According to 2011 report by Commission on Wartime Contracting Iraq and Afghanistan, at least $60 Pentagon on private contractors over the period 2001-2011 could be classified as fraud or waste.. ..…
Shaharzad Akbar, head of Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, tweeted that the identification process resulted in errors before she was able to vote Kabul... ..…
Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission requested security for 5,373 polling centres, but security agencies said 410 polling centres were impossible to secure and would be closed on Saturday. . ... Only nine of 18 candidates have registered their voting-day observers with the..…
Schools and universities make up between seven and eight out of every ten polling centres across the country, and though no students, teachers or education officials are being hired as election workers, they can volunteer, said Abdul Aziz Ibrahimi, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s election..…
Rice wrote, ing, she chalked it up to Russian toward Pakistan for supporting Afghan mujahideen fighters during Soviet Union's Afghanistan.. special review commission on 11 has found that disagreements still persist within FBI over whether there was in the US to carry out the 2001..…
He emphasized the need to respect regional and national traditions, along with the principle of ownership, noting that during consultations Beijing, Russian Federation, China, United States and Pakistan called on all parties Afghanistan to begin dialogue. Welcoming the appointment of women to..…
In order to further institutionalize and facilitate the repatriation programme, the 6th Quadripartite Steering Committee Meeting was held in Islamabad (June 17, 2019), in which representatives (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and UNHCR) had reiterated their commitment for the implementation of..…
That's not enough, said Sima Samar, women's affairs minister who was removed for challenging warlords in the post- Taliban leadership and now chairs Human Rights Commission... The Women, Peace and Security Index rated Afghanistan as the worst place in the world to be woman, after Syria....…
Both Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission and Criminal Investigations Department of Afghan Ministry of Interior found this allegation to be false. This US war on Afghanistan, has produced unknown death count with unknown numbers of war crimes. ..…
Last fall, Fatou Bensouda, prosecutor of ICC, recommended to Pre-Trial Chamber that it open investigation into the possible commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by parties to Afghanistan, including US persons.. ..…
Sima Samar, the chairman of Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission, said the decision was a disappointment for victims. . ..…
From Afghanistan to Pakistan, meet the women owning the internet. Afghan Journalists Safety Committee reported 101 incidents of violence against journalists and media workers over the course of the year, up sharply from 73 in 2015.. ..…
The story goes back to December 2017, when Fatou Bensouda, ICC's prosecutor, announced investigation into the possibility that U.S military and CIA personnel had committed war crimes during America's Afghan War or in other countries that have nexus to Afghanistan.. Specifically, ICC opened..…
The story goes back to December 2017, when Fatou Bensouda, ICC's prosecutor, announced an investigation into the possibility that U.S military and CIA personnel had committed war crimes during America's Afghan War or in other countries that have nexus to Afghanistan.. Specifically, ICC opened..…
The story goes back to December 2017, when Fatou Bensouda, ICC's prosecutor, announced investigation into the possibility that U.S military and CIA personnel had committed war crimes during America's Afghan War or in other countries that have nexus to Afghanistan.. Specifically, ICC opened..…
In 2000 and 2001, Sifton worked for International Rescue Committee, primarily Afghanistan and Pakistan, and in 1999 he worked at Albania and Kosovo. ..…
Stanikzai’s remarks suggested the Taliban had not fundamentally changed its views and there was cause to fear the militant group’s reentry into government, said Sima Samar, chair of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission. . . . “They should not see Afghanistan as..…
TEHRAN - Military Aide to Iranian Supreme Leader Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi said on Tuesday that ISIL terrorist group was offspring of joint efforts of the US, Israel, and some Arab countries, adding that now Washington is transferring the remnants of the group to Afghanistan... TEHRAN -..…
Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff, House Intelligence Committee chairman, complained about the congressional visit to Afghanistan that was canceled amid the budget fight. ..…
Afghanistan’s Independent Electoral Complaints Commission has declared that all votes cast in Kabul Province during the country’s October parliamentary election are invalid. . ..…
