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Women in Afghanistan

Lord Soley 05/10/2011 – 4:13 pm

There is a very serious and thoughtful article here which anyone interested in womens rights and Afghanistan should read. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/04/dreams-afghan-women-taliban-rights

Written at 4:13 pm on 05/10/2011, by Lord Soley

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Poppies and their meaning

Baroness Murphy 08/11/2010 – 8:32 am

November 11th, Armistice Day was always a special day when I was a child because it is my Mother’s birthday. She was 5 when the Great War ended; one of her earliest memories is of her Mother’s joy at the news. We all wore our poppies for just two days, the Saturday of the Poppy Appeal collection and the second time on Remembrance Sunday. Wearing the poppy was an act of remembrance for million […]

Written at 8:32 am on 08/11/2010, by Baroness Murphy


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Linda Norgrove

Lord Soley 29/10/2010 – 11:48 pm

I don't think I will be the only person who would like to express admiration for Linda Norgrove and  her parents John and Lorna. Linda Norgrove's untimely death in Afghanistan needs no elaboration but her parents dignified response and the absence of  any desire to try and blame the US forces attempting to rescue her deserves praise. It is too easy to lay blame on the people who try but fail t […]

Written at 11:48 pm on 29/10/2010, by Lord Soley


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Development and NGO’s

Lord Soley 09/08/2010 – 11:39 am

The sad news of the death of Dr Woo and her colleagues comes at the same time as the news that a UK policeman has been shot and killed in Afghanistan. In many ways this goes to the heart of the problem in Afghanistan and some other developing country's. It may be a long time ago but when John Reid was Secretary of State for defence he expressed the hope that UK troops would leave Afghanistan wi […]

Written at 11:39 am on 09/08/2010, by Lord Soley


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Financial Assistance and Afghanistan

Baroness D'Souza 12/06/2010 – 3:05 pm

In a previous blog I banged on about Afghanistan - but noted that, as before, this is not a topic of great interest to the world of bloggers. It seems that what really turns you on are finer points of constitutional change, quizzes and (money)expenses. So I thought I would try and combine at least one of the above with Afghanistan - surely a crucial matter of our time? I sat in between Gener […]

Written at 3:05 pm on 12/06/2010, by Baroness D'Souza


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