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Afghanistan

“Ongoing war crimes, crimes against humanity and the culture of impunity in the country are of grave concern.”

Press Release Transitional Justice Coordination Group (TJCG) Press Release Concerning War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in Kunduz 4 October 2015 Kabul, Afghanistan The fall of Kunduz to the Taliban has created a humanitarian crisis […]

Sunday 4 October 2015

Announcing the formation of a Global Alliance of Women

We, the undersigned, are gathering to form an independent alliance of women-led civil society actors and organizations working to prevent and counter all forms of extremism. Our purpose is to bring synergy and greater coherence to our existing collective efforts, to advance gendered understandings of and responses to extremism, and to collaborate strategically in providing clear alternatives that bring a just peace for all.

Wednesday 30 September 2015

Call for nominations to the 4th Simorgh International Peace Prize

We are publishing the call for the 4th Simorgh International Peace Prize, while flames of war are engulfing the world and countless humans are taking to the sea to flee the demon of war, to seek a shelter and achieve relative calm from fear for food and their lives.

Monday 21 September 2015

Afghanistan’s 32-Year Refugee Crisis

source:The diplomat.com For three decades Afghanistan was the world’s largest producer of refugees. Millions have returned but problems remain. By Catherine Putz Afghanistan’s refugee crisis is decades old. Afghans began fleeing the country after the […]

Saturday 12 September 2015

Almighty Afghanistan Civil Society

Position Paper Senior Officials Conference on Afghanistan September 05, 2015 Afghanistan is being burned by conflict and insecurity. Every day, many brave soldiers and children of this country falls; the enemy is no longer around […]

Tuesday 8 September 2015

The Coming Fall of Kabul

Author(s): Charles J. Sullivan (Guest contribution) The city of Kabul has fallen on three occasions over the past generation: to the mujahedin in 1992, the Taliban in 1996, and the Northern Alliance (supported by a […]

Tuesday 8 September 2015

Wars killed 149,000 in Pakistan and Afghanistan since 2001: report

Source: Pakistan Today Wars in Pakistan and Afghanistan have killed at least 149,000 people between 2001 and 2014, says a recent report by a US think-tank. The Watson Institute’s Costs of War Project also reports […]

Monday 31 August 2015

British Library rejects Taliban archive over terror law

By Shafik Mandhai/Source: Al Jazeera National institution says documents are of academic value, but laws may restrict researchers’ ability to access them. The British Library has decided not to acquire an archive of Taliban documents […]

Monday 31 August 2015

If we did not protest, no one would punish those men”: A brutal murder, a sham trial, and justice denied in Kabul

After the killing of Farakhunda, women marched to the Afghan Supreme Court. Now, “We only feel secure in our homes” Elizabeth Schaeffer Brown and Jason Brooks Brown On March 19, 2015, 27-year-old female Islamic studies […]

Sunday 23 August 2015

Increasing Civilian Casualties and Insecurity or Fear

STATEMENT Afghan Women’s Network (AWN) 13th August 2015, Kabul, Afghanistan Afghan Women’s Network (AWN) strongly condemns the recent deadly terrorist attacks, which resulted in killings and injuries of large number innocent civilians, especially women and […]

Tuesday 18 August 2015