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KABUL (12 November 2014) – At the end of a nine-day mission to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which took her to Kabul, Jalalabad and Herat, Ms. Rashida Manjoo, United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against…
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London, 11 November, 2014 - The passing of legislation to criminalise underage recruitment in the Afghan National Security Forces constitutes a significant step in protecting the rights of Afghan children, Child Soldiers International said today. Last…
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USAID’s Largest Gender Program Will Build upon Afghan Progress from the Past Decade KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah today launched a five-year program in Afghanistan focusing on the education, promotion,…
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ABUL, 5 November 2014 – Senior United Nations officials in Afghanistan welcomed the passing of legislation earlier this week by the Afghan Lower House of Parliament to criminalize underage recruitment in the Afghan National Security Forces…
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Visiting detainees and protecting the civilian population The ICRC visits detainees in Afghanistan and other countries around the world to monitor the conditions in which detainees are held and the treatment they receive. ICRC delegates regularly make…
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Author: Christian Bleuer and Obaid Ali Date: 28 October 2014 Kunduz has had the worst security environment of any province in the north for the past few years. And within this province there are several districts that are…
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1. KHOST & PAKTIKA UPDATE Displacement of refugees from North Waziristan and South Waziristan Agency into Khost and Paktika provinces continues. When the influx began in mid-June agencies operating on the ground estimated that 13,000 families would…
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President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai condemned in the strongest possible terms the terrorist attack that killed and injured a number of innocent civilians in the Lashkargah city of Helmand province. Today a suicide bombing was carried out in…
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Thousands of Afghan nationals, many of them unaccompanied children, make the arduous journey to Iran in search of work every year. Most of them are forced to do so by a lack of economic opportunity. The jobs that…
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By Gulistan Mirzaei Preventing children from enlisting in government security forces and armed groups is a challenge in Afghanistan, where a lack of reliable birth records makes age verification difficult and a high rate of poverty drives…
