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Now my daughter have landed in Marmal Afghanistan

Sanna, my daughter have now landed in Marmal Afghanistan and is on her way to the camp to start her mission as a soldier and driver of ambulance!!

She thanks you all for your prayers, support and concern!! And so do I!!
I will keep you updated during her duty.
Myself i will have six month of worries and hopes that this tim will pass by fast as the wind!
here is some pics from her last visit her!





Good luck Sanna! We love you!!


Afghanistan!! History, background and today. Our troops in the war. My daughter is a soldier, leaving soon for Afghanistan!!

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Listen to what this girl says to you and the world!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_Slx5ikCEU&feature=fvw
News - They say they will fight for ever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SESZF_Avmrg&feature=related
Some Afghan music and pictures
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW0lun6FJYE
The Afganistan Map
http://8sidor.lattlast.se/%5Cpub%5C7922%5Cafghanistan_karta.gif

Afghanistan Facts

Afghanistan is a state in south of Asia, and count as a part of Central Asia. The country has a lot if montaíns and no coastline.The mighty montainmassive called "Hindukush" meaning -stop India,goes thrue the whole country from north-east to the west border.10% of the area of this rough country is useful for farming.The fresh water is limited. The clima is like other countries with no coast warm summers and cold winters.It is a country where earthquakes are common. It is surrounded by Pakistan in the south and east, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tadzjikistan in the north,China in the east. The name Afghanistan means " The land of the Afghans".
During the early ages it was called Ariana or Bactria.During the middle age the name Khorasan was used.
Afghanistan is a republic and was delceared índependent from The united Kingdom 1919 after many years of opression.It was controlled by the brittish impire the whoole century 1800. The nations constitution is from 1923.
It is a state that have suffered from war in all times of its history. And it is a long history.
In 1978 the Afghan communistparty got the power by weapons. The communistregim was cahllanged by Mujaheddin, wich was supported by the USA who armed and trained 35000 gerillasoldiers from the Mujaheddin.When the communistregim was near to surrender the Sovjetunion invaded Afghanistan and during the following ten years the country was suffering under the Afghan-Sovjet war.Sovjet retired in 1989.The inside war in Afghanistan created caos! In 1996 Taliban got the power supported by The USA and Pakistan.The new law of Sharia was a fact. We all knew about the actions the led to the war wich still goes on today. The terroristattacs on on the amarican ambassades in Kenya ans Tanzania, And the towers in NY. When taliban refused to give up Osama Bin Laden to The USA wich decleared war and the UN made sanctions against Afghanistan. Afghanistan was attaced by the USA 7/10-2001. And the Taliban was defeeted.But it is still strong and fights and will never give up. They are terrorising the Afghanistan people and the women and children are suffering. And so are everyone who not believe in the Sharialaws.
In the end of 2001 the there was a initiativ taken to the ISAF - International Security Assistance Force. This force is operating in Afganistan to keep peace,support the president Hamid Karzais gouvernment, keep the law and order, help rebuild the infrastructure of the country and defend human rights!
The country get a lot of economic support for reconstruction.

Today Taliban are controlling 10% of the country. Afghanistan is an extremly poor country.Warlords are terrorising all over.The Infrastructure is totally out of order. There are still a lot of landmines and splittermines left out in the area. The women of Afghanistan still have to wear burka and can not move free.They have to followed by a male relative outside the house.If they brake a law they will be punished.The only work allowed for women outside the home are healthcare.Less than 10% of the women can read and write. There are still Sharia...Girls still get married at age 12-15 years. The women have separate hospitals of very low standard.70 000 women dies every year in childbirth and coplication from it. Schools for girl are bombed by Taliban. For about 4 years ago 1 milj cildren in Afghanistan was attending school none of them girls, now with the work of the ISAF and help from outside 4 milj children goes to school and 35% of them are girls.The people who dedicate there service to Afganistan does a difference!!