Last fall, the prosecutor of International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, asked Pre-Trial Chamber to open investigation into the possible commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by parties to Afghanistan, including US persons.. ..…
Both the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held one full committee hearing on Afghanistan during the 115th Congress. ... Senate Foreign Relations Committee, “The Administration’s South Asia Strategy on..…
Hafizullah Wali Rahimi, president of Afghanistan's Olympic Committee, told media that such allegations were not new and that there had been similar complaints in the past... ..…
15 civilians were killed in single clash Malistan on November and Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission released report saying the attacks on Khas Uruzgan led to 63 deaths.. ..…
Reduced to its last bastions Syria, ISIS and its comrades await the moment United States exits Afghanistan.. Yet the commission points to Budget Control Act of 2011, as the instrument of our debilitation.. ..…
NATO Secretary General visits the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan with Chairman of Military Committee and Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Jens Stoltenberg, is visiting the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, accompanied by Chairman of Military Committee, Air Marshal Sir..…
Based on IFEX member reports Afghanistan Journalists Center, Committee to Protect Journalists, Digital Rights Foundation, Hong Kong Journalists Association, Human Rights Watch, International Federation of Journalists, Mizzima News, PEN International, Pakistan Press Foundation, Reporters..…
Committee to Protect Journalists 14 February 2013 . . Freedom in the World 2013: Afghanistan . ... Committee to Protect Journalists 21 February 2012 . . Press Freedom Index 2011-2012: Afghanistan . ..…
There all European states with Soviet Union, the US and Canada agreed on principles that may be summed up, in the words of Palme Commission in 1982, in. Only four years Soviet of Afghanistan in 1979 provoked the west to resort to much the same reactions as today against Russia's policies..…
FILE PHOTO Blackwater USA Chief Executive Erik Prince testifies before House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on security contracting Iraq and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill Washington October 2, 2007. ..…
In February, Connecticut Chapter of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America released report detailing the need for such legislation and presented bill to CT General Assembly's Committee on Veterans Affairs.. ... The chair of Veterans Affairs Committee, Representative Jack..…
As a member of the US Senate Armed Services Committee, I traveled to Afghanistan in January 2002, just three weeks after American forces had routed the Taliban. ..…
In its January statement, the government announced the creation of committee of key government officials and Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission to cooperation with ICC. ..…
While we understand the need for Afghanistan to liaise with its international partners, some of. We welcome the creation of committee comprised of key government officials, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, and Judicial Board at Presidential Palace to..…
Elizabeth Esty, in her second term representing the 5th congressional district, just returned from her first congressional delegation trip – to Afghanistan and Kuwait. . ... John Kline, R-Minn., a high-ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee. . ..…
Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission has recommended the government criminalize the practice and modify the penal code based on provisions in Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other human-rights conventions, he adds.. ..…
During a hearing held by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was asked to comment on ISIS in Afghanistan. . ..…
Testifying as commander of U.S and NATO forces Afghanistan before Senate Foreign Relations Committee April, Gen. ..…
But to this day, US officials deny the link between America's in Soviet War Afghanistan and the upsurge of Islamic and terrorism. In 1998, Senator Orrin Hatch, member of Senate Select Intelligence Committee who was involved in the decisions that led to aiding Afghanistan, said..…
On the 2nd of March, the first meeting of Russian- Afghan intergovernmental commission on trade and cooperation was held at President Hotel Moscow ... Russian President�s envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov has this to say in interview with the editor-in-chief of Afghanistan.ru news..…
During a confirmation hearing Wednesday for Ryan Crocker, Obama's nominee for ambassador to Afghanistan, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John F. ..…
On Feb 7, 2002, in memo, None of the provisions of Geneva apply to our conflict with al-Qaida Afghanistan or elsewhere throughout the world.. Senate Armed Services Committee was told that the in question -- using dogs to frighten prisoners, making underwear -- first were used at..…