Informes

By Shelly Kittleson KABUL, Jun 26 2013 (IPS) - Despite impressive advancements in enrolment rates, media reports of gas attacks on girls’ schools, shoddy books, and a lack of classroom facilities continue to mar the reputation of…

KABUL, 21 June 2013 (IRIN) - One of the victims of last month’s attack on the International Organization for Migration (IOM) compound in the Afghan capital is still to be identified - a six year old…

20 June 2013 – With Afghanistan producing the highest number of refugees in the world for over three decades, United Nations and Afghan officials today called for collective efforts and durable solution to address the problem,…

Human rights, including women’s rights, must be integral to any peace deal with the Taliban said Amnesty International today as the USA announced that it was to start direct peace talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban armed group. The…

Donors Should Closely Monitor Performance of New Commissioners (Kabul) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s appointment of a weakly qualified human rights commission with little public consultation raises concerns about the country’s most important rights body. On June 15,…

13 June 2013 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) recently facilitated the transfer of close to a dozen youths arrested for various crimes, including for their association with anti-government forces, to a new…

12 June 2013 – Underage recruitment, killings, abduction and sexual violence are some of the grave violations committed against children in Afghanistan’s armed conflict last year, according to a report of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon…

PRESS CONFERENCE (near verbatim transcript; edited for clarity) Kabul – 11 June 2013 Participants: Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ján Kubiš Director of UNAMA’s Strategic Communication and Spokespersons Unit, Massoumeh Torfeh UNAMA National Spokesperson, Nilab Mobarez Nilab Mobarez: Good morning, media representatives. I…

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 10 (UNHCR) – More than two decades after fleeing Afghanistan with her devoted father, Deeba* has been flown out of Pakistan to rejoin her brothers and sisters and receive specialist care for her…

9 June 2013 – In a weekend meeting with Afghan women opinion leaders, the top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan said that the world body would continue to stress the need to implement a 2009 law…