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Afghanistan

AFGHANISTAN’S THEORIST-IN-CHIEF, Ashraf Ghani (2016)

Source: The New Yorker By George Packer President Ashraf Ghani is an expert on failed states. Can he save his country from collapse? Ashraf Ghani, the President of Afghanistan, wakes up before five every morning […]

Saturday 10 June 2017

New issue of Armanshahr HR & Civil Society NEWSLETTER, Special Afghanistan, nos. 204-205 (Year VIII)

Read New issue of Armanshahr HR & Civil Society bilingual weekly NEWSLETTER, Special Afghanistan, nos. 204-205 (Year VIII), 7 JUNE 2017

Saturday 10 June 2017

ICTJ Examines How Transitional Justice Must Adapt to Difficult Circumstances in Today’s World

A new book by ICTJ titled Justice Mosaics: How Context Shapes Transitional Justice in Fractured Societies, examines the challenges of responding to massive human rights violations in different and difficult circumstances.

Friday 9 June 2017

Gendered Transitional Justice: Why it matters, how to do it

Using the Better Peace Tool’s four-part framework to realize inclusion in peace processes, the animation explores the various components of transitional justice and offers five practical steps to ensure a gender sensitive and inclusive process.

Friday 9 June 2017

RSF calls for more protection for journalists in Afghanistan

Source: Reporters Without Frontiers  Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is concerned about an increase in threats and violence against media personnel in Afghanistan, where six media workers have been killed and ten journalists have been injured […]

Friday 9 June 2017

Zbigniew Brzezinski & the lies about Afghanistan

Source: Workers World By Deirdre Griswold The recent film “War Machine,” made by Brad Pitt and released by Netflix, centers around an egotistical general commanding U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Its message boils down to this […]

Friday 9 June 2017

Women Excluded Again from Afghanistan’s Peace Talks

Participation by Women Even More Urgent in Light of Recent Attacks in Kabul

Friday 9 June 2017

Washington’s “Jihadi Express”: Indonesia – Afghanistan – Syria – Philippines

Source: 21st Century Wire By Andre Vltchek It was late at night but the new Terminal 3 at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport outside Jakarta was still bustling with families and friends waiting for their loved ones […]

Friday 9 June 2017

HRW Letter to NATO Members on civilian protection in Afghanistan

Source : Human Rights Watch     Dear NATO Members, At last year’s NATO Summit in Warsaw, member states endorsed a new policy on the protection of civilians. This policy came at a crucial time, […]

Tuesday 6 June 2017

12 things to know about the endless war in Afghanistan

Source: TRT WORLD/ Author: Ioanna Sakoufaki Another explosion struck the heart of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least 90 and wounding over 300 people. It was just the latest in a series […]

Tuesday 6 June 2017