A support for Caceres 2016 from Kabul

A video from Kabul (Afghanistan) to support the candidacy of Cáceres 2016 as European capital of culture. We'll make it!

Alleged torture of Pakistan Army

The video shows the alleged beating of Pakistani Army soldiers give to women to several residents of areas under control / or Taliban activity. They know the place and source of the video, but Pakistani troops launched several months intensive operations in the Swat Valley (North) and prepare to do the same in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan. It is estimated that several thousand insurgents and civilians have been killed, and hundreds of thousands lost their homes temporarily. The Taliban in Pakistan have acquired a power unimagined a decade ago, the question is whether the treatment given to the army population spurs are not only weakens them. The Army has opened an investigation to determine the authenticity of the video and, if any, of accountability. Pakistan remains the weakest link in the chain.

Lucky for Caceres 2016

This Darul Aman Palace, about 10 kilometers from Kabul. It was built by the great Afghan king Amanullah in the 1920s, but after several decades of fire out war, the interior is completely destroyed. Its only inhabitants are a majestic bird, a litter of newborn puppies and a few soldiers lounging on cots in the shade.

MIA - Paper planes

Video: MIA - "Paper Planes" (Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack)

MIA (Missing In Action acronym) is a feisty 31 year old artist daughter of a Tamil. So in his concerts not to denounce the abuses of the Sri Lanka Army against the ethnic minority in the north. It is multifaceted: singing, fashion design, photography makes up a documentary directed and, last but not least, just being a mom. For this remarkable song, MIA takes a guitar riff from The Clash. The images belong to the film "Slumdog Millionaire". The article about the film is here.

"I am not a bird"

Video: Chal Re Panch Ja you.

When the old General Pervez Mush Arraf, defeated at the polls, had to resign as chairman, have an assistant came into his office and caught him listening to his favorite song: "Fly bird fly." His assistant asked if probed go into exile. "No, I'm not a bird, Musharraf replied -. And I stay in Pakistan. "

Updated 07/10/09. Musharraf lives in London under heavy police protection and lives by giving lectures at universities in the United States. Not return to Pakistan poses. At least for the moment.