KABUL (Pajhwok): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has released a report expressing concern over human rights violations in the country. The report from May to June 2023 said the rights of women and girls remain severely constrained…
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Islamic Emirate has rejected the latest report of the UN special rapporteur Richard Bennett that the human rights crisis in Afghanistan has worsened during the last six months of 2022 despite some encouraging developments. In his report…
KABUL (Pajhwok): UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has reaffirmed the universality and indivisibility of all human rights on the World Human Rights Day. Guterres tweeted: “Human rights reflect the most fundamental thing we share-our common humanity.” He said on this…
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday rejected United Nations Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett’s report on human rights situation in Afghanistan as ‘biased, one-sided and unprofessional’. The UN Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, yesterday expressed his concern…
KABUL (Pajhwok): UN assistance mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Thursday said although violence significantly decreased since the Taliban seized power in August last year, more than 2,000 civilians still suffered casualties during the period. During the last ten months, the…
KABUL (Pajhwok): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has said Afghanistan is facing a deep economic, social and humanitarian crisis since the Taliban’s takeover. However, the caretaker government of Afghanistan does not accept the violations of human rights…
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Taliban government has dissolved five key departments, including the Afghanistan Human Rights Commission. A spokesman for the government, faced with severe financial constraints, said the institutions disbanded were unnecessary. Reuters quoted Inamullah Samangani, the government’s deputy spokesman,…
KABUL (Pajhwok): US Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights Rina Amiri asked the Taliban to respect human rights if they want to be recognized by the international community. Meanwhile, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)…
KABUL (Pajhwok): Second vice-president Sarwar Danish on Monday said human rights should be one of the main subjects to be taken up with the Taliban in peace talks. Sarwar Danish made these remarks during a meeting with Fiona Fries, the…
KABUL Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Sunday said about 945 people suffered causalities in targeted attacks during the past six months across the country. In a statement, AIHRC said targeted killings have increased besides the ongoing conflict throughout the…
KABUL (Pajhwok): A woman was killed on her wedding night in southwestern Nimroz province and a six-year-old boy was sexually abused in northern Jawzjan province, prompting rights activists to demand investigation and punishment for the perpetrators. Jawzjan Police Chief Col.…
KABUL (Pajhwok): Speakers of a meeting in capital Kabul on Tuesday said human rights were not ‘a western phenomenon’ but Islam gave many rights to humans and the peace process should also be human rights-centric. The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights…
KABUL’s presence in peace negotiations, development and major national issues has weakened. Launched on February 6 and still underway, the survey’s initial findings were revealed today by the AIHRC at a conference titled ‘Women, peace and security’. The survey interviewed…
KABUL (Pajhwok): There has been a 26 percent increase in the number of individuals benefitting from services of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) in Kabul province. The number of female beneficiaries soared by 43 percent. Last year, a…
KABUL Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Wednesday said the Afghan women should have ‘a meaningful and greater participation at all stages of the peace efforts.’ The survey was launched in Kabul in the presence of AIHRC head Sema Samar,…
KABUL (UNAMA) on Monday renewed its call to protect and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms in Afghanistan. Underscoring the enduring importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on its 70th anniversary, the United Nations welcomed Afghanistan’s human rights…
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Rights officials say kangaroo courts pose threat to women’s lives and rights in the northern zone in areas where the government’s writ does not prevail. Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) head for the northern zone, Syed Mohammad…
KABUL Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) leadership of ‘monopoly and ethnic prejudice’ and claimed 70 percent of shortlisted eligible candidates for the rights body’s membership hailed from a single tribe. They demanded the committee, tasked with selecting eligible candidates for…
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Twenty lecturers from ten pilot Teacher Training Centres (TTCs) participated in a six-day workshop in this capital city of northern Balkh province and got familiar with a new teaching manual on human rights and gender. The German Cooperation…
KABUL. The EU reaffirmed its continued support both politically and in terms of financial assistance to Afghanistan in the mentioned areas at the first meeting of “the EU-Afghanistan Special working Group on Human Rights, Good Governance and Migration” in Kabul.…
KABUL Penal Code as an important step towards protection of human rights, but the Afghanistan rights body says many problems remain in the area. UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, told an event here that the code criminalized…
