tomorrow is 1st of may. i re-up my 2014 AAN Afghanistan piece about trade unions in #Afghanistan , a not-so-well researched topic:
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btw, the taleban also celebrate:
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i am not sure they allow trade unions. any info on this, anyone?

Should students invest time and money earning an advanced degree scrutinising some aspect of Afghanistan... or train in data management or dentistry?
An important question from Christian Bleuer in an introduction to his new Afghanistan Bibliography.
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What a brilliant service this is for scholars and readers on Afghanistan - Christian Bleuer's epic 400-page bibliography of 8,000 publications to do with #Afghanistan , newly updated and published by AAN Afghanistan
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The newest edition of AAN’s Bibliography is a treasure trove indexing some 8,000 publications and is sure to be a valuable resource for scholars, researchers and all those who want to read about #Afghanistan . bit.ly/3UC2VS2

today, in 1978 in #Afghanistan : the 'saur revolution' - read some AAN Afghanistan texts on this topic on our website afghanistan-analysts.org/en/, go to 'editors choice'.

Qole-Hashmat Khan wetland in #Kabul has recieved significant amount of water from Logar River during the past 2 months as shown in the below animation. If the water inflow is ensured throughout the summer, there is good chance for revival this important habitat.

Before Pakistan fenced the Durand Line, said one Nangrahari interviewee, 'we could freely go to Bajaur, Mohmand and Peshawar – to weddings, funerals and other ceremonies. People from that side were coming to join in our ceremonies.'
New report from AAN.
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Fascinating podcast on British police undercover ops' overreach. Until now the focus is on the devastating personal cost. Hopefully they will next focus on the political costs of a govt spying on dissenting citizens through embedded intel ops. #BBC bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p…

Further precipitation and flood likelihood map.

New report about Pakistan's fencing of the Durand Line has some wonderful maps from Roger Helms showing some of the split communities.
'The Durand Line and the Fence: How are communities managing with cross-border lives?'
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Thanks for posting this. Good news.
I wrote about this internationally important wetland for migrating birds for @AANAfgh in 2016. Always so impressed with the expertise of Afghan nature lovers - some quoted here.
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#Pashtun tribes with same #culture , #traditions & #religion live on both sides of the #Durand line. However, #Pakistan has been building a fence, which is splitting the #communities . For more, read AAN Afghanistan new report by Sabawoon Samim here:
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Locals living along the Durand Line may cut Pakistan's fence and hope not to be shot at, be sneaked across by sympathetic guards, bribe guards or tramp the long way round to an official crossing point.
Crossing used to be free.
Sabawoon Samim
#Afghanistan
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important question: have #Afghan #flamingos returned to #Ghazni ?

that's interesting: ab-e istada in #Ghazni gets fresh water. is there any information whether the migratory birds many of which (among them the flamingos) disappeared during the wars have returned?

دلایل متعددی وجود دارد که چرا هوبره در میان اعراب خلیج فارس چنین یک سرگرمی ارزشمندی است: شکار هوبره در حین تردد و جابجایی، زندگی خانواده های بادیه نشین را تأمین می کرد، بنابراین علاقه به آن نه تنها نوستالیژی (حسرت) آن دوران است..
afghanistan-analysts.org/dari-pashto/re…

Opinion | Art From Guantánamo Shatters the Silence in the Halls of Power | Common Dreams commondreams.org/opinion/art-fr…

Great new report from AAN Afghanistan by Sabawoon Samim on the communities split by Pakistan's fencing of the Durand Line mourning their lost freedom of moment.
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An outsider “can’t distinguish' between the people living along the Durand Line. Yet they live in 'two different countries' and, since 2017, have found themselves cut off from each other by a fence built by Pakistan.
New report for AAN Afghanistan by Sabawoon Samim bit.ly/4aGzR1q