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Fundamentalist Calls To Ignore Norouz Go Unheard In Iran, Afghanistan

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Abbas Djavadi

An Iranian boy joins in celebrations of the ancient Festival of Fire ahead of the new year Maryam had invited her two daughters and their husbands and grandchildren for Norouz, the New Year’s feast, to her home in western Tehran … Continue reading →

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A New Radio for Pakistan’s Pashtuns

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Abbas Djavadi
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In the last three months, I have attended job interviews with 40 Pashtun journalists from Pakistan to work for Radio Mashaal, a new service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, RFE/RL, for Pakistan’s Pashtu-speaking people, especially in the regions bordering Afghanistan. … Continue reading →

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A Lot of Common Ground on Afghanistan

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Abbas Djavadi
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What Mohammad Mehdi Akhundzadeh, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister, said at the international conference on Afghanistan, held recently in The Hague, was both promising and important. It also demonstrates a lot of common ground between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic … Continue reading →

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U.S.-Iran: Starting With Afghanistan?

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Abbas Djavadi
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In a first-ever joint counter-narcotics operation, Iranian, Afghan, and Pakistani forces have cooperated in the arrest of suspects and the seizure of illicit drugs. The U.N.’s chief anti-drug official, Antonio Mario Costa, described the operation as “a very important political … Continue reading →

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Turkey: An Important Regional Player

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Abbas Djavadi
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On February 16, U.S. President Barack Obama called his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to affirm the new U.S. administration’s support for Turkey’s “leading role” in the Middle East, Afghanistan, and the Caucasus. Iraq … Continue reading →

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Afghanistan: A Failed State, But Maybe Not Completely Hopeless

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Abbas Djavadi
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At the recent Munich Security Conference, Afghan President Hamid Karzai demonstrated optimism about Afghanistan. Things are improving, he said, and the West should provide more support to crack down Al-Qa’eda and other terrorist groups.  He categorically rejected the view that Afghanistan is … Continue reading →

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