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		<description><![CDATA[[italiano più sotto] a reportage of Antonio Amendola #caboolexpress &#8220;fracture is the separation of an object or material into two,..]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!--:it--><strong><span style="color: #800000;">[italiano più sotto]</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #888888;">a reportage of <span style="color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://www.antonioamendola.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff;">Antonio Amendola</span></a></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.antonioamendola.com/wordpress/?page_id=1392" target="_blank">#caboolexpress</a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#8220;fracture is the separation of an object or material </em><br />
<em>into two, or more, pieces under the action of stress</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>A discontinuity that may have a large influence on </em><br />
<em>the mechanical behavior (strength, deformation, etc.) </em><br />
<em>of soil and rock masses&#8221;</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>
<div id="attachment_8583" style="width: 218px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://www.s4c.it/slides/fracturezone"><img class=" wp-image-8583 " title="combokabul1" src="https://img43.imageshack.us/img43/3871/combokabul1347x1024.jpg" alt="" width="208" height="614" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(click to see the photogallery)</p></div>
<p>There are areas of the World, and moments of History, which are real fracture zones.</p>
<p>Afghanistan is one of those.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">It&#8217;s a place where a huge fracture (which has lasted for centuries) is followed by an incredible  human resistance.</p>
<p>Crumbs of human resistance, sparkles of Life even in the darkest territories and moments. Crumbs that become boulders that roll, thanks to storytelling and become an avalanche of humanity.</p>
<p>It takes courage to live on a Fracture Zone.</p>
<p>These are some of those extraordinary individuals who live and struggle to reshape the future of their Country.</p>
<p>Those who are champions of Women right, creating the first shelter for women vicitms of domestic violence and those who give them free legal support;</p>
<p>those who demine their own Country in order to protect their children from loosing their legs while playing football in the street;</p>
<p>those who struggle to keep operative and efficient provincial Hospital and give free health assistance;</p>
<p>those who teach young girls, giving them a better future trough education; and those who protect those schools;</p>
<p>those who join the Afghan National Army to defend their own Country; and those who teach them how to read and write first&#8230;</p>
<p>Those who care about their Country.</p>
<p><strong>Antonio Amendola/S4C </strong></p>
<p><em>[Thank You to ISAF and US Embassy in Rome, in Kabul and at NATO to facilitate this Project</em><br />
<em>A big thanks to all personnel at F.O.B. Farah and F.O.B. Shield for making this possible, securing my visits, interviews, photos, etc. ]</em></p>
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<h2><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Linea di faglia: Afghanistan. I volti degli Afghani che stanno cambiando il proprio Paese</strong></span></h2>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>(di <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.antonioamendola.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Antonio Amendola</span></a></span>/S4C)</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"> Ci sono luoghi e momenti della Storia che rappresentano delle linee di faglia, delle zone di rottura: umana, sociale, economica.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">L’Afghanistan per gran parte della sua storia è stato uno di questi.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.antonioamendola.com/wordpress/?page_id=123" target="_blank">Sono stato recentemente in Afghanistan</a></span>, con l&#8217;ISAF, e ho  avviato un progetto fotografico che racconta i personaggi che vivono lungo queste linee di rottura. A cominciare dagli afghani che, lentamente, stanno ricostruendo il futuro del proprio Paese.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_8590" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.s4c.it/slides/fracturezone" target="_blank"><img class=" wp-image-8590 " title="AMA_5633" src="https://img31.imageshack.us/img31/9250/ama5633.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="401" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(cliccare per la galleria fotografica)</p></div>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Ho cercato di scoprire e raccontare delle storie positive. L’Afghanistan è un Paese in guerra. E come tutte le guerre, anche questa è sporca.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Ma è importante rintracciare le briciole di resistenza umana. Che grazie al racconto ed all’effetto moltiplicatore dell’esempio,  sono macigni che, rotolando grazie a quanti li raccontano, diventano valanghe di umanità.