Rapports

"It is shameful for us Afghans to allow our sister or daughter to go to school" was the response that "Nasrin" (15) got from her brother when se wanted to pursue her studies. Kabul, October 2008 - The 15 year old…

Tens of thousands of civilians require immediate international humanitarian assistance as a result of escalating fighting on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border since the beginning of August, Amnesty International said today. More than 20,000 people have fled from Pakistan to…

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) began helping Afghan people in 1979 from Pakistan, providing medical and surgical assistance to the war-wounded in Peshawar and Quetta. Since 1987, the ICRC has been present in Afghanistan. Today, with…

I. Introduction Summer has come to be known in Afghanistan as "the fighting season"-when insurgents mobilize for their most aggressive offensives. In Afghanistan generally, and in Kandahar specifically, this summer was especially violent. Numbers of insurgent incidents, and casualty rates among…

When the UN meets this week to discuss the Millennium Development Goals maternal mortality will be high on the agenda. The target to cut the rate by three quarters by 2015 is the most severely off-track of all the…

SC/9450 Security Council 5977th Meeting (PM) Recognizing the need to curb the Taliban resurgence and the narcotics trade while minimizing civilian casualties in Afghanistan, the Security Council today decided to extend the authorization of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in that…

Göttingen, 19. September 2008 - On the eve of Universal Children's Day the Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV) pointed to the deteriorating situation of children in Afghanistan. In the light of violence, infractions of human rights and increasing poverty the…

Table of Contents - International Peace day 2008 - Afghanistan Stars in Major International Peace Film - What are you doing for Peace? - De-mining for Peace - Vaccinating for Peace - Peace Day 2007 in photos Afghanistan: International Peace Day 2008 I am delighted to…

Human Rights Council MORNING The Human Rights Council today continued its general debate on human rights situations that require the Council's attention, hearing from 33 non governmental organizations which alleged human rights violations in China, Sudan, Iran, Somalia,…

Latest report on ICRC activities in the field (January - August 2008) Afghanistan is one of the ICRC's biggest operations. From its main delegation in Kabul and other offices countrywide, the organization visits detainees, restores links between dispersed families and runs…