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ISSUE: NO. 0003, MAY 15, 2013

AFGHANISTAN EMBASSY IN LONDON

س- ؾفبضت جضی اؾالی افغبؿتب

س- ز افغبؿتب ز اؾالی جضیت ؾفبضت

H.E. USTAD KHALILI, SECOND VICE PRESIDENT OF AFGHANISTAN ARRIVED IN LONDON. May 07, 2013

H.E. Ustad Mohammad Karim Khalili Second Vice

President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has

arrived in London on Monday evening, 6th May2013.

The Vice President was welcomed by Mr. Hanif Ahmadzai,

Counselor, Mr. Najibullah Mohajer, First Secretary, Mr.

Ahmad Jamshid, Third Secretary and other members of

staff from the Afghan embassy in London.

H.E. Vice President Ustad Khalili visited London for

medical treatment.

H.E. MOHAMMAD KARIM KHALILI, VICE PRESIDENT OF AFGHANISTAN

AFGHANISTAN’S MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH VISITS LONDON.

May 10, 2013

The Minister for Public Health of Afghanistan, Her

Excellency Dr. Suraya Dalil, arrived in London on 7 May

2013. Dr. Dalil’s visit to the United Kingdom took place as

part of a continuing program to promote bilateral

cooperation between Afghanistan and the United Kingdom

in the area of public health. Towards this end, Dr. Dalil

attended a number of events. Dr. Dalil was accompanied by

Dr. Mohammad Taufiq Mashal, Director General of

Preventive Medicine of the Ministry of Public Health.

As part of her visit, the Minister for Public Health signed a

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) of

the United Kingdom and the Ministry of Public Health of

Afghanistan. During a visit to Oxford, Dr. Dalil delivered a

speech on the topic of “Woman in Post-2014 Afghanistan”

at the University of Oxford.

Dr. Dalil’s speech focused on the achievements of the

Afghanistan’s women during the last decade and shed

light on efforts underway to preserve the achievements of

last decade in Afghanistan.

On Friday, 10 May 2013, Her Excellency Dr. Dalil and Dr.

Daud Yaar, Afghanistan’s Ambassador to the UK, met

with representatives of a number of UK-based NGOs

engaged in health and humanitarian assistance in

Afghanistan. During the meeting, Dr. Dalil and Dr. Yaar

talked about the achievements in health care and

women’s rights in Afghanistan. The meeting was

attended by other Afghan diplomats stationed in the UK.

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PARLIAMENT SESSION DR. YAAR REPRESENTS AFGHANISTAN AT ST. JAMES’S COURT


AMBASSADOR DR. YAAR, REPRESENTED AFGHANISTAN AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE UK PARLIAMENT.

May 08, 2013

The 2013-2014 session of the UK Parliament was

inaugurated by the speech of Her Majesty Queen

Elizabeth II on 8 May 2013. Members of the royal family,

members of the both houses of the Parliament, David

Cameron the Prime Minister, Cabinet Ministers, and

accredited diplomats at the Court of Saint James’s were

present at the opening ceremony. Ambassador Yaar

represented Afghanistan at a grand ceremony that was

held on the occasion at the House of Lords.

The State Opening of Parliament marks the formal start of

the parliamentary year and the Queen’s speech sets out

the government’s agenda for the coming session, outlining

policies and legislation. It is the only regular occasion

when the three constituent parts of the Parliament – the

Sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of

Commons – meet.

UNITED KINGDOM

H.M. THE QUEEN ELLIZABETH II

DR. AHAMD NASER SARMAST

During her speech, Her Majesty the Queen expressed UK’s

commitment to fight terrorism around the world and assist

Afghanistan in the process of peace and reconciliation by

stating: “My Government will work to prevent conflict and

reduce terrorism. It will support countries in transition in the

Middle East and North Africa and the opening of a peace

process in Afghanistan”.

DR. SARMAST HAS BEEN HONOURED THE INTERNATIONAL HONORARY MEMBERSHIP OF THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.

May 14, 2013

Dr. Ahmad Naser Sarmast has been given the honorary

membership of the British Royal Philharmonic Society. Dr.

Sarmast was introduced to the staff and some of the

members of the Royal Philharmonic Society by the head

of the British Council, Sir Vernon Ellis.

Dr. Sarmast established the Afghanistan National Institute

of Music (ANIM) in 2010, providing music education for

Afghan children. Dr. Sarmast is the author of the landmark

book, A Survey of the History of Music in Afghanistan.

