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April 4, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
PAN: Three schoolchildren were killed in a roadside bombing in eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday, officials said. The explosion took place in Batikot district at 12 noon when the students were on their way to home, the provincial deputy police chief said. Full news...
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March 26, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
IWPR: The 15-year-old refused to give his name, his eyes cast down as he sat in an empty room in the children’s correction centre in Kabul. Slowly, he began to open up and tell his story. An orphan, he left his home province of Sar-e Pol a year ago and came to the Afghan city to study at an Islamic school. One day while out in the city, he saw a man struggling to carry two bags of groceries. Full news...
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March 25, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Killid Group: Despite national and international efforts to rein in child abuse, the violence has only increased, says new research. The AIHRC (Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission) says out of 140 cases of sexual attacks registered over the last two years, 80 were cases of abuse of children. They can be seen begging on street corners, or at work from morning to night. Full news...
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March 23, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
PAN: Four children were killed and two others wounded by a bomb they were playing with in the Mianishin district of southern Kandahar province on Saturday, officials said. The roadside bomb exploded in the Zunto area, where the children found it, the governor’s spokesman, Ahmad Javed Faisal, told Pajhwok Afghan News. Full news...
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March 9, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
PAN: Eight children and one policeman were killed on Saturday when a suicide attacker blew up his explosives on a road beside a joint patrol of Afghan police and international forces in this capital city of southeastern Khost province, an official said. The strike around 10:30am targeted the joint Afghan-US patrol in the Kandi area on Khost City’s outskirts, but eight passing civilians were killed... Full news...
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March 4, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Nation: Two more children dead in Afghanistan, thanks to an American airstrike. The war is winding down, but try telling that to the families of the children blown to pieces by mistake. Unless you’ve been reading news accounts closely, you probably missed the story: Two boys out collecting firewood with their donkeys were killed by weapons fired from a NATO helicopter, Afghan and American military officials announced Saturday. Full news...
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March 2, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Reuters: NATO forces accidentally shot dead two boys during an operation in Afghanistan’s south, the alliance said on Saturday, in the latest in a series of incidents involving allegations of civilian deaths at the hands of international troops. The two boys were shot dead when they were mistaken for insurgents during an operation in the northwest of Uruzgan on February 28, ISAF commander, U.S. General Joseph Dunford, said in a statement. Full news...
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March 1, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Japan Times: A report just released by the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan states that there were 2,754 civilian deaths and 4,805 civilian injuries in that country during 2012. Unmentioned is a serious side effect of the conflict: the high number of opium-addicted children in Afghanistan. The number has increased systematically the past few years. Full news...
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February 25, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Deutsche Welle: While opium trade might be lucrative for some of those involved, many find themselves at the losing end. Daughters of farmers who find themselves desperate and indebted are used as little more than currency. To provide for their families, many Afghan farmers turn to the relatively lucrative practise of poppy cultivation. Full news...
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February 12, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
AFP: They play badminton, kick a ball around and huddle over computer games just like normal children. Except that they are recovering drug addicts aged around three to 12, representing a growing proportion of drug users in war-torn Afghanistan. In response, increasing numbers of rehabilitation centers are weaning such children off their addiction and giving them a new appetite for life... Full news...
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February 11, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Friday Magazine: High barricades and blast-proof walls are a common sight in Kabul, and it is impossible to travel through the Afghan capital without encountering a barrage of police and private security checkpoints. There is an overwhelming sense of unease every time you stop at each one, but these are just some of the precautions taken for security reasons... Full news...
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February 10, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
AFP: Rights campaigners voiced outrage on Sunday over a 13-year-old Afghan boy jailed for having sex with two adult men, urging the Western-backed Kabul government to release him and punish his abusers. The boy, accused of having sex with two men in a public park in the western province of Herat, was sentenced to one year in juvenile detention, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a statement. Full news...
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February 6, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Khaama Press: Afghanistan is one of the most mine contaminated countries in the world. It is believed that there are still about a million mines in the country, killing and maiming hundreds of people every year. According to media reports, five civilians, including four members of a family, were killed when a mine went off in Khaneshin District of Helmand province on 2 February 2013. Full news...
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February 5, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Human Rights Watch: The United States government should promptly carry out the recommendations of a United Nations committee of experts to improve protection of children abroad from armed conflict. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child released a report and recommendations to the US government on February 5, 2013. The committee raised a number of concerns regarding US practices during armed conflict... Full news...
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January 22, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
VOA News: The rights group Amnesty International says 17 people have died from cold weather conditions in Afghan refugee camps, and it warns against a repeat of last year, when 100 people died in the camps due to a lack of assistance. Amnesty made the announcement Tuesday, saying that most of the 17 who died in the first two weeks of January this year were children. Full news...
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January 8, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Khaama Press: According to available figures, about 73 percent of people in Afghanistan lack access to clean drinking water and 95 percent do not have access to sufficient sanitation. As a result, diarrhoeal diseases are responsible for the death of 48,545 children every year in the country. Full news...
