kufta Afghan Kadu Bouranee Pumpkin sweet pumpkins Ashak vegetable and chive filled dumplings ... with various fillings, including potato and herb s, or ground meat Shorwa Afghan soup similar ... with dried Mentha mint Baamiyah okra Bolawnee Bolani Afghan bread pancakes Suji Halwa Halwaua e Aurd ... more details
for Pashtuns in Canada Pashtun diaspora Infobox Ethnic group group Afghan Canadian poptime 48,090 ref name statcan cite web url http www12.statcan.ca english census06 data topics RetrieveProductTable.cfm?TPL RETR&ALEVEL 3&APATH 3&CATNO &DETAIL 0&DIM &DS 99&FL 0&FREE 0&GAL 0&GC 99&GK NA&GRP 1&IPS &METH 0&ORDER 1&PID 92333&PTYPE 88971&RL 0&S 1&ShowAll No&StartRow 1&SUB 801&Temporal 2006&Theme 80&VID 0&VNAMEE &VNAMEF title Ethnic Origin 247 , Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses 3 and Sex 3 for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census publisher 2.statcan.ca date 2011 04 07 accessdate 2011 10 24 ref popplace Greater Toronto Area , Montreal , Vancouver langs Canadian English , French language French Dari Persian , Pashto language Pashto , and other Languages of Afghanistan Afghan languages rels Predominantly Islam Afghan Canadians are Canadians with ancestry from Afghanistan . In the Canada 2001 Census about 25,230 Canadians were from Afghanistan. ref cite web url http www12.statcan.ca english census01 products highlight ETO Table1.cfm?Lang E&T 501&GV 1&GID 0 title Ethno Cultural Portrait of Canada, Table 1 publisher 2.statcan.ca date accessdate 2011 10 24 ref The former Minister of Foreign Affairs Bill Graham has recently 2003 said there are about 80,000 people from Afghanistan in Canada. ref cite web url http www.afghanistannewscenter.com news 2003 september sep62003.html title Afghanistan News September 5, 2003 publisher Afghanistannewscenter.com date accessdate 2011 10 24 ref The Canada 2006 Census counted 48,090 Canadians with ancestry from Afghanistan. ref name statcan They are mostly concentrated .... Afghan Canadians are from various Demography of Afghanistan ethnic groups from Afghanistan and are able ... afghanistan menu en.asp Rebuilding Afghanistan People of Canada Afghan diaspora Ethno group stub Category Ethnic groups in Canada Afghan Category Afghan diaspora Canadians Category Article Feedback 5 ... more details
linkrot date December 2011 Infobox film name Afghan Luke image AfghanLuke2011Poster.jpg alt see WP ALT caption Coming soon poster director Mike Clattenburg producer Barrie Dunn br Michael Volpe br Mike Clattenburg writer Patrick Graham br Douglas Bell br Mike Clattenburg br Barrie Dunn starring Nick Stahl br Nicolas Wright br Stephen Lobo br Vik Sahay music Blain Morris cinematography Jeremy Benning editing Roger Matiussi studio distributor released Film date Year Month Day Location runtime 97 minutes country Film Canada language English budget gross Afghan Luke is a 2011 Canadian film directed by Mike Clattenburg . The central character, Luke Benning Nick Stahl , is a journalist investigating the possible mutilation by Canadian snipers of corpses in Afghanistan , a country that appears increasingly incomprehensible and surreal as Luke undergoes a series of bizarre adventures. The film has appeared at the Shanghai International Film Festival , ref cite web url http www.siff.com MovieEnLists 2011 ShowDetail.aspx?dicID 466EE115 1A4A 4A50 8FF1 79E59DDC48E4&ID a19f9355 b9e4 4d97 9185 4819ab91348d title THE 15TH SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL publisher Siff.com date 2011 05 30 accessdate 2012 02 17 ref the Toronto Film Festival , ref cite web author TIFF url http tiff.net filmsandschedules tiff 2011 afghanluke title 2011 Films Afghan Luke publisher tiff.net date accessdate 2012 02 17 ref Cin fest , ref http cinefest.slated.com 2011 films ref and the Atlantic Film Festival . ref cite web url http www.atlanticfilm.com afghan luke title Afghan Luke & 124 Atlantic Film Festival publisher Atlanticfilm.com date accessdate 2012 02 17 ref ref cite web url http www.atlanticfilm.com media media resources press kit title Atlantic Film Festival Press Kit & 124 Atlantic Film Festival ... http www.afghanluke.com ?page id 6 Official trailer IMDb title 1680305 Afghan Luke DEFAULTSORT Afghan Luke Category 2011 films Category Canadian films Category English language films ... more details