The Royal Philharmonic Society is a British music society

formed in 1813 in London promoting performances of

classical instrumental music.

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اپطی 30زاوتط یبض، ؾفیط جضی اؾالی افغبؿتب زضس، ؾ قج ضخ

زضای ثبظزیس، . اظؾؿ طبعبت قطلی پت آوؿفضز زیس ز2013

ؾفیط افغبؿتب زض س ثب پطفیؿض ایسس یطظی سیط ؾؿ طبعبت

قطلی پت آوؿفضز، زاوتط آضظ آظاز عض یئت عی حمك زضؾؿ

طبعبت قطلی اعضبی یئت عی ای ؾؿ، اللبت ز ططفی زضضز

فعبیت ؾؿ تصوط زضافغبؿتب زیطؿبئ ضز عالل، ثحج تجبز ظط

.زس

اثتسا اظ ؾفیط ؾبیط ىبضا ؾفبضت و ایكب ضا كبیعت ی وطزس ، تؾط

عضیئت عی ؾؿ طبعبت "یض"زاوتط آضظ آظاز، حمك ؾؿ

قطلی پت آوؿفضز پطفیؿض ازس یطظی سیط ؾؿ طبعبت

قطلی ضئیؽ زیپبضتت ازثیبت فبضؾی پت آوؿفضز، ضز اؾتمجب

.ذقأسئی لطاض طفت

لبث یبزآضی اؾت و زاوتطآظاز پطفیؿض یطظی زض حب حبضط زض پطغ

تی یطزز، "ثیبز یض" و تؾط "ط یطاث فطی ثد"ثب

فعبیت زاضس سف ای پطغ تحمیك زض ضز یطاث فطی ثد ثبؾتب

.تطوعثیكتطآ زضاای زض اؾالی اظلط كت تب زاظز یالزی اؾت

ث فت پطفیؿض یطظی ای تحمیك ثب اؾتفبز اظ یبفت بی ثسؾت آس

اظتحمیمبت ثبؾتب قبؾی اظ تس ثبذتطی زض الیت ثد زضقب افغبؿتب اجب

.یطزز

اجب "طیطاث فطی ثد "ث فت زوتط آضظ آظاز، سف پطغ

تحمیمبت جسیس زض ضز تبضید ای اؾالی افغبؿتب، ایجبز ظطفیت ثطای

.ىبضا افغب، زض پػف یطاث فطی اؾت

زضاذیط زاوتط یبض ؾفیط افغبؿتب زض س پطفیؿض یطظی تافك زس و

زضذصل تحمیك طبعبت یطاث فطی ثد ثبؾتب اظططیك ایجبز تبؼ

بی عزیه ثی ؾؿ طبعبت قطلی پت آوؿفضز بزبی شیطثط

.افغبؿتب، ىبضی الظ صضت یطز

بازدیذ سفیر افغاوستان در لىذن از مؤسسه مطالعات

شرقی پهىتن اکسفرد

ثبظزیس ؾفیط افغبؿتب اظ

مسسه مطالعات شرقی پهىتن آکسفرد

داکتر داود یار همراه با پروفیسور هیرزیگ

داکتر داود یار همراه با داکتر آرزو آزاد

زاوتطزاز یبضؾفیطافغبؿتب زضس، اظؾؿ طبعبت قطلی پت

.آوؿفضز ثبظزیس ث ع آضز

DR. DAUD YAAR VISITED THE ORIENTAL

INSTITUTE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

May 01, 2013

DR. Yaar, the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of

Afghanistan in Great Britain, visited the Oriental

Institute of the University of Oxford on Tuesday 30th

April 2013. During the visit, Dr. Yaar met with the

director of the Oriental Institute and its faculty to discuss

the institute’s activity in Afghanistan and other issues of

mutual interest.

The Ambassador and his colleagues from the Afghan

Embassy were welcomed by Dr. Arezou Azad,

Leverhulme Research Officer and Professor Edmond

Herzig, Director of Persian Studies at the Oriental

Institute of Oxford University.

Dr. Azad and Professor Herzig are currently involved

with Balkh Art and Cultural Heritage Project (funded by

the Leverhulme Trust) a project conducting research on

the cultural heritage of Balkh, while focusing on the

early Islamic period (8th to the 12th centuries AD).

