Abdul rahman rahimi biography of georgetown

Date: August 11 &#; 12,

Venue: Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University

Program Abstract:

In addition to studies carried out bygd orientalists in the nineteenth century, scholars have studied Afghanistan from different disciplinary perspectives in the twentieth century. As a matter of fact, it was during this later century when certain local and global institutions, individuals, and social and scholarly processes, such as Anjuman-e Adabi Kabul, Pashto Tolana, Anjuman-e Tarikh, DAFA, and others inside and outside Afghanistan, built the foundations of studies of Afghanistan.  They have studied the country in relation to development of social structures and processes, such as historical evolution of state, society and culture. Their general subjects of analyses have been rise and fall of the state in the country, movements and makeup of nomadic as well as tribal populations, cultural tribal organization, ethnic dynamics, and most recently development a

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Afghanistan bomb blast targets foreign troop convoy, official says

KABUL, Afghanistan – An explosion in Afghanistan targeted a convoy of foreign troops in the capital, Kabul, on Sunday, a security official said.

Gen. Abdul Rahman Rahimi, the Kabul city police chief, said that three Afghan civilians were wounded in the attack. There were no fatalities.

The blast targeted two armored vehicles belonging to utländsk forces attached to the NATO Resolute Support Mission, he said. One of the vehicles was damaged.

While Rahimi and a Taliban spokesman said the convoy was attacked by a suicide bil bomber, U.S. Army Col. Brian Tribus, the spokesman in Afghanistan for U.S. and NATO forces, said it was a roadside bomb. The discrepancy could not immediately be reconciled.

The Interior Ministry said in a statement that the three casualties suffered minor wounds only. Surrounding buildings were partially damaged, it added.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the Kabul attack. Taliban spokes

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Persecution of Hazaras

Treatment of the Afghan ethnic group

The Hazaras have long been the subject of persecution in Afghanistan, including enslavement during the 19th century and ethnic and religious persecution for hundreds of years.^[3] In the 20th and 21st centuries, they have also been the victims of massacres committed by the Taliban and al-Qaeda. Hazaras have been systemically killed and discriminated against socially, economically, and culturally with specific intent, argued by some to constitute genocide.^[4][3][5] The Hazaras primarily come from the central regions of Afghanistan, known as Hazarajat. Significant communities of Hazara people also live in Quetta, Pakistan and in Mashad, Iran, as part of the Hazara and Afghan diasporas.

During the reign of AmirAbdur Rahman (–), millions of Hazaras were massacred, expelled, and displaced.^[6] Half the population of Hazarajat was killed or fled to neighboring regions of B