KARWAN TV SHOW 224th 1-2-15

Show: Karwan Air Date: 01/02/14 Theme: Sports Our world Cricket – Wali – Pashto This piece takes a general look at the achievements and problems of cricket in Afghanistan in 2014 and plans for 2015. Soccer – Faizy – Dari This piece takes a look at the situation of soccer in Afghanistan in 2014 and in particular in Herat Province, underlining its achievements and problems and the way ahead. Women sport – Rokhsar – Dari This piece sheds a light on the women sports in Afghanistan in 2014 and plans for betterment in 2015. The week that was – Dari President Ghani’s trip to Herat Province and dismissal of local officials, rocket attack on a wedding party in Helmand province, marking the 35th anniversary of Ex – Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan, end of US and NATO combat mission in Afghanistan, ongoing search for the recovery of Air Asia flight victims, arson attack on an Islamic center in Sweden and some other news were the highlights of this week. Reporters’ round table – Pashto and Dari Our colleagues Mir Abdul Qadir Mushrif from Dari radio and Matiullah Abed from Pashto radio joined us in the round table this week and talked about the sports situation in Afghanistan in 2014 and plans for 2015. People we know Obama library bids – CN – Pashto: Number 9582797 This CN piece takes a look at efforts to establish Obama’s post presidential library in one of four places considered for it in the states of Illinois, New York and Hawaii. STEM Education: Encouraging Girls - CN – Dari: Number 9660336 This CN piece sheds a light touches upon the lack of interest among young girls to study in the fields of Science, technology, engineering and math, also known as STEM in the US. Robotic Cheetah – CN – Pashto: Number 9661686. This CN piece takes a look at the design of a running robot by a group of engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that operates on batteries rather than heavy gasoline-powered engines.