Issues
Congress Cuts US Military and Development Aid for Afghanistan
Source: Washington Post With no perceptible opposition from the Obama administration, Congress has quietly downscaled Washington’s ambitions for the final year of the Afghan war, substantially curtailing development aid and military assistance plans ahead of […]
Monday 17 February 2014Aziza Khayrandish: “If the price of peace is sacrificing justice… it will be catastrophic for the women of Afghanistan”
Aziza Khayrandish is a human rights activist and the director of the Civil Society and Human Rights Network in Herat
Sunday 16 February 2014Afghanistan’s Bagram jail holds dark truths
Source: Khaleej Times 14 February 2014 BBC’s Yalda Hakim was recently given unprecedented access to Afghanistan’s Bagram jail. She describes what she saw. It is not often that you are given access to a maximum-security […]
Saturday 15 February 2014FIDH Position note: Failed Promises in Bahrain: Human Rights Violations Linger On
Cairo, Paris, 13 February 2014 – On the occasion of the third anniversary of the popular uprising that started on February 14, 2011, FIDH urges the Bahraini authorities to take immediate measures to restore the […]
Thursday 13 February 2014Afghanistan releases 65 prisoners against objections from US
Source: The Guardian Group let out of Parwan detention centre by Hamid Karzai are accused by US military of killing Afghan and Nato forces. Afghanistan has released 65 accused militants from a former US prison […]
Thursday 13 February 2014Mohammad Farid Hamidi: “Your children are the backbone of a strong and progressive Afghanistan”
A well-known lawyer in Afghanistan, Mohammad Farid Hamidi is Deputy Director of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, where he has been a Commissioner for the past 11 years.
Thursday 13 February 2014Dr. Habiba Sarabi: “The existence of an independent Afghan identity fills me with joy”
Dr. Habiba Sarabi is the first and only woman to be appointed a provincial governor in Afghanistan: she served as the Governor of Bamiyan province from 2005 until 2013.
Wednesday 12 February 2014Aman Pouyamak: “Everything is on loan”
Unveiling Afghanistan Campaign: Aman Pouyamak is a poet and a writer. He published a clandestine magazine, working in secret with Afghan women during the reign of the Taliban. After the Taliban’s departure, he established a literary society called Eshraq [Intuition].
Tuesday 11 February 2014U.S. discusses Afghan troop levels; Kabul holds talks with Taliban
Source: chicagotribune.com WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama met his senior military commanders to discuss the American presence in Afghanistan as officials in Kabul confirmed President Hamid Karzai’s government has been holding secret talks […]
Monday 10 February 2014Seyyedeh Mojgan Mostafavi: “Women have always been the first victims of wars in Afghanistan”
Unveiling Afghanistan Campaign: Seyyedeh Mojgan Mostafavi is the Deputy Minister for Women’s Affairs, and a Professor in the School of Journalism at Kabul University.
Monday 10 February 2014
