Category: Democracy & Human Rights

Islamic Emirate welcomes Mohaqiq’s remarks

KABUL (SW) – Government of the Islamic Emirate has welcomed the recent remarks by Mohammad Mohaqiq, the leader of the Islamic Unity Party in regard to not waging armed resistance in the country.

Call for lifting ban on women travelling without male companion

MONITORING (SW) – Heather Barr, associate women’s rights director at Human Rights Watch, has called for lifting the ban on women in Afghanistan travelling without a male companion.

Over a million children to be vaccinated against measles

KABUL (SW) – More than 1.2 million children aged 6–59 months are planned to be vaccinated during the ongoing measles vaccination campaign in Afghanistan, said the WHO.

Hundreds of acres of land to be covered with date orchards

KABUL (SW) – Hundreds of acres of land in Helmand would be covered with date orchards, said officials on Sunday.

Even Afghans’ famed resilience has its limits, says AAN on economic woes

MONITORING (SW) – The Afghanistan Analysts Network has said in a fresh report that the current crisis in Afghanistan is not a matter of assisting vulnerable groups so they can be tided over until things get better, but of the economic system collapsing.

SIGAR raises alarm over crumbling healthcare system in Afghanistan

MONITORING (SW) – The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction has warned the international community against the crumbling healthcare system in the war-ravaged country.

Submission of applications for passports suspended

KABUL (SW) – The Islamic Emirate officials have suspended accepting new applications for passports in the provinces to clear the backlog of the pending ones.

MFC party demands education, jobs for women

KABUL (SW) – The Movement for Change party of Afghanistan has called on the Islamic Emirate officials to grant women their right to education and employment.

Muttaqi demands international community not to impose will on Afghans

MONITORING (SW) – Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting foreign minister of the Islamic Emirate, has urged the international community not to impose its will on Afghanistan in terms of the government formation.

MEP criticizes international community for ignoring Afghanistan

MONITORING (SW) – Member of the European Parliament, Clare Daly, has lashed out at the international community for ignoring the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.

Women not “passive bystanders” in Afghanistan

MONITORING (SW) – As the world mark International Women’s Day this week, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has underlined the need to empower women in Afghanistan, saying that they are “not passive bystanders” and should contribute to the future of their country.