Afghan Telecom is a telecom company offering fixed line, wireless voice and data services under a 25 year license in Afghanistan . The company was previously government owned and operated until 2005 when the Afghan Ministry of Communications spun it off into a private entity. In 2008, investors are being sought for an 80 stake of the company. The government will retain 20 , and the investment payment will go to the general budget of the government of Afghanistan. ref Government of Afghanistan ref AfTel has roughly 1,000 employees in 34 provincial capitals and 254 district centers and villages. It offers traditional Telephone line wire line telephones and internet access in the major cities, a third generation CDMA based wireless local loop telephony , WIMAX and Fiber optic communication fiber based high speed internet services, based on state of the art Telephone exchange switching , wireless access and Communications satellite satellite equipment ref Afghantelecom ref . References Reflist External links http www.afghantelecom.af Company website http www.instatelecom.com Insta Telecom Ltd http www.ciberco.com Ciberco International Category Telecommunications companies of Afghanistan Category Mobile phone companies of Afghanistan telecom company stub de Afghan Telecom ps ... more details
Afghan morphine or Poppy for Medicine is an alternative development solution put forward to combat the poverty and public disenchantment caused by international counter narcotics eradication policies in Afghanistan . Licensing opium poppy cultivation in order to locally manufacture and market Afghan morphine , according to this proposal, would create the economic conditions to empower poverty stricken rural Afghans and cut their ties with the illicit poppy trade. Afghanistan is the world s leading producer of opium 82 of global opium production , cultivating 1,650 square kilometres of poppy and a potential 6,100 metric tons of opium in 2006, according to the UNODC World Drugs Report 2007. Afghanistan is also the source of the large majority of heroin seized in Europe. ref http www.europa eu un.org articles en article 1910 en.htm The European Union and Afghanistan ref Since the US led international intervention in 2001 to depose the Taliban , eradication programmes have been carried out by the Afghan government and their international backers, but since 2003, opium production in Afghanistan has risen sharply the area cultivated in 2006 is 59 more than that cultivated in 2005. Equally, eradication and displacement has led to poverty among rural populations, as 2.9 million Afghans are involved in poppy cultivation. Eradication policies have, for many, led to a growing hostility among Afghans towards the government and international community who are seen to be destroying livelihoods by pursuing eradication policies. Poppy for medicine One alternative development policy, put forward by the Senlis Council , proposes licensing poppy cultivation in order to make Afghan morphine and other poppy based medicines and to avoid diversion of opium to illegal traffickers. Detailed in their June ... by the Afghan National Army and international community, would control the legitimate production ... ref Moreover, the proposal hopes that Afghan morphine can contribute to decreasing the acute ... more details
Merge from Afghan abasi discuss Talk Afghan rupee Merger proposal Afghan abasi into Afghan rupee date January 2012 The rupee was the currency of Afghanistan until 1925. Before 1891, silver rupees circulated with copper falus and gold mohur . The three metals had no fixed exchange rate between them, with different regions issuing their own coins. In 1891, a new currency was introduced, based on the Kabuli rupee. The rupee was subdivided into 60 paisa , each of 10 dinar . Other denominations issued included the shahi of 5 paisa, the sanar of 10 paisa, the abbasi of 20 paisa, the qiran of 30 paisa and the tilla and later the amani , both of 10 rupee. The rupee was replaced in 1925 by the Afghan afghani Afghani . Ironically, the currency itself was first issued by Afghan monarch Sher Shah Suri during his rule of northern India. Today the unit of currency in Afghanistan is the Afghan afghani afghani . The Red Fort Hindi , Urdu , usually transcribed into English as Lal Qil ah or Lal Qila is a 17th century fort complex constructed by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the walled city of Old Delhi in present day Delhi, India that served as the residence of the Mughal Emperors. It also served as the capital of the Mughals until 1857, when Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled by the British Indian government. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007. 1 Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, started construction of the massive fort in 1638 and work was completed in 1648 10 years . 2 The Red Fort was originally referred to as Qila i Mubarak the blessed fort , because it was the residence of the royal family. The layout of the Red Fort was organised to retain and integrate this site with the Salimgarh Fort. The fortress palace was an important focal point of the medieval city of Shahjahanabad. The planning and aesthetics of the Red Fort represent the zenith of Mughal creativity which prevailed during the reign of Emperor Shah Jahan. This Fort has had many ... more details
Infobox film name Afghan Knights image caption screenplay Brendan K. Hogan br Christine Stringer based on starring Steve Bacic br Michael Madsen br Colin Lawrence br Steven Cree Molison br Chris Kramer br Pete Antico br Vince Murdocco br Francesco Quinn br Gary Stretch director Allan Harmon producer cinematography music editing studio distributor released July 31, 2007 runtime 132 minutes country USA Can language English budget 1,500,000 gross Afghan Knights is a 2007 war film based on an original story by Christine Stringer. The film shows an ex United States Navy SEALs in fiction Navy SEAL called Pepper Steven Bacic who suffers with a bad conscience because he has left a comrade behind in Afghanistan and eventually decides to go back in order to try to rescue the man after all. He assembles a bunch of soldiers and goes for it. ref Cite web url http movies.yahoo.com movie 1809425828 info title Haunted by the fact that he left a man behind in Afghanistan, an ex Navy SEAL puts together a special task force to endure one last mission to save his comrade. accessdate 2011 06 16 ref In the course of action they come across a mysterious cave system and are confronted by hostile ghosts. ref Cite web url http www.flixster.com movie afghan knights title U.S. military experts engage in a paranormal battle for survival while attempting to rescue a fellow soldier accessdate 2011 06 16 ref This turns the war movie into a horror film. ref Cite web url http www.trashcity.org BLITZ BLIT1801.HTM title Then, however, the team are trapped in a cave system, and the film suddenly becomes a horror film accessdate 2011 06 16 ref External links IMDb title 0760157 Afghan Knights http www.youtube.com watch?v VpBeRvhRTw4 Trailer http www.stevebacic.com galm afghan.shtml Steve Bacic s Homepage http www.michaelmadsen.com Michael Madsen s Homepage http www.colinlawrence.com Colin Lawrence s Homepage References reflist DEFAULTSORT Afghan Knights Category 2007 films Category American war films Category ... more details
Taxobox name Afghan Snowfinch image PyrgilaudaTheresae.svg image caption Illustration of a male left and a female right status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo passerine Passeriformes subordo Passeri infraordo Passerida superfamilia Passeroidea familia sparrow Passeridae genus snowfinch Montifringilla species M. theresae binomial Montifringilla theresae binomial authority Richard Meinertzhagen Meinertzhagen , 1937 synonyms Pyrgilauda theresae small Meinertzhagen, 1937 small The Afghan Snowfinch Montifringilla theresae , also known as Theresa s Snowfinch , is a bird of the sparrow family and is an Afghanistan Afghan Endemic ecology endemic found only in the Hindu Kush . The species was named by Richard Meinertzhagen after his cousin and companion, Theresa Clay , who was an expert on bird lice . It is 13.5 15 cm long. The male is grey brown with some white in the wings and a black face mask and two pronged patch on the throat. The female is a buff tinged brown, with a weaker, greyer face mask and less white in the wings. There are short dark streaks on the mantle and a white subterminal band on the tail feathers other than the central pair. There is white on the upperwing coverts, secondaries and the inner primaries. The male has a brick red iris. It forms large flocks in winter, sometimes mixed with White winged Snowfinch, Rock Sparrow and larks. The flight is heavy and straight. They feed on insect s and small seeds. ref name pcr They breed in the hollows made by ground squirrel s or marmots, lining the nest with hair and feathers. The alarm call is a sharp tsi and they make soft quaak calls in flight and a stridulating zig zig . ref name pcr cite book author Rasmussen PC & JC Anderton year 2005 title Birds of South Asia The Ripley Guide. Volume 2 publisher Smithsonian Institution & Lynx Edicions page 578 ref References reflist 2 Clement, Harris and Davis, Finches and Sparrows ISBN 0 7136 8017 2 Passeridae ... more details