According to Prof. Herzig, the research is undertaken

by means of archaeological investigation of findings in

Balkh, the site of the ancient Bactrian civilization in

northern Afghanistan.

According to Dr. Arezou Azad, the Balkh Art and

Cultural Heritage Project aims to undertake new

research on Afghanistan’s early Islamic history, and

build the capacity of their Afghan colleagues in cultural

heritage research.

Ambassador Dr. Yaar and Dr. Herzig agreed to work

together to further promote the study of the cultural

heritage of Balkh by establishing close channels of

cooperation between the Oriental Institute and the

relevant Afghan institutions.

AMBASSADOR’S VISIT AT THE

ORIENTAL INSTITUTE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD


DR. YAAR WITH PROFESSOR HERZIG AND DR. AREZOU AZAD

DR. YAAR WITH PROFESSOR

HERZIG AND DR. AREZOU AZAD

KHALSA DIWAN CONFERENCE

On 6th

May 2013, the Second Khalsa Diwan International

Conference and celebration of Vaisakhi was held in Hayes,

London. This event was organized by the Afghan Sikh community

in the UK. Vaisakhi is a religious festival, celebrated by the Sikh

community and commemorates the establishment of the Khalsa.

At this event, Mr. Mohammad Hanif Ahamadzai, Counsellor, Mr.

Najibullah Mohajer, First Secretary, Mr. Ahmad Jamshid, and Mrs.

Wahida Raoufi, Third Secretaries represented the Afghanistan

Embassy in London.

At the ceremony, leaders of Khalsa Diwan Afghanistan, members

of both houses of British Parliament, representatives from

Afghanistan Embassy and Indian High Commission in London,

journalists and many of the Afghan Sikhs with their families were

among the participants. Speakers mainly focused on problems

and issues that are faced by the Afghan Sikh community in

Afghanistan and Britain.

Mr. Ahamdzai congratulated the celebration of Vaisakhi festival

and the successful establishment of Khalsa Diwan Afghanistan

community in UK to the leadership of Khalsa Diwan Afghanistan

and all Afghan Hindus and Sikhs. Mr. Ahmadzai assured those

present, of the government's commitment to support and

protection of minority rights.

Mr. Ahmadzai, said in his speech that the Afghan Embassy in

London would not hesitate its efforts in providing consular services

and facilities in accordance with rules and regulations to our

Afghan citizens specially the Afghan Sikh community living in

London.

