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HRW: Prosecute Abuse of Women Football Players
HRW: Afghan authorities should fully investigate and appropriately prosecute the sexual assault claims by 20 members of Afghanistan’s national women’s football team, Human Rights Watch said today. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), football’s world governing body, should assist and monitor Afghan government prosecutions and promote justice for the victims, protection of witnesses, and safety
Ghani expresses serious concern about violence against protesters in Pakistan
The Afghan government has serious concerns about the violence perpetrated against peaceful protestors and civil activists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. — Ashraf Ghani (@ashrafghani) February 7, 2019 1TV: Fresh protests by Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, which was founded a year ago to protest the death of Pashtun man killed by police, come following the death
Taliban, Afghan Delegations Hail ‘Successful’ Moscow Meeting, Pledge To Meet Again
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 7, 2019 Taliban representatives and an Afghan delegation led by former President Hamid Karzai have said that after two days of negotiations in Russia they aim to continue their “intra-Afghan” dialogue in Qatar “as soon as possible.” Karzai led a delegation of about 40 Afghan politicians — although without representatives
1TV Afghanistan Dari News – February 7, 2019
Afghan Taliban Open To Women’s Rights — But Only On Its Terms
By Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 6, 2019 With increased talk of peace in Afghanistan, the Taliban is projecting itself as a more moderate force, pledging to grant women their rights and allow them to work and go to school. The Taliban said in a February 5 statement that it was committed to guaranteeing women
Landmine Victims in Afghanistan Increase as Taliban Plants Explosives
Lisa Schlein VOA News February 6, 2019 GENEVA — U.N. de-miners say the number of people being killed and maimed by landmines in Afghanistan is rising due to explosives newly planted by the Taliban. The United Nations has been involved in clearing landmines in Afghanistan for 29 years. Over that period, the U.N. and its partners
Taliban Insists On Foreign Troop Withdrawal At Moscow Talks
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 6, 2019 Taliban representatives and an Afghan delegation led by former President Hamid Karzai have entered the second and final day of talks in Moscow, with the militants continuing to insist upon the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Afghanistan as a first step in the peace process. The talks
1TV Afghanistan Dari News – February 6, 2019
Two Afghan Journalists Killed In Radio Station Attack
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan February 6, 2019 Two journalists have been shot and killed after unidentified gunmen stormed a radio station in northeastern Afghanistan, their colleagues and officials say, the latest deadly attack on reporters in the war-torn country. Shafiq Arya and Rahimullah Rahmani, both in their 20s, died at the scene, said Semin Hussaini,