Afghan weddings are unique and modern celebrations of the Afghan people. It s a tradition in which, like majesty Amanullah Khan and Queen Soraya Tarzi , the bride and groom are respected as King and Queen of the night. This was also the custom in the wedding of Amanullah Khan Aminullah s cousin to whom he placed down his sword, and kneeled to the ground and told the bride and groom that their wedding night was truly respected, they can make any command as a king and Queen regnant Queen for the night. ref cite web url http www.afghanland.com culture wedding.html title Afghanistan Modern Wedding publisher Afghanland.com date accessdate 2009 05 19 ref To welcome guests entering the door, a line of women stand on the Relative direction right and a line of men on the Left direction left facing which way? . The bride and groom s families greet and escort the guests to their tables. Guests in an Afghan wedding are dressed at their best in expensive clothes and jewelry. How is this different from other weddings? The guests gather around their loved ones and talk about their lives. When all guests ... . A traditional Afghan wedding usually begins around 6 00 pm and ends usually at 11 pm, or as long ... s immediate family and is led by an Islamic clergy, the mullah. In Afghan weddings, the bride and groom ... Zone English ArtCulture 2FACELayout title Afghan Muslim Wedding IslamOnline.net Art & Culture publisher IslamOnline.net date 2008 06 18 accessdate 2009 05 19 ref an Afghan dessert made from bread crumbs ... more sanitary and less messy. At this moment a girl dressed in traditional Afghan clothes would come ..., and the guests form a line and walk alongside a decorated buffet, where assorted authentic Afghan ... , teka kabob, shaami kabob, also mantu aushak with authentic Afghan bread will conclude the dinner ... famous. Although in modern Afghan weddings Attan is performed only once, it is traditionally ... . References reflist DEFAULTSORT Afghan Wedding Category Marriage, unions and partnerships in Afghanistan ... more details
Image Afghan Church, Bombay FV.jpg thumb 270px Front view of the church The Church of St John the Evangelist , better known as the Afghan Church lang mr is a Presbyterianism Presbyterian Church in South Mumbai , India , built by the United Kingdom British to commemorate the dead of the disastrous defeat in the First Afghan War of 1838. The church is located in Navy Nagar in the Colaba area of Mumbai Bombay . As well as British soldiers, it also commemorates different Indian regiments, such as the Bombay Army , the Madras Army , and Ranjit Singh Ranjit Singh s army from Lahore . Records also mention that only one person, one Surgeon Bryden a medical officer out of 16,000 men, returned safely to Jalalabad to tell the tale of a war in which the British suffered their heaviest defeat yet. History Image AfghanChurch SV.jpg thumb left 270px Side view of the church The church began as a small thatched chapel a kilometre south in what was then known as the Sick Bungalows now the INHS Asvini , the Indian Navy Indian naval hospital . There were no chairs, and patrons had to bring their own. Later, the government released a new patch of land for the setting up the church on the condition that the spire be seen from miles away and serve as a landmark for ships in the Mumbai harbour harbour . In March 1843, the Oxford Society for Promoting the Study of Gothic Architecture later the Oxford Architectural and Historical Society received a request from the Chaplain to the Honourable ... , the Afghan War Memorial mosaics, and the tiles, pews and screen. ref Paul Thompson oral historian ... who contributed a sum of Rs 7,500. He also placed an illuminated clock in the tower. File Afghan ... of the church ref cite news title Afghan church gets a glass makeover url http www.indianexpress.com ... reflist External links http www.dancewithshadows.com afghan church mumbai.asp In the altar of history ... sualeh sets 72157594209879871 More Afghan Church Photos coord 18.903648 72.815076 type landmark display ... more details