، زی وفطاؽ ثی ای ذبص زیا ا ز 2013 ی 6ث تبضید

. افغبؿتب طاؾ تجی اظ یؿبوی ؾه بی افغبؿتب زض ثطیتبیب ثطعاض طزیس

طاؾ جك تجی اظ یؿبوی ؾب تؾط ؾه ب قطسا ا ز

.افغبؿتب، زض افغبؿتب ثطیتبیب ثطعاض یطزز

زض ای حف آلبی حس حیف احسظی ؿتكبض، آلبی جیت اهلل بجط ؾىطتط

ا ؿؤ ثرف فطی، آلبی احس جكیس ؾىطتط ؾ ذب حیس

ضؤفی ؾىطتط ؾ ث بیسی ؾفبضت جضی اؾالی افغبؿتب زض س

.قطوت ز ثزس

چب زض ای حف ثطعال یئت ضجطی اج ذبص زیا زض س،

تعسازی اظ والی پبضب ثطیتبیب، غضبیؿتب عس وثیطی اظ ؾه بی افغب ثب

ؾرطاب عستب زض ضز ضعیت ؾه ب زض . فبیبی قب قطوت ز ثزس

ثطیتبیب افغبؿتب، كىالت پیكبزات قب زض ضز ثجز ضعیت آب

چب زض ضاثط ث فعبیتبی اج ذبص زیا افغبؿتب زض س صحجت

.زس

آلبی حس حیف احسظی، ث بیسی اظ ؾفبضت جضی اؾالی افغبؿتب

تجی اظ یؿبوی ضا ث یئت "ذبص زیا افغبؿتب"زضثطیتبیب، تكىی اج

ضجطی اج ذبص زیا افغبؿتب طساضا ا ز ؾه بی

افغبؿتب تجطیه فت اظ تعس زت افغبؿتب ثطای حبیت حفبظت اظ حمق

الیت ب زض وكض زض طبثمت ثب لب اؾبؾی ؾبیط لای بفص وكض اطیب

.زاز

آلبی احسظی زض ازا ؾرب ذز فت و ؾفبضت افغبؿتب زض س اظ یچ

ع ؾعی تالـ زض لؿت فطا ز تؿیالت اضائ ذسبت لؿی زض

طبثمت ثب لای مطضات جز ث قطسا ؾه افغب می س زضیغ

.راس ضظیس

حف ثب ؾرطای ب اظ جبت ثطذی والی پبضب ثطیتبیب ؾبیط بب ازا

پیسا وطز اقتطان وسب جك تجی اظ طاؾ یؿبوی ضا كبس زس

زض ضیبفتی و اظ ططف اج ذبص زیا افغبؿتب زض ثطیتبیب تطتیت زاز قس

.ثز، حضض ث ضؾبیسس

اشتراک سفارت افغاوستان در ديمیه کىفراوس بیه المللی

خالصه دیان افغاوستان در لىذن ي تجلیل از مراسم يیساکی

.تاویایسک های افغان در بر

AFGHAN DIPLOMATS PARTICIPATE IN SECOND KHALSA DIWAN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN LONDON


VAISAKI CELEBRATION KHALSA DIWAN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE - LONDON


Spontaneous uprisings in major cities, such as the uprising in

Herat in the fall of 1979, quickly became fatal threats to the

survival of the newly installed regime under the leadership of

Noor Mohammad Tarakai, a semi-senile communist functionary

known for his atheist ideas and close contact with the KGB.

Taking notice of the regime’s inability to contain the popular

uprisings and in response to repeated pleas for help by Noor

Mohammad Tarakai, the Soviet forces invaded Afghanistan on

the Christmas Eve of 1979.

Following ten years of ruthless and unsuccessful war, the

Soviet forces withdrew from Afghanistan in March 1989

through the so-called Friendship Bridge at Hairatan that

connects Afghanistan to the Republic of Uzbekistan.

It is estimated that the ten-year Afghan war cost the Soviets 20

million Gold rubles, 15,000 dead or lost in action, and about

30,000 wounded. The explicit and implicit costs of the damages

suffered by Afghanistan during the ten years of Soviet

occupation have been estimated to amount to over one trillion

dollars.

At the time of their withdrawal, the Soviets left behind a country

with over 1 million civilian deaths, some 2 million people with

physical disabilities, five million refugees scattered around the

world, about two million internally displaced persons (IDPs),

some fifteen thousand destroyed villages, ten million

unmapped mines and unexploded ordinances, and last but not

least, a state/military apparatus in disarray, devoid of

legitimacy, cohesion and competence. The war also caused

millions of people all around Afghanistan to suffer under post-

traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), through experiencing torture,

rape, kidnappings, imprisonment, bombardments, loss of

relatives, damage or loss of property, and a myriad of other

war-related atrocities and human rights violations.

Today, as a result of the horrendous consequences of the

Soviet war and occupation, and the events that followed, many

people in Afghanistan, particularly those who are old enough to

remember, look to the era prior to the coup of 27 April 1978

with great nostalgia and fondness.

By remembering the horrible sufferings that befell the people of

Afghanistan as a result of the April Coup, the embassy of the

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in London expresses it deepest

condolences and sympathies to the families and friends of the

victims of that dark day and millions of other Afghans who

became victims of the national catastrophe that followed it.

27 APRIL 1978: A SAD DAY FOR AFGHANISTAN

27TH APRIL 1978 = 7TH SAUR COUP D'ETAT

April 27, 2013

On April 27 1978, the republican regime of Sardar

Mohammad Daud was toppled by a bloody coup d’etat

launched by a group of low-ranking Soviet-trained officers

and their communist civilian associates. The civilian arm of

the coup was led by Noor Mohammad Taraki, Hafizullah

Amin, Babrak Karmal, and an unknown number of other

pro-Soviet individuals trained by the Russian spy agency

KGB. The coup organizers were all members of a pro-

Soviet alliance of Khalq and Parcham communist parties,

called the Peoples’ Democratic Party of Afghanistan

(PDPA).

The event on April 27 1978 marked the beginning of a

long period of strife and instability in Afghanistan, the

consequences of which have been immeasurably painful

for the country and its people. In addition to taking the

lives of thousands of innocent civilians and members of

the armed forces, the coup took the lives of the sitting

President and his entire family (including his sons,

daughters, wife, and other close relatives). The coup was

supported by direct participation of KGB agents and Soviet

military officers embedded among Afghan military ranks in

Kabul and Afghanistan’s other major cities.

