Afghan News Roundup: February 2013 compiled by Elayne Jude for Great North News Service
Going home and what to carry, dib-dib in Dari, behind the veil and on the catwalk, electronic update for Kabul.
New stories about Afghanistan centre on the logistics - and foreign policy implications - of shipping home the matérial of a decade of warfighting, and the uncertainty and anxiety left behind. Finding good or even just ‘normal’ news away from the frontline feels more and more like mood music on the Titanic. Most news agencies are giving huge attention to the success of the low budget documentary, Buzkashi Boys. Of which, absolutely nothing below.
