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July 17, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Human Rights Watch: A proposal to reestablish the Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Afghanistan raises serious concerns about potential abuse of the rights of women and vulnerable groups, Human Rights Watch said today. Full news...
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June 13, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Guardian: A controversial UN report that has been shelved for 18 months names and shames leading Afghan politicians and officials accused of orchestrating massacres, torture, mass rape and other war crimes. Full news...
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June 13, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Globe and Mail: As a cameraman in the Afghan parliament, Omid Yakmanish thought he had a routine job, until he was attacked and threatened with death. Full news...
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May 5, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Daily Times: The United States and its western allies have no interest in a stable and peaceful Afghanistan as the ravaged country continues to worsen under the Northern Alliance rule, who have big stakes in drug businesses and civil strife, says Kathy Gannon, a veteran journalist and Afghanistan expert. Full news...
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May 4, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Human Rights Watch: President Hamid Karzai should not appoint known human rights abusers and warlords as provincial police chiefs, Human Rights Watch said today. Full news...
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April 12, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
IRIN, a UN humanitarian news and information service: Sitting in a small restaurant in a busy bazaar in Maimana, capital of Afghanistan’s northern Faryab province, Abdul Hadi, 36, worries out loud over the fate of his family in Kata Kala village, some 80 km away. Full news...
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April 6, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Institute for War & Peace Reporting, ARR No. 210: Hezb-e-Islami is back, green flag and all. The most radical and powerful of Afghanistan’s Islamic movements is an officially recognised political party which now claims to be one of the largest blocs in parliament. Full news...