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UN Mission in Afghanistan extended by one year 03/24/2006 The United Nations Security Council extended the mandate of the four year-old United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan which expires on 24 March, for an additional 12 months in order to continue assisting the Afghan leadership during the next phase of rebuilding the country. Read more Related: [Afghanistan] [Democracy] [Governance] [Conflict Resolution] [United Nations]

Afghanistan: caso Rahman, paese in mano a mullah e sharia 03/23/2006 Mentre il governo afghano prende le distanze dal caso di Abdul Rahman, che rischia la pena di morte per apostasia, analisti afghani contattati da AsiaNews segnalano che sono "troppo forti le pressioni di integralisti e nel Paese comandano ancora i mullah". “L’Afghanistan è ancora in mano ai mullah e la sharia ha l’ultima parola su tutto” - riporta la fonte. Amnesty International ha chiesto alle autorità afgane di impegnarsi urgentemente a intraprendere una riforma giudiziaria e a rispettare gli standard internazionali nel caso di Abdul Rahman. "Le cose non vanno bene in Afghanistan" - sottolinea Tiziana Ferrario su articolo 21. "La guerriglia talebana ha rialzato il capo. Negli ultimi mesi sono aumentati gli attacchi kamikaze e gli atti terroristici contro le forze internazionali si sono fatti più sofisticati. Osama Bin Laden continua ad essere libero e i Talebani, con nuovi fondi e uomini, hanno annunciato una offensiva di primavera, quando i ghiacci si saranno sciolti". "Le donne, tolta la città di Kabul, sono ancora nella quasi totalità relegate sotto al burqa, prive di diritti, oppresse dalle tradizioni, dalle leggi (soprattutto la recente costituzione, anch’essa sbandierata come un grosso passo in avanti verso la democrazia ma che rimanda continuamente alla sharia, la legge islamica)" - riporta Laura Quagliuolo di Cisda. Read more From: Asia News, Amnesty International (sezione italiana), Peacelink Related: [Afghanistan] [Human Rights] [Religion] [Governance] [Conflict] Image: Mamma e bambino in Afghanistan

Afghanistan also grapples with bird flu 03/23/2006 After Pakistan confirmed its first cases of bird flu in two farms in the North West Frontier province, neighbouring Afghanistan has also confirmed the outbreak. Read more Related: [Afghanistan] [Agriculture] [Animals] [Health] [Disease/treatment] Image: Flu reaches Afghanistan © . / SciDev.Net

Iranian People Hope Pending Talks with U.S. Will Clear the Air 03/22/2006 Most Iranians are hoping that upcoming talks between their government and the U.S. will mark the start of a rapprochement between the two countries. Iranian officials have indicated that they would like to use the meeting to try and find common ground on nuclear issues, reports Eurasianet. Read more From: Eurasianet (Open Society Institute) Related: [Iran ] [United States] [Nuclear Issues] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Nuclear Arms] [Security]

Pakistani Taliban take control of unruly tribal belt 03/21/2006 A powerful new militia dubbed "the Pakistani Taliban" has effectively seized control of swaths of the country's northern tribal areas in recent months, triggering alarm in Islamabad and marking a big setback in America's "war on terror". Read more Related: [Pakistan] [Afghanistan] [Arms & Military] [Terrorism] Image: Pakistani soldiers © AP/Out There News

Kyrgyzstan Revolution Anniversary Divides the People 03/20/2006 A presidential decree set to make Friday's first anniversary of Kyrgyzstan's revolution a national holiday has members of the business and upper classes up in arms. Read more From: Eurasianet (Open Society Institute) Related: [Kyrgyzstan] [Democracy] [Governance]

Afghan teachers, students go to school in fear 03/20/2006 Extremists behead teachers and burn down schools in the Canadian army's new patrol territory in Kandahar province, leaving teachers to assemble their charges underground four years after the fall of the strict Taliban regime. Read more Related: [South Asia] [Afghanistan] [Development] [Education] [Governance] [MDGs]

Understanding Iran-U.S. Relations and the New Dangers of War 03/17/2006 As President Bush's anti-Iran rhetoric continues to escalate, Phyllis Bennis considers how real the possibility of a U.S. attack on Iran is and why the best solution to the Iran situation is a nuclear-free Middle East. Read more From: Institute for Policy Studies Related: [United States] [Iran ] [Nuclear Issues] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Conflict Resolution] [Nuclear Arms] [Security]

