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Restrictions imposed by Taliban
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Restrictions imposed by Taliban on Afghanistan Women

  • Afghan officials clamp down on the press
    August 19, 2008 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    Afghan officials clamp down on the press
    The Christian Science Monitor: Naseer Fayaz, one of Afghanistan's most famous television presenters, is used to fans and other well-wishers coming by the office. The host of a popular weekly program, "The Truth," his expos?s of government malfeasance have won him awards as well as a devoted following. But after a recent episode of the show that was especially critical of the government, Mr. Fayaz received unexpected visitors: members of the Afghan secret police.      Full news...

  • The Afghan women jailed for being victims of rape
    August 18, 2008 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    The Afghan women jailed for being victims of rape
    The Independent: Two-thirds of the women in Lashkar Gah's medieval-looking jail have been convicted of illegal sexual relations, but most are simply rape victims – mirroring the situation nationwide. The system does not distinguish between those who have been attacked and those who have chosen to run off with a man.      Full news...

  • Taliban murder drum player
    August 18, 2008 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    Taliban murder drum player
    Quqnoos: Unknown militants have killed a drum musician in Logar province, one of the victim’s family said. Hazrad Din, a 50-year-old drum player, had played drums at celebrations in the province’s Baraki Barak district for the last 30 years.      Full news...



  • Iran Forcing out Afghan Refugees
    August 14, 2008 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    Iran Forcing out Afghan Refugees
    NCRI: "In the third phase of the plan to deport illegal aliens, the [Iranian regime] is bulldozing their slums in the outskirts of southern city of Shiraz," Jam- e jam added. Ali Gholami, Shiraz governor said that city council will deal swiftly with those providing shelter to Afghan refugees.      Full news...

  • Three Western female aid workers shot dead in Afghanistan
    August 13, 2008 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    Three Western female aid workers shot dead in Afghanistan
    AFP: Three Western women aid workers and their Afghan driver were shot dead Wednesday by gunmen who fired numerous times into their vehicle near the capital Kabul, Afghan police and their organisation said. The killings, claimed by the insurgent Taliban, are the deadliest in years involving international aid workers.      Full news...


  • Rape getting a public airing in Afghanistan
    August 11, 2008 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    Rape getting a public airing in Afghanistan
    AP via MSNBC: Rape — a crime long hidden in Afghanistan by victims fearing a life of scorn — is getting a public airing in this conservative Islamic country. In recent weeks, several outraged families have appeared on nightly news shows, demanding justice while sharing heartbreaking stories of sexual assaults on teenage daughters.      Full news...

  • US-led force kills eight civilians in Afghanistan
    August 11, 2008 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    AFP: Eight civilians being held in a compound by Taliban militants were killed in an air strike by US-led troops during a battle that also left 25 rebel fighters dead, the force said Monday. "Survivors reported that coalition aircraft dropped a bomb on the enemy position which killed eight of the civilians."      Full news...

  • AFGHANISTAN: Hike in fuel price inflates cost of food
    August 11, 2008 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    AFGHANISTAN: Hike in fuel price inflates cost of food
    IRIN: A sharp increase in fuel prices has pushed up the already high cost of food in Afghanistan making daily survival even more difficult for millions of vulnerable people. The rise in food prices bodes ill for millions of people in a country where, according to a National Human Development Report, almost half its estimated 26.6 million population live on less than $2 a day.      Full news...



  • Afghan children raped with 'impunity,' U.N. official says
    August 7, 2008 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    Afghan children raped with 'impunity,' U.N. official says
    CNN: The young Afghan girl sits in the center of the room, weeping. Using her hand and her blue scarf to hide her face, she recounts how she was brutally raped by five gunmen. The girl's tragic case is one of many in war-torn Afghanistan, activists say. "This is just an example among thousands of other cases," Shaima, a member of RAWA, tells CNN. "The rest go unnoticed by the media."      Full news...


  • AIDS adds sting to Afghanistan misery
    August 5, 2008 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    AIDS adds sting to Afghanistan misery
    The Chicago Tribune: In a country plagued by war and Islamic militants, by one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the world, by malnutrition and starvation and even by locusts, AIDS has arrived. So far the Afghan government has officially identified only 435 cases of HIV — a small number, considering how many there are in neighboring countries—but international and Afghan health experts say there are likely thousands in Afghanistan.      Full news...

  • Desperate Afghan women choose death by fire
    August 4, 2008 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    Desperate Afghan women choose death by fire
    The Financial Times: The hospital that Amina had been checked into a few days before is, by Afghan standards, one of the best in the country, built with international money, staffed by foreign- trained doctors and kitted out with modern equipment. She could not hope for better treatment.      Full news...

  • Sex attacks on Afghan children continue to rise, rights group says
    August 4, 2008 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    Sex attacks on Afghan children continue to rise, rights group says
    Quqnoos: An Afghan human rights organisation has said the increase in the number of child rapes may drag the country into anarchy. Child rapes have risen sharply in recent years, according to Afghanistan’s Human Rights Organisation (AHRO), which claims most of the sexual assaults are carried out by government officials and other powerful men.      Full news...

  • Afghan mothers keep their kids with them in prison
    August 4, 2008 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    Afghan mothers keep their kids with them in prison
    AP: Wahid is one of 226 young children who live in Afghanistan's prisons, with mothers who are among the country's 304 incarcerated women. These children have committed no crime. But their mothers have decided prison is the best option for them in a poor, war-torn country where a safe, comfortable home is a rarity.      Full news...


  • Naseer Fayyaz: Me and my family are in danger
    August 3, 2008 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    Naseer Fayyaz: Me and my family are in danger
    After my detention and release from the intelligence agency, I am feeling very scared. Only last night when I was reading Dari bulletin on our ATN channel, one of my colleagues in the station received a call from my brother at home informing that he has been witnessing some suspicious movements around my house. Over telephone he said that several armed persons with big turbans and suspected attire were moving around my residence. He told me not to go home because it could be threat to my life. And right from that time I have not visited my house; I am at a safer place provided by my employer ATN.      Full news...


  • Aid groups say Afghan violence worst since 2001
    August 1, 2008 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    Aid groups say Afghan violence worst since 2001
    EurasiaNet: An umbrella group representing some 100 aid groups and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) has said that violence is at its worst level since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 and that it is concerned over the increasing number of civilian casualties and attacks on aid workers in recent months.      Full news...

  • An Interview with Sonali Kolhatkar: What's Going on in Afghanistan
    July 31, 2008 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    An Interview with Sonali Kolhatkar: What's Going on in Afghanistan
    CounterPunch: I’m really not sure what Bush, Obama, and McCain mean when they say they want to win in Afghanistan. And, I'm not sure they know either. It's probably just a public-relations gimmick to sound “tough on terror.” But, judging from what we've seen, they seem to think that “winning” means killing every last “terrorist” in Afghanistan. That sort of thinking is based on false assumptions and it's an unattainable goal.      Full news...



  • RSF and CPJ call for the release of Naseer Fayyaz
    July 29, 2008 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    RSF and CPJ call for the release of Naseer Fayyaz
    “Reporters Without Borders calls for the release of Mohammed Naseer Fayyaz, the host of the programme Haqeeqat (The Truth) on privately-owned Ariana TV, who was arrested yesterday by members of the Directorate for National Security (DNS) at the government's behest." "The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by reports that Afghan television reporter Mohammad Naseer Fayyaz was detained one day after his television station aired a documentary that was critical of some cabinet members and their ministries.”      Full news...





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