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Belmont is a semi-ghost town in Dawes County, Nebraska, United States, approximately 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Crawford. Originally known as Evergreen City, the settlement was existent by summer 1889, due to the construction of the Belmont Tunnel. However, when the town site was surveyed in 1890, only five blocks were sold.
Women's rights in Afghanistan are severely restricted by the Taliban.In 2023, the United Nations termed Afghanistan as the world's most repressive country for women. [4] Since the US troops withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban gradually imposed restrictions on women's freedom of movement, education, and employment.
We Are Afghan Women: Voices of Hope is a 2016 non-fiction book about women's rights in Afghanistan. It was published by the George W. Bush Institute at the George W. Bush Presidential Center , with an introduction by former First Lady Laura Bush .
The Underground Girls of Kabul: in Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan is a book by Jenny Nordberg that documents the bacha posh of Afghanistan. Bacha posh translates from Dari as "dressed up like a boy." It is a term used in Afghanistan and in this book to describe children who are born as girls but are dressed up, raised and treated ...
The last U.S. troops left Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021. Three years later, the Taliban's return to power has allowed al Qaeda and other terrorist groups to regain a presence in the country, and ...
Pictures from Afghanistan is a 2020 documentary by Robbie Frazer that follows the work of Scottish journalist and war photographer David Pratt as he revisits the locations in Afghanistan that he reported on in the 1980s Soviet–Afghan War. [1] [2] The one hour film addresses themes of empathy and humanity. [3]
The Nebraska Air and Army National Guard's Joint Force Headquarters are in Lincoln along with other major units of the Nebraska National Guard. [132] During the early years of the Cold War , the Lincoln Airport was the Lincoln Air Force Base ; [ 133 ] the Nebraska Air National Guard and the Nebraska Army National Guard now have joint-use ...
There is no one better to tell the story of womenhood in Afghanistan than the women themselves