Full Coverage: Afghanistan
15.03.2012
Iranian filmmaker Tanaz Eshaghian seems to have picked three of Afghanistan’s most outspoken women for Love Crimes of Kabul, a documentary about prisoners in a Kabul jail that is screening at this month’s Human Rights Watch film festival in London.
more...From: OneWorld Related topics/regions: [Justice and crime] [Law] [Information & media] [Sexuality] [Gender] Image: Kareema
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29.02.2012
JALALABAD, 27 February (IRIN) - The Afghan government and international aid workers are bracing for an imminent deportation from Pakistan of thousands of Afghan migrants and unregistered refugees - a move they warn could be destabilizing for the fragile country.
more...From: UN Integrated Regional Information Networks Related topics/regions: [Refugees] |
28.02.2012
KABUL, 27 February (IRIN) - The government of Afghanistan and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) are seeking endorsement of a new strategy which aims to provide sustainable solutions to the largest and most protracted refugee crisis in the world.
more...From: UN Integrated Regional Information Networks Related topics/regions: [Pakistan] [Iran] [Refugees] |
29.03.2011
KABUL, Mar 29 (IRIN) - Taliban "supreme leader" Mullah Mohammad Omar has issued a decree instructing insurgents not to attack schools and intimidate schoolchildren, according to the Afghan Ministry of Education (MoE).
more...From: UN Integrated Regional Information Networks Related topics/regions: [Security] [Conflict] [Youth] [Education] [Children] |
01.03.2011
It’s not often that you get a chance to see a miracle, but there’s one on show at the British Museum.
more...From: OneWorld Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] Image: Enamelled glass goblet from Begram, 1st century AD This was made in Roman Egypt and exported by sea via the Red Sea and Indian Ocean to India. It was then brought overland to Begram which was the summer capital of the Kushan Kingdom. It was found in a storeroom at the heart of a palace. (National Museum of Afghanistan © Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet)
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24.02.2011
Progress in girls’ education, one of the rare Afghan success stories of the last nine years and vital to the long-term development and stability of the country, is under threat, say 16 aid agencies.
more...From: Oxfam International Image: Nafeesa Ghyasi, 56, principal of Hashim-e Barat High School for Girls, Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan. She has worked as a teacher for 32 years and as a principal for eight years.
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12.02.2011
The British government should immediately withdraw troops from Afghanistan and negotiate a settlement which guarantees self-determination, security and human rights for the Afghan people, say a group of NGOs, trades unions, politicians and activists.
more...From: War on Want Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] Image: A villager from Panjwai © UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
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03.01.2011
Five million Afghan children were deprived of basic education in 2010, with violence hampering education, especially for girls.
more...From: ReliefWeb UN OCHA Related topics/regions: [Gender] |
10.12.2010
Harmful traditional practices that violate the human rights of women and girls are pervasive in Afghanistan, occurring in varying degrees in all communities throughout the country, warns the UN mission in Afghanistan.
more...+ rights deteriorating in fastest growing economies of Pakistan, China, Russia, Colombia, Bangladesh, Nigeria and India Image: © Sultan Massodi / UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
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20.11.2010
War on Want will take part in a national demonstration today calling on UK Prime Minister David Cameron to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.
more...+ London Global Justice events From: War on Want Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] |
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19.11.2010
International military forces must take urgent steps to protect civilians caught up in the escalating conflict as they plan for the handover of responsibility for security to the Afghan government, warn leading aid agencies.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [United States] Image: A villager from Panjwai points to the location of a clash between the Tali © UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
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04.11.2010
The British Museum exhibition on Afghanistan is the first of its kind to be seen in the UK in over 40 years. It features objects from 2000 BC to the 1st century AD thought to have been lost following the Soviet invasion in 1979 and the subsequent civil war.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Culture] Image: Enamelled glass goblet from Begram, 1st century AD
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24.10.2010
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council condemned the suicide attack on the UN compound in the Afghan city of Herat, where members of staff of the UN mission in the country and other agencies are based.
more...Image: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
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11.10.2010
If you ever doubt the usefulness of documentaries, see The Tillman Story, which uncovers the cover-up of the friendly fire death of a US football star in the war in Afghanistan.
more...From: OneWorld Related topics/regions: [United States] [Arms & military] [Information & media] Image: The Tillman Story
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16.09.2010
Have you heard the one about the three spooks – an American, a Russian and a Brit – and the Afghan militia commander? If not, head for the National Theatre to see Blood and Gifts.
more...From: OneWorld Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Culture] Image: Blood and Gifts
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09.09.2010
A new National Army Museum exhibition looks at the history and legacies of the First, Second and Third Afghan Wars, which aims to give an insight into the experiences of some of the British and Asian soldiers and civilians who participated in the conflicts.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] Image: National Army Museum
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09.09.2010
A new National Army Museum exhibition looks at the history and legacies of the First, Second and Third Afghan Wars, which aims to give an insight into the experiences of some of the British and Asian soldiers and civilians who participated in the conflicts.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] Image: Lt Robert Waller, Horse Artillery. (National Army Museum)
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19.08.2010
With global wheat prices expected to spike following an export ban in Russia as a result of destruction of millions of hectares of crops by fire, a new study of food security has identified Afghanistan and nine African states at highest risk from rising costs.
more...Related topics/regions: [Africa] Image: © Obinna Anyadike / UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
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10.08.2010
The start of the trial of Omar Khadr – arrested in Afghanistan in 2002 for crimes he allegedly committed as a child – before the US Military Commission in Guantánamo Bay could set a precedent jeopardising the status of child soldiers around the world, a UN envoy has cautioned.
more...Related topics/regions: [United States] Image: Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
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10.08.2010
Afghan civilian casualties rose 31 per cent in the first half of this year, the UN said while releasing a report in Kabul today.
more...Related topics/regions: [Conflict] |
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