Afghanistan

Abstract             There are several challenges that face medics in remote locations.  Some are attributed to the environment, while some are attributed to other factors like infrastructure, security concerns, hygiene and cultural diversity of residents in these remote locations.  This report aims at advising the management on the factors that should be considered when deploying…

Barriers, obstacles or problems to Access Tuberculosis Diagnosis and receive TB treatment in Afghanistan: Comparison of female and male patients. The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, located in the center of Asia, is in most cases geographically recognized in association with central Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East.  It is bordered by Pakistan in the…

Part One considered the Pathan warrior Yar Ali Khan who shared adventures with REH’s character Francis X. Gordon, known as El Borak. Both were born in the nineteenth century. Gordon’s adventures in the Middle East certainly take place prior to World War One (“Son of the White Wolf” excepted) and it’s averred that he was…

Situated between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the eastern region of the Hindu-Kush range was home to a land called Kafiristan. The inhabitants of this land were the Kafirs, who were referred to as “pagan” in Islamic terms but firmly rejected conversion to Islam and instead held onto their own religious beliefs. About 200 thousand Kafirs resided…

The story provides a glimpse of both American and Afghan cultures, although most of these are implicitly stated by the author of the novel. Let us examine the pictures and details one by one, starting with the not-so-implicit statements that readily reveal both cultures. The first chapter of the novel reveals that Amir, the protagonist,…

The Kite Runner, by Chalked Hussein, follows the maturation of Emir, a male from Afghanistan who needs to find his way in the world as he realizes that his own belief system is not that of his dominant culture. Set in Afghan Stan and the United States, The Kite Runner is valetudinarians that illustrates the…

Although both men and women in Afghanistan faced ordeals and hardships, women fared much worse. The rise of the Taliban oppressed women and deprived them of their rights and freedom. First of all, women were not permitted to step outside their house without a male relative alongside them. This became a serious problem because women…