KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghan government rescued a Pakistani female doctor from her captor and reunited her with family four months after Pajhwok Afghan News published a report about the victim. The woman had been brought to southern Helmand province from…
KABUL (Pajhwok): Days after concerns expressed by the US at the Afghan government’s failure to combat human trafficking, a minister said on Monday steps had been taken to address the issue. Justice Minister Abdul Basir Anwari, in response to the…
KABUL (Pajhwok): Addicted to drugs after falling in the hands of smugglers, an ancient Greek medicine expert has a hard life by spending his days and nights in streets of the capital Kabul. This man with dirty hairs and torn…
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): The residents of northern Balkh province say the government should practically implement the campaign against human trafficking instead of verbal reiterations. These views were expressed at a seminar on promoting awareness regarding human trafficking in Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial…
FIROZKOH (Pajhwok): Human trafficking cases have increased in western Ghor province where 45 such cases were recorded this year, the provincial justice department chief said on Tuesday. Abdul Jabbar Raji told a seminar “Awareness about human trafficking” in Firozkoh, Ghor’s…
KABUL (Pajhwok): Officials of the High Commission for Combating Trafficking in Persons claim making headway in arresting individuals involved in human smuggling. But the officials have been unable to create a bank account for the panel so far. The commission…
DUSHANBE (Pajhwok): Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from five regional countries, including Afghanistan, have pledged to fight against trafficking in persons (TIP). The promise has been held during a meeting among non-government organizations, civil society institutes and journalists from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan,…
KABUL’s ongoing conflict has declined, but not ended as young boys are still sent to the battlefield. The recruitment of children in forces is another form of human trafficking which destroys their future. Children are trained in terrorist activities at…
Human trafficking has many facets in the context of Afghanistan and children who often suffer at the hands of those who take advantage of their vulnerability. Those who experience trafficking are often not in a position of strength to be…
KABUL (IOM) to end the exploitation of the Afghans subjected to forced labour and sex-trafficking. “Although slavery is considered a thing of past, it continues to exist throughout the world Mission Director Herbert Smith said in a statement. Laurence Hart,…
