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Articles Written by: ALISA TANG
KABUL, Afghanistan—Three-year-old Wahid nervously clutched a dirty blue stuffed bunny, as the other children in the prison huddled around.
"Are you taking us to an orphanage?" he wanted to know.
Asked by some visitors if he wanted to go, Wahid waffled ...
From ALISA TANG,
Boston Globe,
3 Aug 2008
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The girl was 11 when she was molested by a man with no legs.
The man paid her $5. And that was how she started selling sex.
Afghanistan is one of the world's most conservative countries, yet its sex trade appears to be ...
From ALISA TANG,
Buffalo News,
14 Jun 2008
PUL-E CHARKHI, Afghanistan (AP) -- The prison uniform Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh wears is emblazoned with crudely painted black scales of justice, but the young journalist insists on the eve of his appeal that he has yet to see justice done.
A court in ...
JALALABAD, Afghanistan—Trafficked across the border from Pakistan with her 3-year-old son, Rukhma was handed to an Afghan who raped and abused her, then beat the toddler to death as she watched helplessly.
He was jailed for 20 years for murder, but ...
From ALISA TANG,
Boston Globe,
30 Apr 2008
Trafficked across the border from Pakistan with her 3-year-old son, Rukhma was handed to an Afghan who raped and abused her, then beat the toddler to death as she watched helplessly.
He was jailed for 20 years for murder, but Rukhma ended up in ...
From ALISA TANG,
eTaiwan News,
29 Apr 2008
Every evening Roya Amin sits down with her husband and 2-year-old daughter in front of the television, and they sigh in relief when their favorite Indian soap opera starts.
Indian dramas are wildly popular among Afghans, but the government is ...
From ALISA TANG AND RAHIM FAIEZ,
Taiwan News,
23 Apr 2008
Only 35 percent of the students in Afghanistan's schools are girls, and while overall enrollment is increasing, the percentage of female students is not, an aid group said Monday.
A shortage of female teachers, a number of boys-only schools and ...
From ALISA TANG,
Taiwan News,
21 Apr 2008
As many as 10 people have died in western Afghanistan from a rare liver disease believed to be caused by contaminated wheat, officials said.
At least 161 people were also hospitalized with Gulran disease in Herat province on the Iranian border, ...
From ALISA TANG,
eTaiwan News,
19 Apr 2008
KABUL, Afghanistan—As many as 10 people have died in western Afghanistan from a rare liver disease believed to be caused by contaminated wheat, officials said Saturday.
At least 161 people were also hospitalized with Gulran disease although estimates ...
From ALISA TANG,
Boston Globe,
19 Apr 2008
KABUL, Afghanistan—A human rights group charged on Thursday that Afghanistan is prosecuting detainees transferred from U.S.-run prisons in arbitrary and unfair trials with little evidence.
Human Rights First lauded the Afghan government's decision to ...
From ALISA TANG,
Boston Globe,
10 Apr 2008
