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In the News (Sat 5 Dec 09)

  
  Commentary
Universities in Kabul, Jallalabad, Khost and Qandahar should develop close relations of academic cooperation with Universities in Peshawar, Dera Ismail Khan and Quetta.
The followers of Baacha Khan should have the freedom to visit the tomb of their leader in Jallalabad.
Administrative, political and legal reforms should be introduced in the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) according to the wishes of the people of tribal area in order to not only providing basic rights to the people of the area but also for creating conducive atmosphere for international trade and traveling in the region.
www.pakistanlink.com /Commentary/2005/July/08/05.HTM   (1373 words)

  
 A Big B-sized misadventure for Afghan boys
The two friends, who are students of class 6 and 8, were drawn to India by their 'wish' to meet Bachchan and are also fans of Dharmendra and Shah Rukh Khan.
The boys left the Afghan hamlet on July 8, entered Jallalabad the next day, then travelled through Peshawar, Rawalpindi and Sialkote districts of Pakistan, they said.
They told their interrogators that 'Afghanistan is fascinated with Bollywood films and Sholay is the all-time favourate of the people there'.
www.rediff.com /news/2006/jul/26afghan.htm   (222 words)

  
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My moving about without a guard was imprudent, and I now return to Jallalabad to get one, or if not successful to wait there until the spring and its floral excitements call me out: what I dislike is danger without any recompense, not a flower is to be had; with excitement it is nothing.
I have now had two escapes, one from the buffalo in Assam, and this, which is a greater one, because had not the army been delayed by accident at the ford, it would have been eight or ten miles in advance, and consequently there would have been no rear-guard at hand.
Soon afterwards I heard of an expedition being on the point of leaving Jallalabad for Kooner, and I determined on joining it.
www.gutenberg.org /files/15171/15171.txt   (20311 words)

  
 . : A Journey To Nouristan
Nouristan is located in the far eastern part of the country, along the border with Pakistan, north of Peshawar.
Coming from Jallalabad, capital of the province, the main entrance is by the Kunar valley.
The river Kunar comes directly from the Hindukush and we have to follow it upstream for quite a while before we reach the first nouristani villages.
www.arch.columbia.edu /gsap/15892   (1222 words)

  
 FLASHMAN READER - A   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
ABDUL - Native orderly in the hospital at Jallalabad.
A lawyer in Glasgow, and a former soldier, he threatened to duel with and kill, or publicly humiliate by flogging through the streets, Flashman if he did not marry Elspeth.
Akbar's ambition to invade India was thwarted by General Sale's defence of Jallalabad.
members.aol.com /FSotUK/FLASHMAN/fra.html   (4493 words)

  
 arkworld: Two Worlds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
No paucity of distractions, unlike Kabul where life repeats itself like a hiccup, day in and day out, the same sad cycle of struggle and deprivation.
My tanslator is going to Jallalabad, with another journalist.
Hard to believe his journeys in Afghanistan are still going strong while I'm here in a place where I could feasably survive comfortably for years without ever having to leave my apartment.
www.arkmedia.ca /2006/04/two-worlds.htm   (288 words)

  
 The Nation
He was talking to reporters at the Jallalabad Children Park on Friday.
Due to the visit of the President General Pervez and the Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, security was beefed up in the city, which caused huge problems for the people, and hampered the relief activities as well.
He also visited the Jallalabad Children Park, where the tent village has been established for the earthquake victims.
www.nation.com.pk /daily/nov-2005/7/index8.php   (1590 words)

  
 Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The
XVII Journey from Cabul to Jallalabad and Peshawur.
Thomson {0a} said when he left me, G---, you are rash and Abdool Rozak is rash, take care or you will get into trouble.
I re-traversed the Khybur Pass alone, and arrived at Jallalabad just in time to go in the advance.
www.gutenberg.org /files/15171/15171-h/15171-h.htm   (18053 words)

