User talk:GYellow

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Joe I  20:35, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for your edits in Afghanistan and Kabul articles, as well as in other articles. Just wanted to remind you that the sectors in Kabul does not have a name, they are only numbered. They are called, for example, as Naiya-e Seh (Sector 3). So the list of some names which you moved under the "Sector", they are in fact the name of the areas or neighborhoods.-Ariana310 20:46, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Kabul
Yes, I agree with you about the usage of "sector" for Kabul city's districts, which cannot be confused with the districts of Kabul province. I had used the foreign terms such as borough or arrondissement, but sector seems better. And regarding the police and security, in fact, I meant Mudeer-e Jenaayee-e Qumandaan-e Amniya-e Welaayat-e Kabul which is Paktiawal at the moment. It was a mistake for the usage of English term Chief of Police.

Regarding the Pashto and Dari languages, they are both used over the entire Province, but Kabul Province remains predominantly Dari-speaking population. Here are the estimations (2006) about the population in Kabul Province, by the Central Statistics Office of Afghanistan (LINK), followed by the ethnic-composition estimations (1990) by AIMS (Afghanistan Information Management Services) (LINK):


 * 1) Kabul (district) - 2,536,300 (45% Tajik, 25% Pashtun, 25% Hazara) [taken from here ]
 * 2) Deh-sabz - 47,900 (70% Pashtun, 30% Tajik)
 * 3) Mir-bacha Kot - 46,300 (95% Tajik, 5% Pashtun)
 * 4) Kalakan - 26,900 (90% Tajik, 10% Pashtun)
 * 5) Qara Bagh - 67,700 (60% Tajik, 40% Pashtun)
 * 6) Farza - 19,100 (50% Tajik, 50% Pashtun)
 * 7) Istalif - 29,800 (98% Tajik)
 * 8) Guldara - 20,300 (50% Tajik, 50% Pashtun)
 * 9) Shakardara - 72,900 (90% Tajik, 10% Pashtun)
 * 10) Paghman - 106,6 (70% Pashtun, 30% Tajik)
 * 11) Chahar Asyab - 32,500 (50% Tajik, 50% Pashtun and Hazara)
 * 12) Musahi - 20,700 (95% Pashtun, 5% Tajik)
 * 13) Khaki Jabbaar - 12,800 (95% Pashtun, 5% Tajik)
 * 14) Bagrami - 49,200 (80% Pashtun, 20% Tajik)
 * 15) Suroobi - 49,200 (90% Pashtun, the rest Pashai)

TOTAL - 3,138,100

Now I leave the calculation for you. What I calculated, I found the proportions as 50% Tajik, 25% Pashtun, 20% Hazara and 5% other ethnic minorities.Only the Kabul city makes the 80% of the entire population of Kabul province, and Dari is widely spoken in Kabul city while Pashto is not that much used. Moreover, in Kabul city, there is a significant number of Pashtuns who speak Dari and sometimes most of them cannot speak fluently Pashto. I did my baccalaureate in Kabul, and lived there. So I was in contact with both Tajiks and Pashtuns.

And your another point that all Tajiks can speak Pashto, I disagree. Most of the Tajiks and Hazaras in Kabul, cannot speak Pashto fluently. This is the major problem in Schools and in Kabul university, and sometimes it create a bigger problem between the students and teachers. In addition, all the formal issues in governmental departments and offices take place in Dari, I mean the application letters, etc.

So the point is not to bring a division between the Dari and Pashto speakers, but to present the fact as accurate as possible, in wikipedia. Thanks.-Ariana310 08:33, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Readding removed material.
Per: 02:48, 6 May 2007 GYellow (Talk | contribs) (53,913 bytes) ((this film and story is well known documented which was aired many times worldwide after 9/11))

Please note, the reason for removal was because the footage is 1) NPOV and doesn't provide context. 2) Does not further illustrate a point. 3) Has no specific point other than a woman was executed. 4) Is leaning towards soap boxing. The same could easily be said about a few other images on that article. Wikipedia isn't a soap box, I understand with a subject like that people are very passionate about their points of view, however if it doesn't contribute to the article, or bring a greater meaning to the article, it serves no purpose. In this instance, it's out of context and brings no further meaning to what isn't already thoroughly covered in text. Jachin 20:51, 14 May 2007 (UTC)