Tag Archives: Afghanistan

India in Afghanistan, Nation building or proxy war?

Subscribe to ShahidulNews At a time when Bangladesh is being asked (against the wishes of its citizens) to send troops to Afghanistan, an interesting article on the complex forces that are at play in the region. related article: Sitting on … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 6, 2010
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Power from the barrel of a lens

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Satish Sharma Forget about the power that, according to Mao, flows from the Barrels of Guns! A lot more power actually flows through the matte black barrels of lenses. Camera lenses! And this is a power … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 26, 2010
Posted in Colonialism, culture, exploitation, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, Islam, media, Media issues, Photography, Photojournalism, Photojournalism issues, politics, security, Terrorism, Uncategorized, war on terror | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

The Face That Launched a Thousand Drones?

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Anne Holmes The much talked about August 9 Time magazine cover, unabashed in its aim to shore up support for the war effort in Afghanistan, has left many still shaking their heads in disbelief at such … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 20, 2010
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The West’s Immortal `Terrorist’

By Rahnuma Ahmed Who else…, but Osama bin Laden? He’s alive. Not only in the western imagination which needs an unlimited supply of bogeymen as its alter. To create and re-create myths of its innocence which serve to justify the … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 22, 2009
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`Conspiracy theories.’ Learning from 9/11

By Rahnuma Ahmed The truth is, conspiracies sometimes do occur. Michael Meacher, current Labour MP, former British minister for the environment `Bangladeshis love conspiracy theories’ was a comment I came across in foreign news reports, news analyses and blog talk … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 17, 2009
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The Technician in the Establishment: Obama’s America and the World

By Vinay Lal Vinay Lal teaches history at the University of California, Los Angeles and is presently with the University of California Education Abroad Programme in India. Courtesy: Economic and Political Weekly Barack Obama is poised to become the 44th … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 4, 2008
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Of Mayors and Mice

Afghanistan’s Ahmed Karzai (left), Pakistan’s Pervez Musharraf (centre) and Bangladesh’s Fakhruddin Ahmed at the World Economic Forum at Davos. © AFP The smile would warm the cockles of your heart. Especially if you were a CIA agent. This was exactly … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 27, 2008
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Sitting on a man’s back

Three bombs had gone off the day before, and they weren’t comfortable about me walking on my own in the streets of Kabul. The driver insisted that he gave me a lift. The suggestion that a particular hill not too … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 9, 2006
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The Terrorist

Subscribe to ShahidulNews The word “terrorist” was not in fashion in 1971. The Pakistanis called them “miscreants”. They called themselves the “Mukti Bahini” (freedom fighters). The ordinary Bangladeshi also called them “Muktis”, and therein lay their strength. They had limited … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 23, 2001
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