  
 US plans war on al-Qaida's Afghan opium
Failing drastic measures of the kind America is planning, most analysts expect that Afghanistan's next opium crop will exceed 1999's record haul of 4,500 tonnes.
Outside Jallalabad, neat mud villages and tidy plots offer an Arcadian vision of courteous farmers and their sons sowing poppy seeds in the gentle morning sun.
Cracking open a pile of yellow bulbs to reach the precious seed within, Mohammed Jan was preparing to sow three of his nine jeribs - the Afghan unit of land, denoting a fifth of a hectare - with opium.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1027822/posts   (1886 words)

  
 archive: Where did the treasures go?
Steinback, after concluding the assessment, had reportedly wondered as to whether any European royal family was ever as opulent as the court of Lahore.
Two decades earlier, in 1832, Captain Murray had stated that the land revenue, customs duties, taxes on legal papers that required the stamp and signature of the royalty and tributes from different territories of the monarch from Peshwar to Jallalabad aggregated to an annual figure of Rs 16 million.
To this was added collections from jagirdars (who possessed land grants of the state that could be withdrawn at the monarch's will) a sum of Rs 11 million.
www.media-watch.org /articles/0399/504.html   (953 words)

  
 Hussards Photos
The advance of Sir Sam Browne's force continued unopposed and they reached Jallalabad by December 20.
In November 1878, Lieutenant-Colonel Kerr being on sick leave, Major Wood was in command of the two squadrons of the 10th Hussars present at the taking of Ali Masjid in the Khyber Pass (mentioned in despatches).
He was still in command when Sir Browne's troops reached Jallalabad on December 20 1878.
hussards-photos.com /UK/UK_10_ALB_Jellalabad.htm   (4957 words)

  
 Today in Sikh History :19th July :Gateway to Sikhism
The later was shaved after being murdered by the police.
Kashmir Singh of Ladhuwal (Jallalabad) and Bhola Singh of Rode (Moga) were arrested by police.
Most of their limbs were either broken or cut by the police.
allaboutsikhs.com /history/his0719.htm   (946 words)

  
 Afghanistan the Pashtun Factor
The aforementioned areas should receive special incentives to develop industry and increase its share in the trade between the two countries.” The statement further says: “Pakistan should actively pursue remodeling of the Afghan Transit Trade.
Among other salient points raised by the statement is a proposal that universities in Kabul, Jallalabad, Khost and Qandahar should develop close relations of academic cooperation with Universities in Peshawar, Dera Ismail Khan and Quetta.
To boost people to people contact the statement calls for the “people from Pakhtoonkhwa and Baloochistan to have permission to visit different provinces of Afghanistan to participate in traditional festivals and cultural activities.
users.tns.net /~parwin/politics/countrycorner/CCorner5/DR062405.html   (2144 words)

  
 Haileybury & ISC, OH & OISC Information
On this occasion he had his horse wounded in two places and his turban cut through by sword cuts, while engaged in combat with three sepoys.
Lieutenant Gough also particularly distinguished himself near Jallalabad, Lucknow, on 21 February 1858, by showing a brilliant example to his Regiment when ordered to charge the enemies guns, and by his gallant and forward conduct he enabled them to effect their object.
On this occasion he engaged himself in a series of single combats, until at length he was disabled by a musket ball through the leg, while charging two sepoys with fixed bayonets.
home.att.net /~oh_info/VC_Information.htm   (2579 words)

  
 Afghanistan - Jallalabad
He found the drive gear, and we rolled away from the battle scene onto the road, turned left and headed towards our destination.
It was a touch after midday when we hit the main drag leading into Jallalabad.
The road was no more than a wide, unmanaged, crater riddled stretch of highway that threw the 4x4 around like someone shaking a cocktail, making our bodies judder as we rolled along.
members.madasafish.com /~newtheories/sas_book_24.html   (6524 words)

  
 The Sepoy Rebellion of 1857-59
Persia etc. The Mughals after 1526 recruited from Hindu Rajputs, Muslim Pathans, Muslim Rajputs, some Muslim Punjabis and Muslim Baloch, but the preference was given to trans-Indus races, mostly Pathans or Persian speaking, or to Hindu Rajputs.
A couple of Bengal Army Regiments reinforced by an odd European regiment successfully defended Kandahar and Jallalabad against vastly superior forces.
The rebellion of 1857 changed British perceptions and keeping in view the political reliability as well as the administrative convenience factor the British decided to recruit mostly from the north west i.e.
www.defencejournal.com /2001/november/sepoy.htm   (6770 words)

