Rapports

By Paul Lehmann, Minister Counsellor AusAID, Kabul Afghanistan The Australian Government makes a significant contribution to the delivery of aid in Afghanistan, and through my work I am fortunate enough to see how some of it is…

IWPR investigation finds that district government chiefs are rarely at their desks. By Jawed Bakhtari - Afghanistan ARR Issue 423, 15 Feb 12 One morning in May, 21-year-old Atifa says her father, Ali Mohammad, raped her. She says her…

Smuggling endemic in western district, and children used as mules despite risk of poisoning and arrest. By Zalmay Barakzai - Afghanistan ARR Issue 423, 10 Feb 12 Two years ago, Mohammad Reza was a 17-year-old student in Ghoryan, a…

A Taliban attack against international soldiers results in death and injury to innocent civilians 14 February 2012 | Uruzgan, Afghanistan Ten children were killed and four injured when a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into an international military…

CHILD BONDED LABOUR IN AFGHANISTAN’S BRICK KILNS New Survey highlights obstacles to ending practice. 7 February 2012 - KABUL (ILO News) – A new report on bonded labour in Afghan brick kilns found more than half of the…

KEY DEVELOPMENTS As of January 23, severe cold temperatures and avalanches associated with heavy snowfall had resulted in 43 deaths in Badakhshan Province in northeastern Afghanistan, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs…

Correction Appended By ROD NORDLAND Published: February 3, 2012 KABUL, Afghanistan — The following children froze to death in Kabul over the past three weeks after their families had fled war zones in Afghanistan for refugee camps here: Mirwais, son…

Civilian casualties rise for fifth consecutive year in Afghan conflict KABUL, 4 FEBRUARY 2012 – 2011 marked the fifth year in a row that civilian casualties have increased in the armed conflict in Afghanistan, the United Nations…

This document provides a weekly overview of developments in Afghanistan from 25 January —31 January 2012, with hyper-links to source material highlighted in blue and underlined in the text. For more inibrmation on the topics below…

Read the transcript or download the video. Much has been accomplished over the past decade. Canada’s work is making a difference. Our efforts have made a direct contribution to improving the lives of women and girls, and we…