{"id":11413,"date":"2009-10-15T09:25:37","date_gmt":"2009-10-15T14:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=11413"},"modified":"2009-10-15T09:25:39","modified_gmt":"2009-10-15T14:25:39","slug":"ashley-blum-rawa-activist-discusses-afghanistan-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=11413","title":{"rendered":"Ashley Blum: RAWA Activist discusses Afghanistan war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawa.org\/rawa\/2009\/10\/14\/rawa-activist-discusses-afghanistan-war.html\">By Ashley Blum<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_11414\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?attachment_id=11414\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11414\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11414\" data-attachment-id=\"11414\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?attachment_id=11414\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/zoya_montgomery_college.jpg?fit=450%2C281\" data-orig-size=\"450,281\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"zoya_montgomery_college\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;9 Oct. 2009: Zoya speaking in Montgomery College, Rockville Maryland.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/zoya_montgomery_college.jpg?fit=300%2C187\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/zoya_montgomery_college.jpg?fit=450%2C281\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/zoya_montgomery_college.jpg?resize=300%2C187\" alt=\"9 Oct. 2009: Zoya speaking in Montgomery College, Rockville Maryland.\" title=\"zoya_montgomery_college\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/zoya_montgomery_college.jpg?resize=300%2C187 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/zoya_montgomery_college.jpg?resize=150%2C93 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/zoya_montgomery_college.jpg?w=450 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">9 Oct. 2009: Zoya speaking in Montgomery College, Rockville Maryland.<\/p><\/div>Eight years following the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, the human rights situation has not improved, Zoya, a representative of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, said in a lecture in Carpenter hall on Tuesday. Zoya, who does not disclose her full name for security purposes, described how her organization seeks to promote peace, democracy and human rights in her lecture, \u201cWar and Reconstruction from the Perspective of Afghanistan\u2019s Revolutionary Women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawa.org\/rawa\/2009\/10\/14\/rawa-activist-discusses-afghanistan-war.html\">Read the report<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ashley Blum Eight years following the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, the human rights situation has not improved, Zoya, a representative of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, said in a lecture in Carpenter hall on Tuesday. 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