Hoda Abdel-Hamid is an award-winning roving correspondent for Al Jazeera English. She has reported for Al Jazeera from across the Middle East, Europe and North Africa.
Hoda has also received a number of prestigious awards during her career as a broadcast journalist, including one at the Festival du film de Monaco and three Emmy Awards.
<p>Kabul Bank is the topic of the moment in Afghanistan. The bank had apparently over-loaned to its own shareholders, who in turn, invested millions of dollars in property in Dubai.</p>
<P>Though many agree private security firms are destabilising force, expelling them could create vacuum in war-torn country.</P>
<P>Afghan capital's beauty marred by latest deadly car bombing attack.</P>
<p>So the Taliban announced the beginning of a new operation codenamed al-Fatah, which is the Arabic word for victory. In their statement, they detail who will be a target and how they will be targeted.</p>
<p>Many polling stations are closed and the national elections committee tells us the same is happening accross the 10 southern states.</p>