Infobox cricket team county Afghan Cheetahs image colors color box Maroon color box Orange coach flagicon AFG Raees Ahmadzai captain flagicon AFG Mohammad Nabi title1 Twenty 20 Cup title1wins 0 founded 2011 ground N A capacity owner Afghanistan Cricket Board website http www.afghancricket.af Afghan Cheetahs http www.facebook.com faysalbank.t20.cheetas Facebook Page The Afghan Cheetahs are a Twenty 20 Cup Pakistan s domestic t20 cricket team established in Faysal Bank Twenty 20 Cup 2011 12 2011 12 ... 20 Cup in September October 2011. ref name SQU cite web url http www.afgcric.com news item 197 afghan cheetahs squad announced.html title Afghan Cheetahs squad announced date 24 September 2011 publisher ... in their own countries. Fixtures and results Compiling a mixture of national players and youth, the Afghan ... Afghan Cheetas v Rawalpindi Rams, 2011 12 Faysal Bank Twenty 20 Cup publisher CricketArchive accessdate ... Scorecards 353 353167.html title Afghan Cheetas v Faisalabad Wolves, 2011 12 Faysal Bank Twenty ... cite web url http cricketarchive.com Archive Scorecards 353 353169 353169 mini.html title Afghan Cheetas .... Scorecards The following scorecards are the Afghan Cheetahs results from their three matches ... AFG Afghan Cheetahs runs1 Awais Zia 60 41 wickets1 Karim Sadiq 1 17 4 overs runs2 Samiullah Shenwari ..., Karachi umpires Iqbal Butt and Shakeel Khan motm Awais Zia Rawalpindi Rams toss Afghan Cheetahs ... Afghan Cheetahs runs1 Mohammad Salman 32 26 wickets1 Mohammad Nabi 2 24 4 overs runs2 Gulbudeen Naib ... National Stadium, Karachi umpires Shozab Raza and Zameer Haider motm Gulbudeen Naib Afghan Cheetahs ... time 12 00 team1 Afghan Cheetahs flagicon AFG score1 131 9 20 overs score2 135 6 19.2 overs team2 ... Afghan Cheetahs won the toss and chose to bat Current squad The following table contains the 14 players in Afghan Cheetahs squad for the Faysal Bank Twenty 20 Cup 2011 12 ref name SQU double dagger ... df y Left handed Left arm Seam bowling medium style text align center Nasim Khan Afghan cricketer Nasim ... more details
Image HaddaBodhisattva.jpg thumb 200px The Bodhisattva and Chandeka, Hadda, 5th century CE Afghan art has spanned many centuries. One of the most famous kinds is the Gandhara Art Gandhara art between the 1st and 7th century based on Greco Buddhist art . Since the 1900s, the nation began to use Western techniques in art. Afghanistan s art was originally almost entirely done by men but recently women are entering the arts programs at Kabul University . Art is largely centered at the National Museum of Afghanistan , the National Gallery of Afghanistan and the National Archives of Afghanistan in Kabul . There are a number of art schools in the country. The Center for Contemporary Arts Afghanistan CCAA in Kabul provides young people to learn contemporary paintings. Jewelry Afghan art includes jewelry and gold pieces. A famous collection of this art is in the Bactrian Hoard , which was found in burial mounts in Sheberghan in Jowzjan Province, Afghanistan. Some of these artifacts were briefly displayed in the United States. ref http www.nationalgeographic.com mission afghanistan treasures index.html Afghanistan Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul ref The artifacts are a mixture of coins, necklaces, bracelets, and other assorted gold jewelry. Some of these treasures date from the Bronze Age. Sculpture in Afghanistan Art in Afghanistan includes sculpture as well, with ancient works such as the Buddhas of Bamiyan . These works were destroyed by the Taliban after they denouced the works as idols. File Taller Buddha of Bamiyan before and after destruction.jpg thumb Taller Buddha in 1963 and in 2008 after destruction Greco Buddhist Art Main Greco Buddhist art Greco Buddhist art was prevalent in Afghanistan from the 4th Century BCE to around the 7th Century CE due to the Islamic ... ref Islamic Art After the Islamic conquest of Afghanistan, Afghan art changed dramatically from previous Greco Buddhist works, due to the adoption of Islam. Afghan local materials such as lapis lazuli ... more details
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