Area - 647 500 sqaurekm

Capitol - Kabul 300.000.000 citizen

It is a Republic

President and leader of the gouvernment - Hamid Karazi

Declear as a free state from England 19/8-1919

31 056 997 Citizen in the republic

Value - Afgani

Official Language - Pashtu, dari

The citizen in groups are - Pashtunes,Tadzdjics,Uzbeker,Hazar,Turkmenieans....

28% Of the people can read and write the rest is analphabets

WY DO I WRITE THIS AND WY DO I CARE?????
BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THE HUMANITY AND ALL HUMAN BEEINGS RIGHTS TO A DECENT LIFE IN EQUAL!!

AND BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER IS A SOLDIER, SOON LEAVING TO DO HER SERVICE IN AFGHANISTAN,
and I wanted to know wy!
I wanted to know what she where going to face down there and what difference she will make for humanity!
I am not saying I was happy and shouted yippie when she told me, and I am sure I am going to have a terrible time in six mounth until she is back, but I am sure she will make a difference!! All the soldiers and helporganizations will, even if it will take a long long time!

And I am so very proud of her!!! And of all who does there service to protect and develope democraty!! And stands up for human rights.
We all should!!
At least we all should be proud over our soldiers in Afghanistan and support them in every way we can! they are on a hard and important mission and they are risking there lives!!!!!!! For human rights and democraty!
There are many parants out there like me that will go to bed worried every night praying for there children, and some of us will never see them alive again!

Please remeber our soldiers and children in your praiers and remeber the Afghanistan people!!!

Support the helporganizatons so moore children can go to school and learn to read and write. Education is the key to defeet Taliban! People must be educated so they can read the holy books by themselves and see what thay really says!Education is FREEDOM!

I belive in God! I really do! And so does this human beeings!If we call him God, Allah or anything else does not matter! We have to show every human respect and all shall have the same rights some day! We must belive in that!

I do not believe in war! But, we have to defend human rights and democraty everyone of us! And it is sad that Taliban only understand the power of weapons!In the year of 2009 it should not be nessecery,but it is!

I wrote this for my fantastic daughter Sanna and the other soldiers from Sweden wich are leaving in Dec to do service in Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afganistan, May God be with you! And come home safe! We love you!

Here is some pictures of my Sanna in service. Please pray for her!

My daughter the Soldier

Sanna in front of the ambulance she will be driving in Afghanistan

Sanna and the rest of the crew in the ambulance



The swedish healthcare pluton

Sanna and her boyfriend Per who have done service three times, one in Africa and two in Afghanistan

Sanna and her sisters


If you want to read moore:
http://www.afghan-web.com/

And read the books of Khaled Husseini "Thousend shining suns" and "Fly dragon"
They will give you a fantastic picture of the Afghan people and culture!!










Just some photos froma trip to Sweden

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On the way to Sweden




My three fantastic daughters, Therese, Linn, Sanna

And there brother, my lovely stephson Marcus

A day in Stockholm








The Crazy Norwegian on his first visit in the Swedish capitalcity


The blessing of a daughter and the happiness of parenthood

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Children! They fill our world from the day they where born and from that day, the rest of our lives!
We could easy give our hands, feet and our lives for them. They are our happines and joy, meaning of life and our great worries!
Can we give them all they need?
Will we be good enough parents?
Can we protect them from all evil and sorrows?
Will they blame us if we can´t?

From the day we hold our newborn child in our arms the questions Spins in our heads and hearts and we have so many doubts about oueselves as good parents.
And from the day they are born our greatest fear is to loose them!! I don´t think there are any human beeing in the world who can imagine to live without there child!
When I had my first child and looked at her in my arms I got panic and cried. Because how in heavens name could I have another child??? When I loved this little babygirl that I held in my arms so much, how could I ever love any other child as much as her?? Well, that problem was solved by itself. when I had my second and third I just realized that in a parents heart there are an endless river of love, enough for every child you have!! Thank God!!!