The atrocities, illegitimacy, and misguided policies of the

communist regime soon led to widespread protests and

uprisings in Kabul and provinces.

SOVIET UNION TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN - 1979

A SAD DAY FOR AFGHANISTAN 27TH APRIL 1978 = 7TH SAUR COUP D’ETAT

اعطبی عضیت افتربضی اظؾی اج ضیب فیبضیه ثطیتبیب ث

استاد داکتر احمذ واصر سرمست

زض حفی و ث بؾجت اعطبی عضیت افتربضی ث پج ت 2013 ی 14ثتبضید

زض British Councilاظ ؾیمی زاب كض زیب زض مط قضای فطی ثطیتبیب

س تطتیت زاز قس ثز، ث حتط اؾتبز بصطاحس ؾطؿت عضیت افتربضی ثی

. ثطیتبیب زاز قس Royal Philharmonic Societyای زض جبع

ضئیؽ Veron Ellisحف ثب صحجت مسبتی عطفی وبسیساب اظجبت آلبی

ثعسا وبسیسای و اظ لبض بی رتف زیب ثطای . قضای فطی ثطیتبیب آغبظ قس

حتط زاوتط . اعطبی عضیت زض ای جبع اتربة قس ثزس، صحجت زس

ای زؾتأضز ثعضي ضا ":احس ؾطؿت زض لؿت اظ صحجت بیف فت

سی عاللسی، ظحبت، تالـ بی ذؿتی بپصیط وبضسا، قبطزا

ثسیؿ تحت ظط 2008اطفب افغب و زض اؿتیتت ی ؾیمی افغبؿتب اظ ؾب

وؿت ای افتربض ثعضي ث طب ععیع . ثس آظـ ی ثییس، یسا

حتط زاوتط ؾطؿت اظ ىبضی تج یكی . "تجطیه قبزثبـ ی ی

ایكب زض . جبع ضی بضیه قضای فطی ثطیتبیب تكىط لسضزای زس

ازاء صحجت قب زض ضز اؿتیتت ی ؾیمی افغبؿتب قی بی آظقی

. آ ث حبضطی عبت زازس زض اذیط ث پطؾكبی حبضطی پبؾد اضائ زاقتس

زض قب ی ضظ زض حف ثب قىی و ث ی بؾجت كتطوب تؾط قضای

فطی ثطیتبیب جبع تصوط تطتیت زاز قس ثز، اظ ؾفیط وجیط بیس فق

زض ای . اعبز ضئیؽ جضی اؾالی افغبؿتب زض س یع زعت ثع آس ثز

. حف ثب اعطبی جایع تمسیط ب بی جساب اظ وبسیسا لسضزای ثع آس

ؾفبضت افغبؿتب زض س ث پبؼ ذسبت قبیب اؾتبز احس ؾطؿت، عصطی یی ضا

زضای ثطب و ؾفیط وبضسا ؾفبضت حضض . زض ؾفبضت تطتیت زاز ثز

زاقتس، اظ ظحبت حتط اؾتبز ؾطؿت زض ضاؾتبی تطلی قفبیی ؾیمی

والؾیه افغبؿتب آظـ ؾیمی ث جاب جاب پؿط زذتط افغب ثب

.اسای تمسیط ب یی تجیس ؾتبیف ثع آس

چب حتط زاوتط زاز یبض ؾفیط افغبؿتب اظ حتط زاوتط ؾطؿت طح

آضوؿتط قب جت ؾفط ضؾی طی ث ثطیتبیب زعت ثع آضزس و ضز لج

جبة زاوتط ؾطؿت لطاض طفت عس ؾپطزس و تب ؾب آیس ثطب ؾفط طی

. قب ث ثطیتبیب اجب ثپصیطز

اعطای عضیت افتخاری به داکتر احمذ واصر

سرمست از سی اوجمه ريیال فیلهارمویک بریتاویا

.در مقر شرای فرهىگی بریتاویا در لىذن


محترم داکتر داود یار سفیر افغانستان و محترم داکتر احمد ناصر سرمست

محترم داکتر داود یار و محترم داکتر احمد ناصر سرمست محترم محمد حنیف احمدزی ومحترم سید محمد پاینده


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