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PRESS RELEASE: Latest UNAMA figures show continuing record high civilian casualties

Latest figures from the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) show a continuing trend of record high civilian casualties, with deaths and injuries from ground engagements in Afghanistan remaining the leading cause.

Wednesday 6 May 2015

Call for submission of films for the 3rd International Women’s Film Festival – Herat, Afghanistan 21 February 2015

International Women’s Film Festival – Herat requests the domestic and international filmmakers to send in their short or long feature and documentary films the main theme of which should be concerned with women-related issues for the one-week Festival to be held
as of 11 October 2015 in Herat, Afghanistan.

Wednesday 6 May 2015

Armanshahr/OPENASIA HR & Civil Society Newsletter – issue 116 year VII

Armanshahr/OPENASIA HR & Civil Society Newsletter – issue 116 year VII

Saturday 2 May 2015

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan – Annual report 2014

It is not easy to sum up a year that started with a series of faith-based assaults on religious minorities and came to an end with a massacre of young students that led to the highest death toll in a terrorist attack in the nation’s history.

Tuesday 21 April 2015

Armanshahr/OPENASIA HR & Civil Society Newsletter – issue 114 year VII

Armanshahr/OPENASIA HR & Civil Society Newsletter – issue 114 year VII

Monday 20 April 2015

The Impact of IEDs on the Humanitarian Space in Afghanistan

Experiences in Afghanistan highlight the fundamental challenge IEDs pose to the humanitarian sector, as the principles of neutrality and impartiality are eroded and humanitarian aid is increasingly militarized and politicized.

Monday 20 April 2015

“I will continue my fight patiently and confidently.”

Farangis Sogand studied political science and has occupied herself with civil and cultural activities for the past six years. She is a member of organizations such as the Afghanistan Pen Association and the Writers of the Balkh. She is the founder of two literary associations

Monday 20 April 2015

EU: Intolerable Inaction Costs Lives at Sea

Reports of 400 lives lost in the Mediterranean between April 11-13, 2015, should force the European Union to implement a vast search-and-rescue operation, Human Rights Watch said today. Eleven bodies have been recovered so far from one confirmed shipwreck over the past few days.

Thursday 16 April 2015

Young Iraqis bridging the sectarian divide

Islamic State militants play on sectarian division as they tear Iraq apart, but a group of young Iraqi “citizen ambassadors” is trying to mend the damage by promoting a message of tolerance and peace.

Thursday 16 April 2015

Reading in Kabul: The state of Afghan libraries

With Afghanistan’s educated class growing rapidly over the past decade while education resources remain scarce, there is an increasing need for a functioning public library system, AAN’s Qayoom Suroush argues.

Thursday 16 April 2015