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Da Mary Akrami, attivista per i diritti delle donne e fondatrice del primo rifugio per donne vittime di violenze, a Freshna Karimi che fornisce assistenza legale gratuita alle donne che decidono di sovvertire logiche culturali che comprimono i propri diritti.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_8587" style="width: 291px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.s4c.it/slides/fracturezone" target="_blank"><img class=" wp-image-8587  " title="20june12_maryakrami_caboolexpress_043-Modifica" src="https://img31.imageshack.us/img31/7568/20june12maryakramicaboo.jpg" alt="" width="281" height="420" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(cliccare per la galleria fotografica)</p></div>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Storie di chi (grazie anche alla maggiore sicurezza garantita dal contingente ISAF nella Provincia) insegna in una scuola per bambine nella provincia di Ghor, convincendo le famiglie che una ragazza istruita non è una ragazza ‘<em>senza valore di mercato</em>’; o di chi si addestra per sminare i tanti campi che, ancora oggi, mietono tante vittime innocenti.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_8584" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.s4c.it/slides/fracturezone" target="_blank"><img class=" wp-image-8584 " title="17June_caboolexpress_089-Modifica" src="https://img52.imageshack.us/img52/3713/17junecaboolexpress089m.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="552" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(cliccare per la galleria fotografica)</p></div>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Ma anche storie di giovani soldati afghani che, arruolandosi, chiedono di poter difendere in prima persona il proprio Paese (e pochi sanno che il maggior numero di vittime si riscontra proprio tra i militari afghani) lasciandosi alle spalle situazioni di analfabetismo, povertà, sudditanza culturale nei confronti dei talebani.</span></p>
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<div id="attachment_8588" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.s4c.it/slides/fracturezone" target="_blank"><img class=" wp-image-8588 " title="AMA_5530" src="https://img59.imageshack.us/img59/2944/ama5530.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="401" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(cliccare per la galleria fotografica)</p></div>
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<p> <span style="color: #800000;">Un progetto a lungo termine , il cui prossimo obiettivo sarà quello di raccontare la storia degli ‘insorti’ che accettano la resa e vengono reintegrati nel fragile tessuto sociale afghano</span>.</p>
<p> <a href="http://www.antonioamendola.com" target="_blank">Antonio Amendola</a>/S4C</p>
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<div id="attachment_8585" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.s4c.it/slides/fracturezone" target="_blank"><img class=" wp-image-8585  " title="17June_caboolexpress_139-Modifica" src="https://img266.imageshack.us/img266/5700/17junecaboolexpress139m.jpg" alt="" width="630" height="421" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(cliccare per la galleria fotografica)</p></div>
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<p><a href="http://youtu.be/5FLVsjtYdGw">http://youtu.be/5FLVsjtYdGw</a><!--:--><!--:en--><strong><span style="color: #800000;">[italiano più sotto]</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.antonioamendola.com/wordpress/?page_id=1392" target="_blank">#caboolexpress</a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#8220;fracture is the separation of an object or material </em><br />
<em>into two, or more, pieces under the action of stress</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>A discontinuity that may have a large influence on </em><br />
<em>the mechanical behavior (strength, deformation, etc.) </em><br />
<em>of soil and rock masses&#8221;</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>
<div id="attachment_8583" style="width: 218px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://www.s4c.it/slides/fracturezone"><img class=" wp-image-8583 " title="combokabul1" src="https://img43.imageshack.us/img43/3871/combokabul1347x1024.jpg" alt="" width="208" height="614" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(click to see the photogallery)</p></div>
<p>There are areas of the World, and moments of History, which are real fracture zones.</p>
<p>Afghanistan is one of those.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">It&#8217;s a place where a huge fracture (which has lasted for centuries) is followed by an incredible  human resistance.</p>
<p>Crumbs of human resistance, sparkles of Life even in the darkest territories and moments. Crumbs that become boulders that roll, thanks to storytelling and become an avalanche of humanity.</p>
<p>It takes courage to live on a Fracture Zone.</p>
