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Afghanistan: Sexual Violence Needs Justice, Not Mediation
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (UK): Afghan officials have hit back at a UN report that criticised their government for allowing mediation to replace formal justice proceedings in cases of violence against women. Rights activists, however, argue that the study highlights key problems with the legal approach to gender abuse. Click here to read more
Commander Of Afghan Special Police Force Shot Dead During Picnic With Family
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 29, 2018 A senior special forces commander with Afghanistan’s police was shot dead in Kabul late on June 28 as he picnicked with his family in the Makrorayan area of the capital, Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry says. Interior Ministry spokesman Najb Danish said on June 29 that Azizullah Karwan, the commander
Meet Afghanistan’s First Female Paraglider
VOA News | June 29, 2018: Since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001, women in Afghanistan have broken many taboos in the ultra-conservative, male dominated society. Sport is just one of the fields in which women are now actively participating. VOA’s Hedayatullah Noori recently spoke with the country’s first female paraglider [Lida Hozori] and
Pakistan Added To Watch List On Global Terror Financing
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 28, 2018 A global money-laundering watchdog will place Pakistan back on its terrorism financing “grey” monitoring list to pressure Islamabad to halt alleged support for militant groups, Pakistani officials say. Officials were quoted as saying on June 28 that the intergovernmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF) took the decision as
1TV Afghanistan Dari News – June 28, 2018
Children Are Paying the Price for Afghanistan’s Endless War
Foreign Policy: The unceasing conflict in Afghanistan has destroyed the institutions meant to protect children. “Nearly half of the children aged between 7 and 17 years old — 3.7 million — in Afghanistan are missing out on school,” according to the Afghan Central Statistics Organization’s figures in a UNICEF report published this month. Approximately 2.1 million
Corruption in education ministry kills generations: Ghani
1TV: Ghani was speaking during a ceremony to launch mass recruitment exam for teacher positions and posts in the education ministry in Loya Jirga tent in Kabul. The president said that open competition ensures confidence and equality between men and women. Click here to read more (external link). Related 30,000 Candidates Compete For Teaching Posts
Taliban Raid Kills 16 Afghan Forces Near Tajik Border
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 28, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan have attacked and killed at least 16 government troops in the northeastern border province of Takhar. Provincial authorities said several security personnel also went missing following the pre-dawn raid against a police outpost in the Cha-e-Ab district which borders with Tajikistan. Provincial government
Afghan President Seeks Direct Talks With Taliban Leader
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 27, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani reiterated Wednesday he is ready to hold direct peace talks with the Taliban leader, Mawlawi Hibatulluah Akhunzada, anywhere he wants. In an opinion piece published by the New York Times Wednesday, Ghani called for building on unprecedented separate cease-fires his government and the Taliban observed