Word: nabi
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...eight years old, rather than freed into a realm of feral creatures and dog-hating locals. Another reason is that the dogs, even if they found homes, could lead likely Afghan owners into danger, even in retirement, because the German Shepherds would continue to search out ordnance. Explains Mohammed Nabi, 48, rangy and black bearded, "the trainers make the dogs acquainted with explosives from the very beginning." They know of nothing else and will continue to do it without prompting...
...Nabi, formerly a de-miner and now deputy at the Mine Dog Center, says that he is too busy to fly kites, even though he and his dogs lived in Kabul's premier kite flying spot. And he does not find it at all strange that the de-mining headquarters shares real estate with the kite capital. "Kite flying is like de-mining, except you use your brain more than your hands," he says, striding to chase away a child throwing rocks at his cages. The kid bolted off, back into the kite-running fray...
Prathama K. Nabi ’11, the president of the Woodbridge Society for international students, said that the society will begin collecting donations at its upcoming functions, and added that she is excited to collaborate with Leonard in staging an event specifically for the tsunami victims...
...international organization on campus, we rarely if ever get to reach back to the communities we come from,” Nabi said. “Events like this help us give back to [those communities...
...government ban on reporting election-day violence only heightened tensions. Nabi Ahmadi, an election volunteer at a station in central Kabul, was receiving regular updates via mobile phone from his brother, who was in turn hearing about violence from his network of friends throughout the city. "No one knows where the attacks are happening, so no one knows where it is safe to go vote," he says, gesturing at his empty polling station. Observers and volunteers outnumbered voters 20 to 1. Early in the day, nearly 100 men and half as many women had voted, he says, but since...