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Endgame In Afghanistan: ‘It’s Taken A Year To Move 20km’(Comments Off)

August 22, 2010

As the war in Afghanistan enters its final chapter, Sean Smith’s brutal, uncompromising film from the Helmand frontline shows the horrific chaos of a stalemate that is taking its toll in blood.

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Sundered Hindu-Muslim, Indo-Pak-Kashmiri Family Cries for Reunion

Although I have received email confirmation from the sorting centre in Srinagar, Muzaffarabad is adamant on a ‘dispatch date’ in order to locate the files. My Nani, in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, and her 2 siblings, on the Indian-administered side, are ailing, and 63 years of separation will not withstand the test of time for much longer [...]

Thank you, Mr Advani, but I won’t log in

  By Sidin Vadukut Dear Mr L K Advani, Many thanks for the recent email from your communications team asking me to be a part of the ‘Bloggers for Advani’ programme. Your team then clarified that all I had to do was host a nice, round orange badge on my blog to convey that I supported [...]

When Islam meets Bridget Jones

Shelina Zahra Janmohamed, first posted on Monday, 20 October 2008 at 10:44 GMT, UK Muslim India A romantic telling of the life of one of the wives of Islam’s prophet has caused controversy among some Muslims – and its publication has been indefinitely postponed in the UK amid fears of a violent reaction. But is [...]