<p>These are some of those extraordinary individuals who live and struggle to reshape the future of their Country.</p>
<p>Those who are champions of Women right, creating the first shelter for women vicitms of domestic violence and those who give them free legal support;</p>
<p>those who demine their own Country in order to protect their children from loosing their legs while playing football in the street;</p>
<p>those who struggle to keep operative and efficient provincial Hospital and give free health assistance;</p>
<p>those who teach young girls, giving them a better future trough education; and those who protect those schools;</p>
<p>those who join the Afghan National Army to defend their own Country; and those who teach them how to read and write first&#8230;</p>
<p>Those who care about their Country.</p>
<p><strong>Antonio Amendola/S4C </strong></p>
<p><em>[Thank You to ISAF and US Embassy in Rome, in Kabul and at NATO to facilitate this Project</em><br />
<em>A big thanks to all personnel at F.O.B. Farah and F.O.B. Shield for making this possible, securing my visits, interviews, photos, etc. ]</em></p>
<p><em></em> </p>
<h2><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Linea di faglia: Afghanistan. I volti degli Afghani che stanno cambiando il proprio Paese</strong></span></h2>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>(di <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.antonioamendola.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Antonio Amendola</span></a></span>/S4C)</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"> Ci sono luoghi e momenti della Storia che rappresentano delle linee di faglia, delle zone di rottura: umana, sociale, economica.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">L’Afghanistan per gran parte della sua storia è stato uno di questi.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.antonioamendola.com/wordpress/?page_id=123" target="_blank">Sono stato recentemente in Afghanistan</a></span>, con l&#8217;ISAF, e ho  avviato un progetto fotografico che racconta i personaggi che vivono lungo queste linee di rottura. A cominciare dagli afghani che, lentamente, stanno ricostruendo il futuro del proprio Paese.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_8590" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.s4c.it/slides/fracturezone" target="_blank"><img class=" wp-image-8590 " title="AMA_5633" src="https://img31.imageshack.us/img31/9250/ama5633.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="401" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(cliccare per la galleria fotografica)</p></div>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Ho cercato di scoprire e raccontare delle storie positive. L’Afghanistan è un Paese in guerra. E come tutte le guerre, anche questa è sporca.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Ma è importante rintracciare le briciole di resistenza umana. Che grazie al racconto ed all’effetto moltiplicatore dell’esempio,  sono macigni che, rotolando grazie a quanti li raccontano, diventano valanghe di umanità.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Da Mary Akrami, attivista per i diritti delle donne e fondatrice del primo rifugio per donne vittime di violenze, a Freshna Karimi che fornisce assistenza legale gratuita alle donne che decidono di sovvertire logiche culturali che comprimono i propri diritti.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_8587" style="width: 291px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.s4c.it/slides/fracturezone" target="_blank"><img class=" wp-image-8587  " title="20june12_maryakrami_caboolexpress_043-Modifica" src="https://img31.imageshack.us/img31/7568/20june12maryakramicaboo.jpg" alt="" width="281" height="420" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(cliccare per la galleria fotografica)</p></div>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Storie di chi (grazie anche alla maggiore sicurezza garantita dal contingente ISAF nella Provincia) insegna in una scuola per bambine nella provincia di Ghor, convincendo le famiglie che una ragazza istruita non è una ragazza ‘<em>senza valore di mercato</em>’; o di chi si addestra per sminare i tanti campi che, ancora oggi, mietono tante vittime innocenti.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_8584" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.s4c.it/slides/fracturezone" target="_blank"><img class=" wp-image-8584 " title="17June_caboolexpress_089-Modifica" src="https://img52.imageshack.us/img52/3713/17junecaboolexpress089m.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="552" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(cliccare per la galleria fotografica)</p></div>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Ma anche storie di giovani soldati afghani che, arruolandosi, chiedono di poter difendere in prima persona il proprio Paese (e pochi sanno che il maggior numero di vittime si riscontra proprio tra i militari afghani) lasciandosi alle spalle situazioni di analfabetismo, povertà, sudditanza culturale nei confronti dei talebani.</span></p>
