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Dreams and Relationships Take Center Stage at Cinequest 2012

This year, of the fifteen Asian or Asia-related entries, nine were available on DVD for pre-scree...

Afghanistan / Vietnam / Myanmar Celeste Heiter

One of the many Naxi Guesthouses along the trail

Last Days of the Tiger Leaping Gorge?

Deep in Yunnan Province, at the foot of the Himalayas, the Yangtze River (here known as the Yello...

Afghanistan / China / Bhutan Adam Bray

The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad

On Iron Rails: Glimpses of Post Taliban Afghanistan

Review of The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad, translated by Ingrid Christophersen.

Afghanistan Robert Tompkins

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The Mountain Trails

Part I – Embarking on an unfamiliar territory… Adventure really did not begin ...

Afghanistan / China / Bhutan Nandini Raybaruah

Yeti Airlines, on the airstrip in Simikot (9,400'), Nepal.

Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 4

1st pass, after Simikot We flew from sea level to Simikot at 9,500 feet, and started walking -- u...

Afghanistan / China / Bhutan Jeff Greenwald

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The Himalayan Yeti -- Believe what you will

1913: A Chinese hunting party captured an apelike creature that their Tibetan loaders identified ...

Afghanistan / China / Bhutan Nabanita Dutt

Salesgirl Salma Salat shows one of the outfits for sale at her shop in the Women's Bazaar or Bazaar-e-Zanana in Kabul.

KABUL, Feb 17, 2004 - With their all-enveloping blue burqas thrown back from their faces, the thr...

Afghanistan AFP/Madeleine Coorey

The Panjshir river winding through the valley of the same name in Afghanistan, some 170 kms from the capital Kabul.

Afghan tourist trade looks forward to a return to the past

HERAT, Afghanistan, May 27, 2003 - Sitting in his Aladdin's cave of antiques and ancient weapons,...

Afghanistan AFP/Mike Patterson

The Gate of Friendship at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

Pakistan-Afghanistan's 'Gate of Friendship'

CHAMAN, Pakistan, May 13, 2003 - It was supposed to unite, instead it divides: the "Gate of Frien...

Afghanistan / Pakistan AFP/Jean-Herve Deiller

Medical escorts at work.

Medical Escorts: Always Intense

Whether on business or pleasure the wise traveler to exotic lands should prepare for all conceiva...

Afghanistan Joshua Samuel Brown

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Skiing in a burqua in Afghanistan...

Burqa dilemma for Afghanistan's women skiers...

Afghanistan AFP/Emmanuel Duparcq

Afghan woman, Mehrya, is one of 13 trained by the French non-governmental organization Aina (mirror) as a camerawoman.

Afghan camerawoman turns lens on post-Taliban life

Two years after the fall of the Taliban regime which forced her to view the world through the mes...

Afghanistan AFP/Sardar Ahmad

Grilled Lamb Chops with Aromatic Spice Rub

Recipe: Grilled Lamb Chops with Aromatic Spice Rub

There are many variations on this basic spice rub. Some include cloves, mace, anise, cardamom, gi...

Afghanistan Celeste Heiter

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French bakery offers future to Afghan minority children

French owners Jacques and Ariane Hiriart built Le Pelican cafe from scratch to educate children f...

Afghanistan AFP/Lynne O'Donnell

Osama

Film Review: Osama

Inspired by a newspaper article, director Siddiq Barmak tells the story of a twelve-year-old Afgh...

Afghanistan Celeste Heiter

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Driving through central Afghanistan

Afghanistan, via war and election, by minibus...

Afghanistan AFP/Lynne O'Donnell

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Afghanistan on the Web

Afghan Search Engine . Afghanistan Online A good place to start for general information and news ...

Afghanistan ThingsAsian

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Choosing a Quality Language Program

Opportunities for overseas and exchange programs abound, but to find quality instruction, you'll ...

Afghanistan / Vietnam / Myanmar Dawn Stanton

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Valentine's Day in Kabul

Love is tough in Afghanistan...

Afghanistan AFP

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Afghanistan's first private radio station takes to the air waves

KABUL, June 15, 2003 - From a house in one of Kabul's relatively unscathed districts, Afghanistan...

Afghanistan AFP/Mike Patterson

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