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NewsTen students were killed by heavy snowfall in Daikundi
Daikundi: Ten students were killed when ice avalanches fell down on houses in Daikundi province, an official said Saturday. The Daikundi Governor Qurban Ali Uruzgani told to media: ice avalanches had fallen down on two...
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Latin America, US & CanadaRemarks at the Launch of Strategic Dialogue with Civil Society
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State William J. Burns Under Secretary for Political Affairs Rajiv Shah USAID Administrator Egyptian Activist Sherif Mansour and Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission Chair Sima Samar Ben Franklin Room...
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DiscriminationThe tribalist Karzai government is the killer of 21 Hazaras in Daikundi, not snowfall
Hazara People: The Chief of Daikundi Province, Qurban Ali Orazgani, while taking to the media, stated that at least 21 people were killed and 5 others wounded so far this year in Daikundi owing to...
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Human RightsThe human rights community finally notices the Taliban’s war crimes
News Flash: The Taliban Violate Human Rights The human rights community finally notices the Taliban’s war crimes. By Christopher Hitchens Even in a week that concentrated all eyes on the magnificent courage and maturity of...
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NewsAfghanistan: Government Takeover of Shelters Threatens Women’s Safety
Conservative Forces Hostile to Women’s Rights Drive Proposed Regulation Human Rights Watch | FEBRUARY 13, 2011 Photo: TOLO News(New York) – An Afghan government move to take over the operations of women’s shelters threatens the...
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Human RightsHazara woman seeks justice against thugs who killed her son
Even Mother Nature was cruel on the day 15 years ago when rampaging thugs chopped off Marzia’s fingers for a gold ring and shot dead her nine-year-old son when he cried out to object. It...
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NewsKarzai favorite no better than Taliban?
KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 31 (UPI) — A candidate for speaker of the Afghan Parliament is a wanted war criminal and the wrong choice for a country bent on political reform, a rights advocate said.Abdul Rab...
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Human RightsKarzai choice for parliament accused of human rights abuses
By Julius Cavendish | Independent | Monday, 31 January 2011 Abdur Rab Rasul Sayyaf, alleged to be responsible for the Afshar massacre of 1993 and accused by the 9/11 commission of training Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,...
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Karzai backs infamous warlord to be speaker
To the dismay of diplomats and MPs, especially women and those from Afghanistan’s ethnic Hazara community, Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf was Mr Karzai’s early candidate for the speaker slot, MPs said. He has been accused...
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NewsA school with over a thousand students and various problems at the end of Foladi district, Bamyan
Najeeb Farzad | January 28, 2011 This is a school at the end of Foladi District of Bamyan, Afghanistan. At present, there are over 1000 Hazara students studying in this school. Due to lack of...
By Omid Jafari