New Speaker

From Saad Mohseni today: Raoof Ibrahimi, an ethnic Uzbek from Kunduz, becomes Afghanistan's Speaker (Lower House of Parliament)

Hanif Hangam

Hanif Hangam has now been shortlisted for a media award by the NCF. The scripts that he writes for this satirical political show, by which the population of Kabul is able to see what is going on in the city "Alarm Bell" is a show that lampoons Taliban rebels, warlords, UN diplomats and pilgrims to Mecca. He treads a narrow path with threats of being beaten up, it's amazing he's still alive!