If a deal with the Taliban is to avoid dramatically shrinking the space for women's rights activists, it will require leadership from a president with the courage to recognize them as his equals.
Posts Tagged “Afghanistan”
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Posted in: Asia, Rights & Justice
Topics: Afghanistan, Rachel Reid, South Asia, women's rights
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The Obama Administration's closeted response to serious public concerns about its drone program does not befit its stated democratic values.
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Electric shocks, hanging detainees from ceilings, beatings, and sexual assault. When will international forces and the Afghan government truly grapple with the problem of the abuse of detainees?
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Over the past two years, the use of night raids in Afghanistan has skyrocketed, indicating an important tactical shift (with detrimental consequences) by U.S. and international forces.
Posted in: Asia, Governance & Accountability, Middle East, United States
Topics: Afghanistan, Christopher Rogers, ISAF, night raids, Taliban, U.S. Special Operations Forces
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If the Taliban came to your house in the night, fully armed, and demanded food, would you feed them? You may have no choice. This does not make you a combatant.
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A UN report has exposed systematic torture and abuse in several Afghan prisons where international forces transfer detainees, including beatings, electrocutions, and threats of sexual assault.
Posted in: Asia, Governance & Accountability, Rights & Justice
Topics: Afghanistan, Christopher Rogers, detainees, ISAF, torture, UN report
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Two reports call attention to the failure of the United States to win hearts and minds in Afghanistan and Pakistan, despite spending billions of taxpayer dollars.
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President Hamid Karzai recently accused international forces of acting like occupiers, rather than allies, and implied that if they do not halt airstrikes on civilian homes, Afghans would respond with force.
Posted in: Asia, Governance & Accountability, Middle East, United States
Topics: Afghanistan, civilian casualties, Erica Gaston, Hamid Karzai, night raids, U.S. military
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In Afghanistan, substitution treatments like methadone have helped people who use drugs reclaim their health and add stability to their lives. Yet this treatment is available to less than 10 percent of those who need it.
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The detention of journalists for trying to provide an independent voice on security incidents undermines Western governments' otherwise positive efforts to support free media in Afghanistan in the past 10 years.