Full Coverage: Afghanistan

31.07.2006 PESHAWAR, Jul 31 (IPS) - Two Afghan journalists, who spent three years in the infamous United States military prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have released a new chronicle on life in the now famous iron cages.

25.07.2006 As Taliban attacks against women increase, concerned Americans are urging their congresspeople to support women-led nonprofits and other organizations that protect women's rights and provide urgently needed assistance to women and girls in Afghanistan.

21.07.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 20 (OneWorld) - An Afghan government proposal to re-establish the notorious Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has raised concerns among U.S. human rights advocates.

20.07.2006 Though it may just be symbolic, Afghanistan's cabinet has agreed to re-establish the Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, notorious under the Taliban for, among other things, beating women for showing their wrists, hands, or ankles and beating men for trimming their beards.

12.07.2006 Attacks by a resurgent Taliban and other groups are forcing the closure of many girls schools throughout the country. Nearly one-third of all Afghanistan districts have no girls' schools in operation.

11.07.2006 Escalating attacks on teachers, students and schools in Afghanistan are shutting down schools and depriving another generation of education, a leading rights group says in a new report today. Girls' schools have been hit particularly hard.

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11.07.2006 Taleban on saamassa yhä suuremman jalansijan Etelä-Afganistanissa. Paikalliset asukkaat ovat kääntymässä myönteisiksi liikkeelle, Afganistanissa ruohonjuuritason työtä tekevä riippumaton Senlis Council varoittaa.