My daughters are now grown up and lives there own lives and I gave them all I could and it was enough they say, even if I did not always thought so.
I have had big doubdts as myself as a mother, but they say I did all right and they can´t think of any better!Bless them!!
I have not been able to protect them for every sad, evel, pain or sorrows no one can!
And they do not blame me! We have a wonderful relationship and love eachother and I am so greatful for them and there love love! And I am proud over the fantastic persons they have becomed!

I really mean that parents must earn there childrens love and respect by giving the love without any doubts and show them deep respect. A parent is obligated to love there child but not nessecery all things that the child do!We have chosen to have these children, they did not chose us!That is something to think about!

You know I love poetry and I have a lyric to a song from a Norwegien singer and songwriter, Åge Alexandersen, wich I have freely translated for you! It is a song about parenthood and it says so much. You can listen to it here:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZtneNiMbbU&feature=related

Light and warmth

When the darkness now have come,
I slowly walk true the room in silence
And the feelings that rips me apart
What will the future give you?

The inherrit we have given you
Can be a heavy burden
Will you ask us, will you blame us
will you think we let you down?

But the sun who went down this night
will shine for you my dearest
The birds wich is free will show you the way, and it will be
a lot of light and warmth
Believes and hopes you will get along with you
Many tears, many hard times, I am afraid you will have in your life

When the sun chases the night away
You lay down so near beside me
and I hide away all the dark thoughts wich where with me last night.
In life and laughter you ask me
about the rain and about the sunshine
And the answers that I give you
was not with me yesterday night

But the sun who went down this nigh
will shine for you my dearest
The free birds wich is free will show the way, and it will be
a lot of light and warmth
Believes and hopes you will get along with you
Many tears and many hard times, I am afraid you will have

One of my absolutley best friends, Wich I have gone true a lot with in life, recently had a daughter. A wonderful little child he came here with so I could get to know her!
I will dedicate this post to him and his 3 moth old wonder!
She will never need to have any doubdts of beeing loved or longed for! She will always be respected and have a fantastic father who will alway be there for her in good and bad days. She is a lucky child!
And my friend who is a amazing person who is a good man and friend and who have had his share of darkness in his life.He deserves all happiness in the world!

He agreed to be my model with his little girl and here are the results!











And yes, He is very very dear to me!!!!!









I was fishing last weekend, have a look!!

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Last weekend me and my friends Lena and Anne-Grete had a ladies weekend. We went to Anne-Gretes cottage by a fjord near the sea to fish. The only man aloud was Martin 4 years old and Anne-Gretes son.A funny and cute kid!:love: And he got to sleep early so we could sit in the dark and look out over the water and have some good wine wine :sing: and talk ladiestalk, you know about our men and other men and men :devil: and some other stuff after a hard days fishing out on the sea! :D
I never get tired of showing you this fantastic country and its amazing nature!! I have not lived here so long so the moost of the things I show you is things that see for the first time to!
It is a previlige to moove to a new country, ever trip become a holiday and all I see is new and exiting!Lucky me!

Well we got a lot of fish and had a really nice time. The weater was marvelous and the sea like a mirror.Thats quality of life!:yes:

So now I give you the nature of fantastic Norway again! Just enjoy!!

View from the cottage daytime

On the way out to sea

Lena got the first catch

Anne-Grete the second

Views from the boat





Catch of the day, 33 Makrell and a Lyse (no idea in english)

And fixing it

We got some trouble when we caught the fish and Lena is fixing it, not very happy!

And it took some time...

The seagulls got theres

Martin, the only man this weekend

View from the cottage at night


After a weekend like this I feel like new person, happy and alert! It is nice to go somewhere just girls even if I miss The crazy Norwegian when he is somewhere else. But, I belive it is good for me to miss sometimes, makes me remember how much he means to me!
I already look forward to next girltrip!!