Regime change encore? 03/15/2006 If you feel like you've seen this film before, you have. Welcome to Operation Regime Change II. By Robert Dreyfuss. Read more From: TomPaine.com Related: [Iran ] [Iraq] [United States]

Taliban find unexpected arms source 03/14/2006 The Taliban’s old adversaries in northern Afghanistan are disarming – but some of their weapons are being smuggled to the insurgents in the south. Read more Related: [Afghanistan]

Afghanistan gets new media law 03/08/2006 Afghanistan’s new law on mass media was launched last week in Kabul by the Minister of Information Culture and Tourism, Said Makhtoum Raheen. The law reforms the country's existing press law and also guarantees freedom of expression in the country. Read more Related: [Afghanistan] [Information & Media] [Freedom of Expression] [Media] [Governance] [Law]

Sanctions Revisited 03/07/2006 With proliferation worries growing and preemptive war discredited, there appears a growing chorus calling for sanctions against Iran. Christopher Hayes cuts through the fog of the passions of war to examine the true impacts--both positive and negative--of 13 years of sanctions on Iraq. Read more From: In These Times Related: [Iran ] [Iraq] [United States] [Economy] [Human Rights] [Geopolitics] [Conflict] Image: Iraqi Woman and Child © Doug Broderick / Catholic Relief Services

Uzbek rights defender sentenced in 'puppet theatre' 03/07/2006 The criminal process that led to an eight-year sentence for Uzbek human rights defender Mukhtabar Tojibaeva violated international fair trial standards, an international rights group said today. Read more Related: [Uzbekistan] [Human Rights] [Law] Image: © Human Rights Watch

UN Habitat aid worker killed in Afghanistan 03/07/2006 The United Nations today expressed shock at the "cowardly" murder of an Afghan national contracted by the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN HABITAT), who was dragged from the car he was travelling in and shot dead on Saturday. Mohammad Hashim, the latest in a series of aid officials murdered in Afghanistan, was visiting project sites in Bala Buluk district of Farah province. Read more Related: [Afghanistan] [Aid] [Shelter & Housing] [Conflict] [Terrorism] [United Nations]

UNHCR to assist Afghan refugees return from Iran 03/03/2006 The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says that based on last year’s returns it is budgeting to assist an estimated 150,000 Afghan refugees to voluntarily return to their homeland this year from Iran, host to one of the largest refugee populations in the world. UNHCR Iran adds that should the number of voluntary returns increase, it will adjust its programmes accordingly. Read more Related: [Afghanistan] [Iran ] [Refugees] [Shelter & Housing] [Human Rights]

Afghan courts under pressure to reform 03/03/2006 European diplomats expect Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai to reform the Supreme Court which is currently based on religious law instead of civic law and only has men as judges. Both - the Europeans as well as the Afghans - accept that it is a tall order but agree that there is a need for reform in the judiciary at all levels. Read more Related: [Western Europe] [Afghanistan] [Aid] [Religion] [Governance] [Law]

UNIFEM launches database to track violence against women in Afghanistan 03/02/2006 A new pilot project to capture cases of violence against women in a comprehensive database has been launched by UNIFEM in Afghanistan. The database will be used to analyze trends and determine strategies to tackle the issue, including identifying gaps in nation-wide response mechanisms and service provision for victims. Read more Related: [Afghanistan] [Gender] [ICT] [Knowledge]

US says Afghan poppy farming down 03/02/2006 The US government says the cultivation of opium poppies in Afghanistan fell by nearly half in 2005. The Afghan government has urged farmers to stop growing poppies. Read more Related: [South Asia] [Afghanistan] [Development] [Agriculture]

Etelä-Afganistanissa 200 koulua suljettu 03/01/2006 Afganistanin eteläisissä Kandaharin ja Helmandin provinsseissa on jouduttu sulkemaan yli 200 koulua niitä vastaan tehtyjen hyökkäyksien vuoksi. Talebaneiksi epäillyt aseistautuneet joukot ovat tehneet tuhopolttoja kouluissa eri puolilla maata. Yksittäisiä opettajia ja oppilaita on myös tapettu. Read more From: Ulkoministeriö Related: [Afghanistan] [Terrorism]

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