| 8/14/2008 |
Taliban Kill Three Women Aid Workers in Afghanistan
Taliban gunmen shot three International Rescue Committee (IRC) workers and their local driver near K... |
| 8/8/2008 |
Rape, Sex Abuse of Afghan Girls Continues
Afghan girls continue to be sexually exploited, reported the Afghan Interior Ministry Thursday. The ... |
| 8/5/2008 |
Jailed Afghan Mothers Allowed to Live With Their Children in Prison
A policy intended to fight child poverty and ensure child safety allows incarcerated Afghan women to... |
| 8/4/2008 |
First Afghan Woman Elected to CEDAW
Zohra Rasekh has been elected to the United Nations' Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of D... |
| 7/21/2008 |
Need for Survival Fuels Sex Work, High Birth Rate Kills Mothers in Afghanistan
Women and young girls are being pushed to commercial sex work due to high food prices and widespread... |
| 7/16/2008 |
Two Afghan "Prostitutes" Allegedly Murdered by Taliban
Two Afghan women were killed last weekend outside Ghazni City for allegedly running a prostitution r... |
| 7/14/2008 |
Afghan Woman Athlete Seeks Political Asylum
Mehbooba Andyar, Afghan's only female athlete scheduled to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games,... |
| 7/9/2008 |
Afghan Warlords Abuse Boys
United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy, took on... |
| 6/16/2008 |
Cruel Facts of Afghan Redevelopment
A meeting of international donors in Paris last week revealed many disconcerting facts related to th... |
| 6/2/2008 |
Afghan Journalism Student Allegedly Tortured
An afghan appeals court transferred journalism student Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh to a hospital for test... |
| 4/28/2008 |
Afghan Girls Missing Out on Education
Afghan girls make up only 35% of students in Afghanistan, and despite an overall increase in student... |
| 4/16/2008 |
Ten Schools in Afghanistan Attacked Since March
At least ten schools in Afghanistan have been attacked since school began on March 23. These attacks... |
| 3/12/2008 |
Woman Receives Military Honors for Tour in Afghanistan
Army Specialist Monica Lin Brown earned the prestigious Silver Star for saving the lives of her fell... |
| 2/4/2008 |
Major Report Reveals Afghanistan Faltering
The Afghan Study Group (ASG), composed of a bipartisan group of leading scholars and experts on Afgh... |
| 1/31/2008 |
Afghan Women Demonstrate Against Kidnapping of American Woman
Hundreds of Afghan women gathered Tuesday to protest the kidnapping of US aid worker Cyd Mizell. Acc... |
| 1/24/2008 |
Afghan Journalist Sentenced to Death
Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh, a 23 year old journalist in Afghanistan, was sentenced to death for distribu... |
| 12/21/2007 |
Congress Approves Funding for Programs for Afghan Women
The omnibus spending bill passed by Congress and sent to the White House yesterday includes $75,000,... |
| 12/7/2007 |
House to Investigate Afghan Maternity Hospital
The House Oversight Committee, chaired by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), launched an investigation this w... |
| 10/12/2007 |
Congresswoman Maloney Fights for Afghan Women’s Programs
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), along with eight co-signers, has sent a letter to the chairs a... |
| 8/30/2007 |
New Report Shows Hope, Dire Conditions in Afghanistan
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission and the United Nations Refugee Agency released a... |
| 6/19/2007 |
Quarter of Afghan Children Forced to Work
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced yesterday that almost one quarter of Afghan ch... |
| 6/18/2007 |
Violence in Afghanistan Surges; Taliban Commits Deadliest Attack Since 2001
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide bomber who blew up a bus transporting police re... |
| 6/14/2007 |
Fatal Shooting Outside Afghan Girls' School
Two gunmen killed two girls and wounded six others, including a teacher, outside a girls' school in ... |
| 6/7/2007 |
US House Approves Afghanistan Aid Bill with Provisions for Afghan Women and Girls
The US House of Representatives voted 406 to 10 yesterday to pass an omnibus bill that will provide ... |
| 6/6/2007 |
Afghan Radio Owner and Reporter Killed
Zakia Zaki, the owner and manager of Peace Radio and a headmaster of a girls' school in Parwan provi... |
