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May 2006

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The aim of this Guide is to provide a brief introduction to human rights and sustainable development issues in Afghanistan

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31.05.2006 Afghan authorities have arrested four men in connection with the killing of three ActionAid staff members on Tuesday.
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31.05.2006 From the uprising of the Taliban to the insurgency in Iraq, the West's strategy for tackling radical Islam is failing, argues Tom Porteous.
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From: TomPaine.com
Related topics/regions: [Iran]
31.05.2006 Three women members of staff of international charity ActionAid were shot and killed yesterday while working in Afghanistan's Shaberghan province, 500 kilometres from Kabul.
* Seven aid workers killed
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Zanotelli
30.05.2006 Su invito del presidente della Camera dei Deputati, On. Fausto Bertinotti, alle 11.00 di ieri mattina sono stati ricevuti Gino Strada, Luigi Ciotti, Alex Zanotelli e Tonio Dell'Olio, primi firmatari dell'appello lanciato alcuni giorni orsono ai parlamentari per chiedere di "interrompere le missioni militari in teatri di guerra e ritirare le truppe italiane dall'Iraq e dall'Afghanistan". Nonostante il silenzio-stampa che ha accompagnato l'appello, ad oggi sono pervenute alcune migliaia di firme tra singoli e associazioni che sono state consegnate al Presidente della Camera. Nel merito dell'appello tutti hanno riconosciuto che, mentre per il ritiro delle truppe italiane dall'Iraq si registra una sintonia da parte del governo Prodi e dell'intera coalizione di maggioranza, diverso è l'atteggiamento sulla missione militare in Afghanistan.
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Related topics/regions: [Iraq] [Civil society]
Image: Zanotelli
Some believe the president is being pressured to keep women out of politics by radical Islamist groups.
25.05.2006 While Afghani women have made great strides since the fall of the Taliban, there is one area where they seem to have taken a step backwards: the new cabinet. The lone female candidate failed to win confirmation.
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Image: Some believe the president is being pressured to keep women out of politics by radical Islamist groups. © Advocacy Project
23.05.2006 May 2006: One hundred and twenty-five women are no longer having to struggle to survive in Afghanistan's northern province of Faryab after interventions by an International Organisation on Migration (IOM) programme to learn new skills and start businesses.
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16.05.2006 On Wednesday, May 17th, 2006, when celebrating of World Telecommunications Day, Afghanistan will have completed and launched two useful projects.
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Related topics/regions: [ICT] [Governance]
15.05.2006 Former militia commanders in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar have voluntarily surrendered a number of weapons to the Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) programme, officials from the UN-backed initiative said in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related topics/regions: [Arms & military] [Conflict resolution]
10.05.2006 Afghan MP Malalai Joya was physically and verbally attacked by parliamentary colleagues after she said that some were warlords and should be barred from sitting.
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From: Feminist Majority Foundation
09.05.2006 Ministry of Communications of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan a long with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) organized the first ever National ICT conference in Afghanistan on May 25-26, 2006 at Loya Jirga Hall.
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Related topics/regions: [Capacity building] [Poverty] [ICT]
Afghanistan: il comando italiano annuncia la morte dei due militari
06.05.2006 A poco più di una settimana dalla strage di Nassiriya, in cui hanno perso la vita un tenente dell'Esercito e due carabinieri, ieri un ordigno ha ucciso a Kabul due alpini del contingente di Isaf, la missione internazionale della Nato in Afghanistan, ed altri quattro sono rimasti feriti. Sembra ancora presto per individuare una matrice: secondo alcuni sarebbe opera di al Qaida, secondo altri dei Taleban, che in serata hanno rivendicato l'attentato. Si tratterebbe di un pressing sul Governo italiano, perchè ritiri i contingenti militari, ma anche un attacco ad Isaf in generale, la missione internazionale della Nato, perchè abbandoni l'Afghanistan. "Vittime di una presunta missione di pace" - commenta Aprile online che ricorda come nella 56esima "Relazione sulla politica informativa e della sicurezza", inviata al Parlamento lo scorso mese, la situazione nella zona dove è avvenuto l'attentato era stata già segnalata dall'intelligence come ad "elevata criticità, con una progressiva radicalizzazione delle iniziative di quell'insorgenza dirette primariamente a contrastare la pacificazione del Paese". Insomma, una condizione di alto rischio militare molto distante dalla definizione di territorio pacificato.
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From: Unimondo
Related topics/regions: [Civil society] [War and peace] [Terrorism]
Image: Afghanistan: il comando italiano annuncia la morte dei due militari
05.05.2006 Iraq and Afghanistan rank among the world's weakest states, according to an annual index based on a dozen social, economic, and political indicators. Venezuela made the greatest progress towards stability in the past year.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related topics/regions: [Iraq] [Venezuela]
Amnesty International claims that US misconduct in its detention sites stems directly from official policy and practice.
04.05.2006 A new report charges the U.S. with creating a climate in which torture and ill-treatment can flourish. The UN is set to review U.S. compliance with global torture prohibitions over the next few days.
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From: Amnesty International USA
Related topics/regions: [Iraq] [United States]
Image: Amnesty International claims that US misconduct in its detention sites stems directly from official policy and practice. © Amnesty International USA
Afghanistan, Inc (CorpWatch)
02.05.2006 The Bush Administration touts the reconstruction effort in Afghanistan as a success story, but a new report, "Afghanistan, Inc.", details the bungled reconstruction effort there.
* Poverty still a big problem, says rights group
* Afghan human rights survey shows hope in the face of hardship


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Image: Afghanistan, Inc (CorpWatch)

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