Robert Maier Breaking news from Kabul today informs us that a demonstration by men, women and children to call attention to the violence being perpetrated against the Hazara people turned bloody, with several shot to...
Police station in western district of Kabul has burnt in flame by protesters, also there is a very thick smoke can be seen in Pole Khoshk. The number of protesters against the criminal Nomads and...
Lauryn Oates, Last summer, I had the good fortune to work with a young Afghan law student, Farshad*. He was my research assistant in a study I worked on to do with the legal rights...
Shaima Rezayee became a pop culture icon for Afghan youth, as the host of “Hop,” a music show on a private television network. Her appearances on the show, often wearing make-up and without a burqa,...
August 10, 2010, Amnesty InternationalThe Taliban and other insurgent groups should be investigated and prosecuted for war crimes, Amnesty International said today, following the release of a United Nations report showing a rise in targeted...
Mehdi’s Story Twelve-year-old Mehdi witnessed the death of his mother during childbirth in the winter of 2007. The family lives in Shahristan District in the central province of Daykundi. Their village, like most in the...
10 August 2010 – Tactics of the Taliban and other Anti-Government Elements (AGEs) are behind a 31 per cent increase in conflict-related Afghan civilian casualties in the first six months of 2010 compared with the...
11 years on from horrific massacre of ethnic Hazara population in Yakawlang District of Bamyan by the Taliban; Abdul Wahid from Mandiyag Village; son of a victim still remembers those days which changed everything in...
In her talk at the Oslo Freedom Forum, Dr. Sima Samar explains how 31 years of war and invasion has forced Afghan society to become very conservative and unfriendly toward human rights and especially the...
A new report about Kuchi-Taliban’s recent attack (May 2010) on Hazara people has been released by Afghanistan Independent Human Rights commission. The report says thousands of Hazara people forced to flee. 12 including children and...