Stories about Afghanistan from July, 2005
BBC statement on Afghan blogger threats
The Committee to Protect Bloggers recently received the following statement from the BBC in response to complaints by Afghan Blogger Sohrab Kabuli that somebody has been using a BBC computer...
Afghanistan: 23 Girls Graduate After 11 years
Afghan Warrior celebrates the fact that, after 11 years, 23 girls have graduated from high school in Kandahar City.
Eastern Europe, Russia, NIS & Central Asia Friday Blog Roundup
Registan.net passes on the news that the Taliban is denying responsibility for the attacks in London, though they're not exactly sorry that they happened either. The Russian Dilettante points out...
Eastern Europe, Russian, NIS & Central Asia Thursday Blog Roundup
Blog de Connard reports that the Ukrainian parliament has, after some arm-twisting, passed legislation designed to ease Ukraine's entry into the WTO. Three malls in Budapest were evacuated after copycat...
More on the BBC investigation of Afghan blogger threats
The BBC continues to investigate claims by Afghan blogger Sohrab Kabuli that somebody has been threatening him from within the BBC computer system. Here is the latest statement from the...
Threats against Afghan blogger
This post has been removed at the request of the Afghan blogger involved, as new information has come to light substantially changing the story. The post concerned the following: “Sohrab...
Sohrab Kabuli: Afghan blogger
Global Voices Online continues to bring you interviews with winners of the Reporters Without Borders Freedom Blog Awards. This week we bring you an interview with Sohrab Kabuli (not his...
Monday: Eastern Europe, Russia, NIS & Central Asia
Afghan Lord has been receiving threats, and discovers they're coming from an IP address associated with the BBC. (More on this in a separate post coming soon.) Onnik Krikorian at...
