http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/province 2008-08-03T22:43:15Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47343-taliban-leader-aims-to-take-enitre-swat-valley-29-jul-08 2008-08-03T22:43:15Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kq64wvFzRf4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kq64wvFzRf4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47343-taliban-leader-aims-to-take-enitre-swat-valley-29-jul-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/56056" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The Taliban currently has direct control over large areas of the North West Frontier Province in Pakistan and tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan.</p> <p>But this is only the start according to the Taliban's second-in-command.</p> <p>Maulana Fazlullah, the Taliban's leader in Swat, has told Al Jazeera the group intends to take control of the entire valley.</p> <p>Imran Khan reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47343-taliban-leader-aims-to-take-enitre-swat-valley-29-jul-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45967-iraqi-forces-take-control-of-central-province-17-jul-08 2008-07-22T20:45:52Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pJBJNfhOYeY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pJBJNfhOYeY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45967-iraqi-forces-take-control-of-central-province-17-jul-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53308" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Iraqi securiy forces have taken over another province from US control. <br /> <br />Qadisiyah is the 10th region to be transferred and the Iraqi government says it expects to take control of the remaining eight provinces by December. <br /> <br />The US says it all reflects improved capabilities for Iraqi security forces and is talking about withdrawing more troops although, as Zeina Awad reports, there is still a lot of work to be done.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45967-iraqi-forces-take-control-of-central-province-17-jul-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/19710-security-hampers-afghan-reconstruction-26-nov-07 2008-06-14T09:34:29Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/drkWu9-AQrI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/drkWu9-AQrI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/19710-security-hampers-afghan-reconstruction-26-nov-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/19382" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The reconstruction of Afghanistan's Wardak province is facing problems as security issues abound. Lucy Keating reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/19710-security-hampers-afghan-reconstruction-26-nov-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/17057-riz-khan-south-africa-s-ebrahim-rasool-25-oct-07 2008-09-14T02:52:12Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HE7uQT-fXMo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HE7uQT-fXMo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/17057-riz-khan-south-africa-s-ebrahim-rasool-25-oct-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/16785" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>We speak with the Premier of South Africa's Capetown province about poverty and the image og Islam.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/17057-riz-khan-south-africa-s-ebrahim-rasool-25-oct-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/16860-seeking-signs-of-change-in-helmand-province-23-oct-07 2008-06-15T09:34:17Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xCl0gLJFkQQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xCl0gLJFkQQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/16860-seeking-signs-of-change-in-helmand-province-23-oct-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/16591" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Nato says it has made significant advances against the Taliban in recent months particularly in the country's violent Helmand province. There reconstruction projects have started in an attempt to cement military advances and establish a degree of stability in the region. But as Al Jazeera's Hamish Macdonald found in the Sangin Valley, the reality is that security remains a distant hope for most of the people in Helmand province.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/16860-seeking-signs-of-change-in-helmand-province-23-oct-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/16812-afghan-army-struggles-to-cope-24-oct-07 2008-06-15T09:35:05Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WAbxFWLgxbc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WAbxFWLgxbc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/16812-afghan-army-struggles-to-cope-24-oct-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/16541" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>One of the biggest challenges facing Nato forces in Afghanistan is that people consider them an occupying force. In one region, Afghanistan's own soldiers are beginning to play a more dominant role. But as Al Jazeera's Hamish MacDonald found in Helmand province, many Afghan soldiers say they are still not ready to take the lead.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/16812-afghan-army-struggles-to-cope-24-oct-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/16175-tracing-the-bhutto-story-17-oct-2007 2008-06-15T15:35:41Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xkvQUgKWSm4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xkvQUgKWSm4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/16175-tracing-the-bhutto-story-17-oct-2007"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/15943" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Pakistan is gearing up for the expected return of Benazir Bhutto, the former prime minister, this week. Bhutto and her family have been a formidable force in Pakistani politics - her father was a former president and prime minister of the country. Tim Friend travelled to the family's ancestral village of Nodero in Sindh province to find out more about the Bhutto legacy.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/16175-tracing-the-bhutto-story-17-oct-2007">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/14208-mosu-naxi-matriarchal-tribes-yunnan-province-china 2008-06-16T09:36:50Z contaminantmedia <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-r9nHrGten8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-r9nHrGten8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/14208-mosu-naxi-matriarchal-tribes-yunnan-province-china"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/14189" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/14208-mosu-naxi-matriarchal-tribes-yunnan-province-china">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/9067-pakistan-s-new-red-mosque 2008-07-11T20:51:07Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/plzJ4JUoiH8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/plzJ4JUoiH8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/9067-pakistan-s-new-red-mosque"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/9096" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Tribal fighters have seized control of a shrine and mosque in north-west Pakistan and renamed it the "Red Mosque".</p> <p>Inspired by the leader of Islamabad's Red Mosque killed last month in a government raid, pro-Taliban fighters have been battling government forces in the tribal regions.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/9067-pakistan-s-new-red-mosque">Watch the video</a>