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• HAZAR VISIONS FROM AUSTRI SAYS:
  07:09:13 AM Monday, 3rd November, 2008

  well i agree with some of our commentators in this page in some ares interms of yalda hakims safe return. However, my point is that it shouldn't be considered as bravery when an afghanistani person tries to go back to Afghanistan. i mean, not being able to return to his/her own country is a shame, heartbraking etc... Lets brake it up, that why ,it is a shame? well firstly, yalda hakim was not wearing a proper afghani type clothes, which makes the talibans/pashtuns/ afghans even more stressed, whenever she passes by. Now i am not a religious person at all. not at all.... it is just that how i fell.. that talians/ pashtuns are religious and cultural people interms of looking back in the history................ 2: Now their is racism in Afghanistan between different tribes in Afghanistan.....mostly hazaras on side and tajiks and afghans (pashtuns) on the other side.... however.. it should no longer exist (racism)....as it has already been for more than 7 o 8 centuries before.... however my point is that a journalist shouldn't be racist etc.... any journalist that has entered Afg.. they have started pphotographing in kabul and eended photographing in kabul.... i mean they can go to different places... like north, central afghansitan ...they all have spectacular mountains and has an untraceable history.... well they are my points ......... but good work still yalda..............

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• ANTHONY FROM ADELAIDE SAYS:
  01:06:38 PM Friday, 31st October, 2008

  I was disappointed with the lack of historical context in this report. Is the situation in Afghanistan better now under the current Government than it was under the rageme that was supported by the Soviet Union? Can you not directly compare the situation now to what it was like in 1979? I strongly suspect that Western interference has been the great detrement to Afghanistan and the wider world. I believe the Taliban and indeed Al Quedia were a direct result of US involvement in Afghani affairs which were always motivated by the strategic interests of the US and thier oil pipeline plans and NOT the interests of the Afghani people. This is the story that need investigation and analysis and I think it is beyond the capability of Yalda. Unfortunately she focused on the symptoms of the problem rather than the true source and the presentation was sensationalist lacking in indepth analysis. Yalda, what were the Taliban doing in the USA meeting with the Bush administration 2 weeks before 9/11? If you are a real journalist go after the real story and stop trying to make yourself into a celebrity.

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• DREW FROM MELBOURNE SAYS:
  10:03:46 PM Thursday, 30th October, 2008

  Yalda Hakim, your a star.

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• ASH-MATH FAZLI FROM MELBOURNE SAYS:
  12:58:37 PM Wednesday, 29th October, 2008

  It is always easy to pick up a camera and record the misery of the people in the third world, but what is always hard is to investigate the causative elements and factors of the misery particularly in a war-ravaged afghanistan. Though, i appreciate the courage that our young Yalda has shown, i would have appreciated more if the content of the documentary could have been less superficial and more investigative. What i got from the documentary was repetitive chewing of the old stories... drug, lack of security, poverty... similar to what Johan Marthinkos reported a few month back. I even didn't see Nostalgia in the documentary. Anyway...i watched it three times... it is good to see Yalda safe and sound back in Australia.

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• TOM FROM MELBOURNE SAYS:
  08:30:23 PM Tuesday, 28th October, 2008

  You should be very proud of your story and of the courage you displayed in going to one the most dangerous places in the world (according to DFAT). Well done Yalda, industry professionals know how difficult this trip would have been.

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• RICHARD FROM LONDON SAYS:
  08:06:29 PM Tuesday, 28th October, 2008

  Great story Yalda jan, but shame on the Afghan Government, all they have to do is move those refugees and drug addicts into the Serena Hotel and the air-conditioned shopping centre and the problems are solved. So Yalda, stop showing those poorly dressed half starved children and show more fashion and marble bathrooms that's the real Afghanistan.

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• SIMON FROM SYDNEY SAYS:
  07:51:14 PM Tuesday, 28th October, 2008

  Great story Yalda, very well written and presented, you have a real eye to capture such great vision; this is probably lost on most people, keep up the good work.

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• KIM EDWARDS FROM AUSTRALIA AND AFGHANISTAN SAYS:
  08:38:42 AM Tuesday, 28th October, 2008

  Poorly represented, this story by Yalda was inaccurate and sensationally lacking the truth. There were too many obvious errors, such as the poly-Clinic she showed is NOT Kabul's largest hospital and the "refugees" were not refugees at all, but bedouin that live outside the city...etc. She didn't show the beautiful Serena hotel just around the corner from the markets, nor the airconditioned shopping centres in Kabul, nor the very successful education, sports and engineering projects that are happening all around the city. She failed to wear her scarf in the car, but chose to wear it in the privacy of her home while filming her video diary! Come on George! You know better than this trifle attempt. Come and visit me next time you're in Kabul and I can show you the real Afghanistan.

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• JOHN FROM HOBART SAYS:
  01:52:57 PM Monday, 27th October, 2008

  Well done Yalda! Great work...a brilliant piece of video journalism. Such a heart wrenching story. I watched the repeat of Dateline, just to see it again. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to your next story.

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• LES FROM CANBERRA SAYS:
  10:52:11 AM Monday, 27th October, 2008

  An excellent piece of work Yalda, really impressive. Though heartbreaking, it was most interesting to see a documentary on Afghanistan which focused on things other than the war. The outlook for opiate addicts and poverty-stricken people is grim everywhere, but seeing the plight of such people in Afghanistan really puts it into perspective. Keep up the good work.

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