With the Tailban apparently stepping up it’s campaign to regain control in Afghanistan, the number of civilians killed and wounded in Afghanistan has jumped 22 percent over the last year, and the UN has put the casualty figures as the
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With the Tailban apparently stepping up it’s campaign to regain control in Afghanistan, the number of civilians killed and wounded in Afghanistan has jumped 22 percent over the last year, and the UN has put the casualty figures as the
Read moreAfghanistan’s Internal Displaced People’s camps are miserable places. Children play in filthy and rubbish-strewn areas alongside stray animals, unemployed men wander around idle and frustrated, and there is little access to running water or appropriate hygiene facilities. There are over
Read moreOver 3000 Afghans, both men and women, have marched through Kabul, demanding justice for a woman who was beaten to death by a mob a week ago after being falsely accused of burning a Quran. Farkhunda, a 27-year-old religious scholar,
Read moreIn Afghanistan, there are literally hundreds of young children growing up in prison and sharing a jail cell with their mothers, many of whom have been imprisoned because of “moral” crimes, such as that of simply being a woman who
Read moreHagar International recently carried out research into the prevalence of human trafficking in Afghanistan, specifically looking into child trafficking. What they discovered is that child trafficking is extremely prevalent in four key provinces: Herat, Khost, Nangarhar and Paktika, and it
Read moreAfter more than 3 months of attempting to establish a working and viable government, the Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani has finally nominated his new government ministers to make up the cabinet. Reuters news agency reports that the cabinet make-up reflects
Read moreIn 2001, when the USA entered Afghanistan after 9/11, I had a burden to pray for this country, and subsequently wrote a song, which included the words “there is the sound of singing, songs of rejoicing.” This was a real
Read moreReligion is the key identity marker for Afghanis. It defines personhood, family and community relationships. It is a bondage for many.
Read moreThere has been a 7% increase in opium production in Afghanistan, and a dramatic increase in the number of drug addicts.
Read moreAfghanistan faces many critical situations, but that of the elderly has been highlighted by a recent global report that shows Afghanistan is the worst place to grow old.
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