by Niala Mohammad “Wagma!!!! I love your programs; we look forward to it every week”! Sobia Khan from Hangu screeched with excitement when her call was forwarded to VOA Deewa’s weekly women’s show -“Da Mirmano Ghag” which means the women’s voice.Many girls like Sobia flood the phone lines with their questions and comments for Wagma […]
Malala’s Book Sought Banned At Home, Honored Globally
Posted November 12th, 2014 at 6:05 pm (UTC+0)
Deewa Report If private schools are seeking ban on Malala’s book in Pakistan, the George Washington University Global Women Institute together with Malala Fund and others is developing curriculum tools to introduce “I Am Malala” at the university level around the globe. The launching of “I Am Malala Resource Guide” is due at the George […]
The First Daughter of Afghanistan-Mariam Ghani
Posted October 31st, 2014 at 5:04 pm (UTC+0)
by Niala Mohammad Though she refuses comment on her family or ethnic ties, one thing is irrefutable; she is the daughter of Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani. She is as intelligent as her father and as poised as her mother but one thing sets her apart-she is stingy with words but generous with her work to […]
Learning from History with Dr. Qayyum Kochai
Posted October 7th, 2014 at 4:32 pm (UTC+0)
by Niala Mohammad Dr. Qayyum Kochai, a former Afghan diplomat in his mid-seventies that fled Afghanistan with his family nearly two decades ago during the Soviet invasion. As I sat with him in his living room on the outskirts of “Little Kabul”, I received one of the greatest history lessons of my life, leaving me […]
Drones continue hunting Alqaeda Operatives in Waziristan
Posted October 3rd, 2014 at 6:37 pm (UTC+0)
Behroz Khan A relatively less known al-Qaeda operative is the target of the latest suspected drone strike in the volatile South Waziristan, the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Sheikh Abu Turab name is listed among the most wanted terrorists by Saudi Arabia, media reports suggest. Despite an intense drone campaign and military operations since […]
Tamim Ansary – An Exemplary Afghan-American
Posted October 1st, 2014 at 12:43 am (UTC+0)
by Niala Mohammad I arrived at a bright red house, situated on a steep road that overlooked the dusty mountains surrounding the unique city of San Francisco. A man with East Asian features, a head full of white hair in a bob cut, a whisky beard, small framed glasses, an orange shirt and suspenders answered […]
Will Syrian Khurasan Surface in Pakistan Too?
Posted September 23rd, 2014 at 7:54 pm (UTC+0)
ISIS chief Abu Bakar al-Baghdadi By Behroz Khan As US president Obama and Pentagon confirmed attacking the al-Qaeda linked Khurasan group in Syria on Monday night, the US intelligence experts have indicated the group has links with terrorists hiding in Pakistan’s border regions near Afghanistan. If true, the revelations will send ripples in Islamabad’s power […]
Khumariyaan Intoxicate Washington, D.C.
Posted September 17th, 2014 at 8:22 pm (UTC+0)
by Niala Mohammad “Art is Like Water for the Fire of Fundamentalism”-Khumariyaan the Band As I sat on in the grand foyer of the Kennedy Center, overlooking the Potomac River, a feeling of pride and nostalgia overcame me as I watched a group of young Pashtun men dilute the image of extremism placed upon their […]
Degrading the Islamic State; the debate inside America
Posted September 17th, 2014 at 6:56 pm (UTC+0)
By Iftikhar Hussain President Obama, US top officials and Congress are engaged in a grappling debate over how to degrade IS or Islamic State, the extremist Sunni militant group that holds large swaths of territories in Iraq and Syria raised the level of threat for other nations, including Western capital. As the broader lines of […]