  
 Flashman Book at Shop Ireland
During this journey through Britains Imperial history Flashman gives many eye-witness accounts of famous people and events, all told with disarming candour and suitable cynicism.
He is present at the slaying of "Sekundar" Burnes in Kabul, participates in the retreat from Kabul (one of the epic stories of British military history and a truly tragic tale of muddle and incompetence), he witnesses the demise of the 44th at Gandamuck and of course the Siege of Jallalabad.
He meets Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Lord Cardigan, the Duke of Wellington, General Elphinstone and Lady Sale.
www.shopireland.ie /books/reviews/0007202091/4   (1084 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Diplomatic Action - September 19, 2001
ABDULLAH JAN: Three days back I saw the antiaircraft guns they have installed on the cliffs on the other side of the border, the small ones, antiaircraft guns.
And people coming from Jallalabad said that they also witnessed a movement of tanks and army - military - on the road.
IAN WILLIAMS: In Islamabad today a memorial service at the American embassy - and strong words of encouragement for the Pakistan President on whom Washington has been applying intense pressure.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec01/diplomacy_9-19.html   (1013 words)

  
 Dialogs on Terrorism: Afganistan
He is currently a technical writer at Lucent Technologies and a member of the District 89 school board.
Dr. Albert Ockerse, a faculty member at the Medical School of the University of Illinois at Chicago, has lived and worked in Afghanistan teaching medicine in Jallalabad.
He has spent extensive periods in Iran, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
www.cod.edu /dialogs/afgan.htm   (218 words)

  
 Afghanistan travel safety questions - Thorn Tree Forum - Lonely Planet
There have been numerous foreign workers killed in the past year, though most of them seem to have been Turkish contractors working on the roads, i.e.
There were several foreign workers killed north of Jallalabad a few months ago and there were at least 5 de-miners shot near Herat in March - i think 2 of them were non-Afghan.
My limited observation from only a few weeks of travel there would lead me to say that while it's peaceable up north you can never tell who's watching, and therefore security should be a traveller's foremost consideration.
thorntree.lonelyplanet.com /messagepost.cfm?postaction=reply&catid=13&threadid=467137&messid=3895125&STARTPAGE=1&parentid=0&from=1&showall=true   (6058 words)

  
 To Herat and Cabul by G.A. Henty
Because of a series of crises instigated by the Afghan tribes, the British were forced to leave Kabul with about 4,500 troops and 12,000 women and children and other camp followers.
The entire column was destroyed piecemeal, and only one man, a Dr. Bryden made it to the fort of Jallalabad in India to tell the tale of the greatest military disaster suffered by the British in that century.
Angus Cameron, the hero of this book, was captured by friendly Afghans and compelled to witness the calamity.
www.graceandtruthbooks.com /listdetails.asp?ID=287&RP=/henty_books/victorian_era.asp   (360 words)

  
 Asia Afghanistan Jallalabad The slingshot, Haddah Photo Travel Postcards
Asia Afghanistan Jallalabad The slingshot, Haddah Photo Travel Postcards
The slingshot, Haddah - Jallalabad, Afghanistan (Photo: L.
I want to be notified when this card is read.
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 The Pedestal Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
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The Pedestal Magazine -Jaki Shelton Green - Inside a Jallalabad Mirage
Skeletons of olive trees become sisters swallowing rain
www.thepedestalmagazine.com /Secure/Content/cb.asp?cbid=4887   (156 words)

  
 Flash for Freedom! (The Flashman Papers) Book at Shop Ireland
What can I say other than this is a fantastic read?
Well I could mention that it has the notorious Harry Flashman, hero of Jallalabad, cricketer-gentleman, slaver, abolitionist, poltroon and bully up to his usual mischief.
Wrongly accused of cheated, he escapes, but as usual the Fates weave a classically ripping yarn and we find our anti-hero experiencing both sides of the slavery coin.
www.shopireland.ie /books/reviews/0006511279   (614 words)

  
 The price of education An Afghan teacher’s story: 9-23-2005
Naaem was released from jail three days later.
Then, in an astonishing display of loyalty and courage, the neighbors risked their own lives by helping Adish, Naaem, and her three youngest children escape to Jallalabad and then on to Pakistan.
Their oldest son, who was not with them at the time of the escape, also succeeded in fleeing the country and reunited with them later.
www.virginia.edu /insideuva/2005/16/kamela.html   (1203 words)

  
 Democratic Underground Forums - "Some Simple Things You Need to Know About Pakistan and Kashmir"
Good play can take a poor hand only so far, however.
The attack by holy warriors for Kashmir on the Indian Parliament, simultaneous with the evident failure of operations near Jallalabad to secure the person of Bin Laden, have placed the good General in an impossible position.
Compared to Pakistan’s stake in Kashmir, not just the Taliban, but Pakistani predominance in Afghanistan itself, are expendable.
www.democraticunderground.com /duforum/DCForumID35/10326.html   (1732 words)

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