Afghanistan: Education is the key to the future
John Mitchell, Director of British Council Afghanistan blogs about the improvement in education provision in Afghanistan and the part that the British Council is playing, in helping to support it as...
View ArticleYoung Afghan filmmakers – How’s your glass looking?
John Mitchell, director of the British Council’s Afghanistan office, reports on the six short-films produced by young Afghan filmmakers for the project ‘Afghanistan Changes: 2002-2014.’ For many of us...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Restoration of Voice
British Council Director Afghanistan, John Mitchell, explains how the value of a nation’s cultural life cannot be underestimated, and what can be done to restore it where it had previously been...
View ArticleAfghanistan: taking the Premier League into the community
The enthusiasm for football is great in Afghanistan and stayed alive even under Taliban rule. Daud Rasool, Deputy Director British Council Afghanistan, walks us through a recent history and the...
View ArticleRebuilding Afghanistan’s creative industries
As the ‘Gem: Contemporary Jewellery and Gemstones from Afghanistan‘ exhibition is on display at our London headquarters, the British Council’s Daud Rasool explains how Afghanistan’s traditional...
View Article‘Music can contribute to the emotional healing of Afghan children’
In a country where music was banned until ten years ago, Dr Ahmad Sarmast set up the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM) to educate gifted young Afghan musicians and help bring about social...
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