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December 29, 2012 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
PAN: Another 10 minor Afghan children died of extreme cold at the Torkham border-crossing after their families were stranded due to the closure of the gate by Pakistani authorities, officials said on Saturday. Three sick children died on Friday when Pakistani guards closed the border in protest against alleged torture of Pakistani truck drivers by Afghan police. Full news...
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December 28, 2012 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
PAN: Three sick Afghan children died of severe weather conditions Friday at the Torkham border-crossing after Pakistani security guards blocked the gate, officials said. Afghan families had brought the children for treatment to northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar. The ailing children below the age of 10 years succumbed to severe cold at the dry port, said Idrees Momand... Full news...
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December 23, 2012 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Azadiradio.org (Translated by RAWA): A 6-year old boy was raped in the Imam Saheb district of Kunduz province. Amaanuddin Qureshi, the district chief, told Liberty Radio (Dari) that Mohammad Siddique was raped the night before by his cousin who was more than 20-years old. Full news...
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December 6, 2012 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
IWPR: Ten-year-old Noria is unable to go to school any more because she is so scared of the effects of war. “We are scared – there’s war here and rockets being fired. I used to go to school but now I can’t,” she said. “When night comes, my little sister and I have nightmares. One day a rocket landed close to our school, and we were saved only by God’s mercy.” Full news...
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December 5, 2012 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Telegraph: A 12-year-old boy and three teenagers are alleged to have been shot dead as they were drinking tea during a counter-insurgency operation in Afghanistan. Witnesses claim the operation was lead by British soldiers, with defence secretary Philip Hammond now being asked to launch an investigation. Lawyers for the victims’ family claim the four boys appeared to have been “deliberately targeted at close range”, according to the Guardian newspaper. Full news...
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November 30, 2012 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
UN News: A senior United Nations official today called on the international community to step up its humanitarian support for Afghanistan to sustain the progress made so far in the country where thousands have suffered through 34 years of conflict and poverty. “It is clear that the Government is making progress; the candid and professional approach being taken is certainly impressive, but given the scale of the challenge, international funding support will also be key to success,” said... Full news...
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November 21, 2012 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Xinhua: It is ironic that when the world marked the Universal Children’s Day Tuesday to celebrate the joy of childhood, hundreds of Afghan children were seen scavenging in Kabul’s dumps trying to eke out a living by selling whatever usable items to support their families. “I will be happy if I find some plastic packets, cardboard box or Pepsi cans to sell and earn some money,” the nine-year-old Jawad told Xinhua in a brief interview. Full news...
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November 11, 2012 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
PAN: Three children were injured during an airstrike by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the Watapur district of eastern Kunar province, an official said on Sunday. The air raid targeting a rebel hideout was conducted in Qaro area, the governor’s spokesman, Wasifullah Wasifi, told Pajhwok Afghan News. But he had no information about militants’ casualties. Full news...
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November 3, 2012 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
PAN: Nearly 1,900 children are engaged in hard labour in the border town of Torkham in eastern Nangarhar province, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) said on Saturday. Up to 1,883 children, including 331 girls, carry heavy loads 34 others work in 28 hotels, the AIHRC official Ghulam Hussain Bewas said during an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News. Full news...
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October 30, 2012 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Al Jazeera: Akbar does not recall the date, but what he cannot forget are the deaths. On a particularly frigid day last year, at least six children - ranging from one month to five-years-old - froze to death in a camp for the internally displaced people in Charahi Qambar on the outskirts of Kabul. They were among the 100-odd Afghans who died in the winter of 2012 - one of the harshest in recent memory. Full news...
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October 23, 2012 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
TOLOnews.com: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday condemned two of Nato’s military operations in Logar and Zabul provinces, calling for a full investigation into both incidents following reports of civilian deaths and disappearances. The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) responded that it is also conducting investigations into claims... Full news...
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October 17, 2012 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
CNN: A 30-minute drive from the heart of the Afghan capital along dusty pot-holed roads lie the slums of the city. In the distance are plains with some patches of greenery before they hit a mountain range that juts out of the earth. We’re in Rahman Mina Camp, also known as the slum of Kabul. Dirty brown canvas tents litter the landscape, as children walk barefoot next to open sewers. Full news...
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October 15, 2012 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
TOLOnews.com: Local officials in southern Helmand province claim that a Nato airstrike against insurgents in the Nawa district killed three children on Sunday. A teenage girl and two boys were accidentally killed around 4:00PM Sunday in Nawa's Tangano Godar area when a Nato airstrike hit insurgents who were planting mines, Nawa district police commander Ahmad Shah Khan told TOLOnews on Monday. Full news...
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October 15, 2012 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The New York Times: Beneath the soaring faces of rock, on a treacherous road flanked by gaping drops, lines of trucks crawled up from the Pakistani border, groaning under impossible loads of house-size metal containers and boxes tottering under tarps. Past them and between them nudged cars, vans and other trucks carrying furniture, women in burqas, open loads of cows and donkeys. Full news...
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