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<div id="attachment_8588" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.s4c.it/slides/fracturezone" target="_blank"><img class=" wp-image-8588 " title="AMA_5530" src="https://img59.imageshack.us/img59/2944/ama5530.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="401" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(cliccare per la galleria fotografica)</p></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p> <span style="color: #800000;">Un progetto a lungo termine , il cui prossimo obiettivo sarà quello di raccontare la storia degli ‘insorti’ che accettano la resa e vengono reintegrati nel fragile tessuto sociale afghano</span>.</p>
<p> <a href="http://www.antonioamendola.com" target="_blank">Antonio Amendola</a>/S4C</p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!--:it-->S4C Press Office keep sending me press releases about Afghanistan situation.<br />
The latest, a worrying one, is the following:</p>
<p><em>(DJ) &#8211; ALR</em><br />
<em>21/02/2012 08.39.43</em></p>
<p><em>(Recasts to update with details of protests.)</em><br />
<em>KABUL (AFP)&#8211;Protests erupted outside the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan and in Kabul on Tuesday over allegations that foreign troops had set fire to copies of the Quran, police said.</em><br />
<em>Thousands of protesters besieged Bagram airbase, north of Kabul, throwing petrol bombs which set fire to a gate.</em><br />
<em>A local police official said more than 2,000 people were demonstrating outside the sprawling U.S.-run base.</em><br />
<em>&#8220;They are demonstrating over the burning of copies of the Quran inside the base,&#8221; the official said.</em><br />
<em>Sidiq Siddiqi, an interior ministry spokesman, confirmed the demonstration and said reinforcements had been sent to the area&#8211;about 60 kilometers north of the capital&#8211;to prevent possible violence.</em><br />
<em>The U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, said he had ordered an investigation into a report that troops at Bagram &#8220;improperly disposed of a large number of Islamic religious materials which included Qurans.&#8221;</em><br />
<em>&#8220;I offer my sincere apologies for any offense this may have caused, to the president of Afghanistan, the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and most importantly, to the noble people of Afghanistan,&#8221; he said.</em><br />
<em>Another protest by about 500 people broke out in the Pul-e-charkhi district of Kabul not far from major North Atlantic Treaty Organization bases on the Jalalabad road, police spokesman Ashamat Estanakzai said.</em><br />
<em>&#8220;The police have the crowd in control, it is not violent,&#8221; he said.</em><br />
<em>Similar protests have in the past turned violent in Afghanistan, an extremely devout Islamic nation where an insult to the religion carries the death penalty.</em><br />
<em>About 10 people were killed and dozens of others were injured during days of unrest unleashed last April over the burning of a Quran by U.S. pastor Terry Jones in Florida.</em><br />
<em>(END) Dow Jones Newswires</em><br />
<em>21-02-12 0727GMT</em></p>
<p>The reason is that I&#8217;ll soon start a short journey to Afghanistan to visit and see wht the USA-NATO forces are doing in view of the announced 2014 withdrawal.</p>
<p><em></em>It&#8217;s going to be an intense and unique experience and my aim is to spot at least traces of the future Afghanistan. The Country that will have to bear it alone and cope with a new life after 2014.</p>
<p>Signs are not entirerly encouraging so far. Security is still a major issue, as well as the percepetion of Afghan people about the &#8220;foreign&#8221; presence in their Country.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.antonioamendola.com/wordpress/?page_id=123" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-7590" title="3080323-vintage-antique-postage-stamp-from-afghanistan" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/3080323-vintage-antique-postage-stamp-from-afghanistan-300x220.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="220" /></a>I&#8217;m not sure what I&#8217;ll find. But I know I&#8217;ll keep my eyes open and I&#8217;ll try to go around the corner to see what lies behind the Wall.</p>
<p>Covering an ongoing war is not pure S4C style, I know. But you know what they say: &#8220;If it bleeds, it Leads&#8221;. Only those strong and cruesome stories hit the headlines and the frontpages of mainstream medias.</p>
<p>Very little is known, and seen, of the rest.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not saying I&#8217;ll do it right but I can honestly tell you I&#8217;ll try&#8230;</p>
<p>You can follow me either here (where I&#8217;ll try to publish from time to time and depending on Internet connections on the field) and on <a href="http://www.antonioamendola.com">www.antonioamendola.com</a> (in the blog section).</p>
<p>If you are Twitter guys, you can find me on @antonioamendola and the hashtag I plan to use is #caboolexpress</p>
<p>See you soon on the other side, guys,</p>
<p>Antonio Amendola<!--:--></p>
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