partnership after the deadline. Many analysts also believe the American military would like to retain a presence close to Pakistan‚ Iran and China. Both Afghan and American officials said that they hoped to sign the pact before the Bonn Conference on Afghanistan in December. Barack Obama and Hamid Karzai agreed last week to escalate the negotiations and their national security advisers will meet in Washington in September. Rangin Dadfar Spanta‚ Mr Karzai’s top security adviser‚ told The Daily Telegraph
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Male versus female value is a huge questionable issue in Afghanistan. Afghans for the most part concede to the hidden standards of sex value. There is an extensive variety of principles set for acknowledged female conduct‚ and in addition contrasts in male states of mind toward right treatment of females. In Afghanistan‚ numerous females are required to spend their whole lives "hidden" or "behind the drape". For example‚ the wearing of the burka‚ the piece of clothing covering the body from head
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The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan In the year of 1979‚ after helping to establish and maintain a communist government in this nation‚ the Soviet Union engaged in a bloody war with the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan‚ or the DRA (Unknown Author. (Unknown Date). Encyclopedia: Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Retrieved April 4‚ 2004 from the World Wide Web: http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Soviet-Invasion-of-Afghanistan.). This 10 year conflict caused massive amounts of destruction and
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Current Events Women’s rights in Afghanistan is an issue that must be brought to international attention. It has been only six years since the Taliban regime was taken out of power in Kabul. Many positive changes have occurred since then for improving Women’s rights and participation within society. When the Taliban were in power‚ women were not allowed to work‚ go to school‚ receive medical care from male doctors‚ travel without male relatives‚ and they were regarded as non-citizens without rights
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to Boya Caste. She won the Indian general election‚ 2014 being a Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party candidate. She won by a huge margin. Her husband Butta Neelakantam is a leader of Telugu Desam Party. She is one of the richest Parliamentarians with total assests of more than
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Considerations on Caste Madhusudan Subedi Abstract Caste as a system of social stratification was an encompassing system in the past. There was reciprocal system of exchange goods and services. With time‚ occupation and mode of generation of livelihood of various caste groups changed‚ and the traditional form of jajmani system fizzled out. This paper provides an account of changing perspectives of caste relations in social science writing and political discourse. The discourse of caste has been
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Is India a ‘Caste Democracy’? Introduction: Caste based politics in India Though the idea that caste is a part of a natural and moral order of things‚ that it is a hereditary quality which once for all defines ones position and occupational affiliation and which is associated with a particular law of conduct is rejected both by intellectuals and political leaders‚ caste is in Indian post independence politics continually used and abused in different ways. State politics in India has been particularly
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CASTE AND CENSUS: IMPLICATIONS TO SOCIETY Dr. Afonso Botelho Associate Professor‚ Department of Sociology Rosary College of Commerce and Arts‚ Navelim – Goa ____________________________________________________________________ Abstract: The proposal to reintroduce caste as a category in the 2011 census sparked off considerable discussion among sociologists‚ anthropologists and others. This paper attempts to analyze the pros and cons of the idea to reintroduce the variable of caste‚ a distinctive
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development of human rights affect the caste system in India? The caste system in India is a powerful foundation consisting of many different classes and influences resulting in social segregation which has shaped Indian society for thousands of years. In India the caste system is a strict division between power and poverty‚ it is thought to be a part of ancient Hindu life‚ though some argue it was empowered by British imperialism. The caste system has several theories concerning its
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Law and Caste in Modern India Author(s): Marc Galanter Source: Asian Survey‚ Vol. 3‚ No. 11‚ (Nov.‚ 1963)‚ pp. 544-559 Published by: University of California Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3023430 Accessed: 19/05/2008 17:14 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part‚ that unless you have obtained prior
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