Straight from Kabul
I recieved this short email from a good friend who's based in Kabul (a journalist) at the moment. She shares her experience on the day of the earthquake and election results. I thought it would be nice to post something more personal for once. Enjoy!
Hello all,
The other day as I was driving through the city, I looked at the many many new buildings with their green glass facades and wondered how they would fare in an earthquake. Given that the epicenter was somewhat far from Kabul, that thought remains just a thought thankfully.
So I just wanted to drop a quick note that all is well here. I was in the Internews offices this morning, standing on two inch heels and didn't feel a thing, but like everyone else, I ran outside when I saw the furniture shaking. Even though I'm a California girl, 7.8 is a little too much excitement even for me.
An 11-year old kid in Nangrahar province died, but I think we were fortunate compared to the folks in Pakistan. It could've been a lot worse.
In other news, the top five or six Parliamentary candidates from Kabul who are set to win are all opponents of Karzai, and certaintly Ramazan Bashardost - who came in third - has been an outspoken critic of the international community and distribution of American aid in Afghanistan. The candidate I did a story on for Youth Radio, Sabrina Saqib, came in sixth among the female campaigners.
Here's a link to a short write up I did right after the election, based in part on my Jschool thesis. I will try to write a post election analysis for Al Ahram.
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/blog/2005/10/afghanistan_ele.html
The weather's been perfect in Kabul. Few dust storms, not too hot and not too cold. It's a lovely time to take long walks in the evening.
I should mention, I'm working at Internews probably through December at which time I'll be looking for a new job based in Kabul. Currently, I'm overseeing a Pashto-Dari language magazine that's connected to the national radio program that we produce here. Our first issue will come out beginning the new Afghan month, Aqrab - sometime around end of October.
Drop me a note when you have time.
From Kabul city,
Roya
Hello all,
The other day as I was driving through the city, I looked at the many many new buildings with their green glass facades and wondered how they would fare in an earthquake. Given that the epicenter was somewhat far from Kabul, that thought remains just a thought thankfully.
So I just wanted to drop a quick note that all is well here. I was in the Internews offices this morning, standing on two inch heels and didn't feel a thing, but like everyone else, I ran outside when I saw the furniture shaking. Even though I'm a California girl, 7.8 is a little too much excitement even for me.
An 11-year old kid in Nangrahar province died, but I think we were fortunate compared to the folks in Pakistan. It could've been a lot worse.
In other news, the top five or six Parliamentary candidates from Kabul who are set to win are all opponents of Karzai, and certaintly Ramazan Bashardost - who came in third - has been an outspoken critic of the international community and distribution of American aid in Afghanistan. The candidate I did a story on for Youth Radio, Sabrina Saqib, came in sixth among the female campaigners.
Here's a link to a short write up I did right after the election, based in part on my Jschool thesis. I will try to write a post election analysis for Al Ahram.
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/blog/2005/10/afghanistan_ele.html
The weather's been perfect in Kabul. Few dust storms, not too hot and not too cold. It's a lovely time to take long walks in the evening.
I should mention, I'm working at Internews probably through December at which time I'll be looking for a new job based in Kabul. Currently, I'm overseeing a Pashto-Dari language magazine that's connected to the national radio program that we produce here. Our first issue will come out beginning the new Afghan month, Aqrab - sometime around end of October.
Drop me a note when you have time.
From Kabul city,
Roya
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