12.08.08 – Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky led a delegation of the U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council on a trip to Afghanistan on November 19-20. During the trip, members of the delegation met with President...
06.08.08 – On Sunday, June 8, First Lady Laura Bush arrived in Afghanistan for her third surprise visit. During her visit, Mrs. Bush met with President Hamid Karzai, members of the Afghan Cabinet, U.S. and NATO soldiers at Bagram...
05.29.08 – Hundreds of distinguished guests attended a dinner reception to celebrate the third anniversary of the Ayenda Foundation, the Afghan Children Initiative, at the Embassy of Canada on May 29, 2008. The reception coincided with the opening of...
12.04.07 – Every time Shamim Jawad, wife of the Afghan ambassador, visits Afghanistan, she says that it is the children themselves who inspire her, despite their obvious hardships during and since the Taliban era. “The first thing I always...
10.29.07 – On Monday, October 29, a benefit dinner in honor of the second anniversary of the Ayenda Foundation, the Afghan Children Initiative, was held at the Embassy of Afghanistan. Ambassador Said T. Jawad and Ayenda founder Mrs. Shamim...
09.14.07 – Shamim Jawad hosted Capitol File Magazine and Influential Washington Women for a book club discussion of Khaled Hosseini’s second book “A Thousand Splendid Suns”