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Afghanistan

Is Daesh really in Afghanistan?

Source: TRT World Author:  Ali M Latifi As the militant group steps up its attacks in the country, Afghans still see Daesh as a mysterious foreign entity whose makeup and intentions remain unclear to both officials […]

Tuesday 6 June 2017

A Look at Deadly Afghan Insurgent Attacks in Recent Years

Afghan insurgents have stepped up their attacks since the drawdown of NATO troops from Afghanistan in 2014, devastating the capital of Kabul with increasingly deadly and brutal assaults and leaving Afghans feeling embattled and exhausted following 16 years of war.

Thursday 1 June 2017

Will the ICC Launch a Full Investigation in Afghanistan?

Source: Lawfare By David Bosco Monday, May 8, 2017, 11:10 AM In mid-November, International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced that her office would make a decision “in the very near future” on whether to […]

Thursday 1 June 2017

Armanshahr HR & Civil Society NEWSLETTER, no. 203 (Year VIII), 30 MAY 2017

Read New issue of Armanshahr HR & Civil Society bilingual weekly NEWSLETTER, no. 203 (Year VIII), 30 MAY 2017

Tuesday 30 May 2017

The ICC’s Afghanistan Investigation: The Missing Option – Will Americans be charged?

Source: Law Fare Blog By Luis Moreno Ocampo Monday, April 24, 2017, 8:30 AM In a February Lawfare post, David Bosco analyzed the different possible US responses to the pending decision of the International Criminal […]

Tuesday 30 May 2017

NEW ISSUE Armanshahr HR & Civil Society NEWSLETTER issue no.199 (Year VIII), 22 APRIL 2017

READ the latest issue of Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA bilingual Human Rights and Civil Society weekly newsletter, no 199, Year VIII

Tuesday 23 May 2017

Thousands of Afghan children face acute malnutrition amid ‘unprecedented’ displacement

  Source : UN Bamiyan, Afghanistan: children make a long journey to continue their education. Photo: UNICEF/Abdul Aziz Froutan 9 January 2017 – Despite attempts to increase food aid in Afghanistan, children bear the brunt […]

Tuesday 23 May 2017

Conflict-Related Child Deaths Hit New High in Afghanistan

Source : UN 16 May 2017 – Deeply concerned by the continued increase in conflict-related child deaths in Afghanistan, the UN Assistance Mission in the country (UNAMA) has urged parties to the conflict to take immediate […]

Thursday 18 May 2017

Review: ‘Legion of Brothers’ on Secret Missions in Afghanistan

Source: New York Times  By KEN JAWOROWSKI An American Special Forces team in Afghanistan in 2001, with Hamid Karzai, center, the country’s future president, as seen in “Legion of Brothers.” CreditGravitas Ventures You’ll have to wade […]

Thursday 18 May 2017

State of Human Rights Defenders in Afghanistan-2016

The first annual report of SRMO on state of Human Rights Defenders in Afghanistan in year 2016. This report is based on information gathered by SRMO during  2016 from different sources including the HRDs and WHRDs […]

Thursday 4 May 2017