An opening in the fight to educate Afghan girls
Dec 17,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Gordon Brown and Yasmine Sherif EDINBURGH/NEW YORK — It has now been over two years since the United States military ended its decades-long war […]
Let Afghan Girls Learn
Dr. Fayeza F.Dr. Fayeza F. • #813 days passed since the hashtag#school banned for Afghan girls beyond sixth grade in hashtag#Afghanistan. Afghanistan is the only country in the world with restrictions on female hashtag#education. Its a gender inequality, male and female has the right of education equally. #letafghangirlslearn source linkedin… […]
Afghans find a credible opposition voice to the Taliban
LUKE COFFEY December 08, 2023 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows no sign of a peaceful conclusion. Meanwhile, the world remains focused on Israel’s war on Gaza. Sometimes it seems that […]
‘War crimes whistleblower’ David McBride reveals why he went to the media
Australian military Former military lawyer says he knew Australian defence force ‘wasn’t going to fix itself’ in affidavit obtained by Guardian Australia Sarah Basford CanalesSun 26 Nov 2023 David McBride […]
Time for world to stand up to Taliban’s gender apartheid
DR. AZEEM IBRAHIM November 27, 2023 It has been more than two years since the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan and the nation continues to plunge further […]
United Nations: Hundreds of thousands of Afghans are being forced to return to their country from Pakistan
Hundreds of thousands of Afghans are being forced to return to their country from Pakistan. They have been through profound upheaval & now face great risks.@Refugees sheds light on the […]
Pakistan charging refugees $830 to leave
bbc.com By Caroline Davies Pakistan correspondent Pakistan has confirmed that it is charging an $830 fee to undocumented refugees who want to leave the country. The exit fee applies to […]
Scapegoating the refugee
Pervez Hoodbhoy Published November 18, 2023 HERDED like cattle, over 1,700,000 Muslim refugees — more than twice the number of Palestinians evicted in 1948 by Zionist Israel — are presently being expelled […]
Afghan opium poppy cultivation plunges by 95 percent under Taliban: UN
The restriction on poppy cultivation has decimated a key trade for hundreds of thousands of farmers and laborers. Published On 5 Nov 20235 Nov 2023 An Afghan man works on […]
Top general locked away evidence of SAS executions
bbc.com Related Topics By Hannah O’Grady and Joel Gunter BBC Panorama One of the UK’s most senior generals was warned in writing in 2011 that SAS soldiers were claiming to […]
100 Years Ago… – An Ahmadi martyr in Kabul
12th November 2021 The Review of Religions [English], November 1921 Below, we give a description of Shahzada Abdul Latif’s martyrdom at the hands of Amir Habibullah Khan, the late Amir of […]
We are witnessing a pandemic of inhumanity: to halt the spread, we must cling to the law
OpinionIsrael-Hamas war Karim Khan There is no blank cheque in the Israel-Hamas conflict. The ICC is working to ensure justice is on the frontlines Fri 10 Nov 2023 We are […]
Well-being of Afghan refugees leaving Pakistan must be prioritized
An Afghan girl eats food while another sits near her as their family heads back to Afghanistan from Pakistan. (REUTERS) Pakistan’s recent announcement of its intention to repatriate 1.7 million […]
Inside the Taliban’s luxury hotel
NZZ in English BEHIND THE HEADLINES The Intercontinental in Kabul was Afghanistan’s first luxury hotel. Once the site of legendary parties, the hotel is now in the hands of the […]
A Year on, Billions in Afghan Assets Linger in Switzerland
More than a year after the Afghan Fund was created to disburse $3.5 billion in frozen assets for the benefit of the Afghan people, no disbursements have been made. Why? […]
The Israel-Hamas war again shows that we need to stop thinking there are military solutions to political problems
OpinionIsrael-Hamas war Paul Rogers Just as in Afghanistan and Iraq, using intense force against paramilitaries is not working. Once more it will have disastrous consequences Wed 8 Nov 2023 At […]
Pakistan: Afghans Detained, Face Deportation
End Coercion, Abuse, Forced Return of Refugees (New York) – The Pakistani government is using threats, abuse, and detention to coerce Afghan asylum seekers without legal status to return to Afghanistan or face deportation […]
Pakistan starts mass deportation of undocumented Afghans
Rights and freedom Global development Authorities go ‘door to door’ to round up and return thousands – many who fled from the Taliban – on first day of nationwide crackdown […]
Afghanistan: the battle to save the sick from sanctions
SOURCE https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/the-battle-to-save-the-sick-from-sanctions/48905250 Banks are reluctant to process funding to sanctioned regimes for fear of breaching the rules. This leads to often dramatic consequences for local populations. Switzerland has been trying to address […]
Pakistan must not collectively punish Afghan refugees
Ordinary Afghans are not responsible for the perceived faults of a government they did not elect. Published On 24 Oct 2023 On October 3, Pakistan’s interim government announced it was giving “illegal […]