Category: Democracy & Human Rights

Access to information remains restrictive, says journalists

KABUL (SW) – Coinciding with September 28, the International Day of Access to Information, a number of journalists and media officials, complaining about the limitation of

Mujahid says the UN is only focusing on “small issues”

KABUL (SW) – In response to the recent meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Afghanistan, Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate,

Female artists living in misery after fall of the Republic

KABUL (SW) – Salam Watandar’s findings from interviews with 18 female filmmakers show that in the past two years after the collapse of the Republic, female

Humanitarian aid declining, says officials

KABUL (SW) – Officials in the Ministry of Economy say that the aid of foreign aid organizations has decreased this year compared to last year.

Malnutrition on the rise in Jawzjan

SHEBERGHAN (SW) – Officials at the Afghan-Turk children’s hospital in Jawzjan say that the number of malnourished children in this province has increased by 20

Exclusive: Begging girls say they haven’t received any support

KABUL (SW) – Salam Watandar’s research from interviews with 22 child labor girls shows that due to economic problems and lack of a guardian, these

Persistent violence against women dubbed destructive for future generations

KABUL (SW) – A number of sociologists and psychologists call the result of the Salam Watandar survey on women facing violence as shocking and say

8.2 million Afghans living in the regional countries

KABUL (SW) – With the publication of a UNICEF report about the number of Afghan migrants in neighboring countries, a number of these migrants say

UNAMA documents 800 instances of extrajudicial killing, detention of ANDSF by Taliban

KABUL (SW) – The de facto Taliban authorities have committed serious human rights violations against hundreds of former government officials and former armed forces members in