PAN: Afghans are calling for the removal of some candidates from a list of those standing in September’s parliamentary elections for being “violators of human rights”. Several people have come forward to say that allowing criminals or those who violate human rights to stand for parliament undermines the legitimacy of a democratic election.
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Archive for June, 2011
Afghans want some candidates removed from list for being “violators of human rights”
Afghans protest against NATO, say 12 civilians killed
AFP: Hundreds of angry protesters staged a protest Friday in eastern Afganistan, accusing NATO forces of killing a dozen civilians during an overnight raid. Around 300 protesters in the Surkh Rod district of Nangahar province chanted “Death to Shairzai (the provincial governor), (Afgan President Hamid) Karzai and the Americans” as they threw stones at...
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Afghans protest against “refugee executions” in Iran
Thousands of Afghans have protested in the eastern city of Jalalabad against the alleged executions of a number of Afgan refugees in Iran. Demonstrators rallied in front of the Iranian consulate, shouting slogans and throwing eggs. This is the fifth and largest anti-Iran protest in Afganistan in a fortnight.
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What I Learned in Afghanistan – About the United States
LewRockwell.com: I was surprised on my recent trip to Afganistan that I learned so much…about the United States. I was in Afganistan for two weeks in March of this year, meeting with a large number of Afghans working in humanitarian endeavors – the principal of a girls’ school, the director of a school for...
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Corruption, incompetence charges plague new Afghan police force
McClatchy Newspapers: Although the members of Afganistan’s elite new police force have been touted as the country’s best and brightest, U.S. military strategists find that they’re plagued by the same problems as Afganistan’s conventional police, who are widely considered corrupt, ineffective and inept.
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Red Cross confirms “second jail” at Bagram, Afghanistan
BBC News: The US airbase at Bagram in Afganistan contains a facility for detainees that is distinct from its main prison, the Red Cross has confirmed to the BBC. Nine former prisoners have told the BBC that they were held in a separate building, and subjected to abuse. The US military says the main...
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In remote villages, Afghan government inspires little faith
Stars and Stripes: While many government jobs in Afganistan are handed out as prizes, no one is fighting over the post of Kharwar district sub-governor. Given the dingy shipping container that serves as both the sub-governor’s home and the district center for this rugged, volatile area high in the Hindu Kush mountains in eastern...
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Afghanistan Grapples with “Honor Rape”
The Media Line: The Muslim world is full of violent, graphic and alarming stories of “honor killings”, in which young woman are killed by male family members for dishonoring the family. “Honor rape”, in which the gang rape of a woman is used as a tool of social punishment, is spoken of less. Almost...
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Afghan warlords feed on US contracts, say critics
The US government is facing fresh questions on its oversight of war funding amid mounting evidence that a $2.16bn trucking contract is enriching Afgan warlords linked to the controversial half-brother of President Hamid Karzai. Investigators also suspect that some of the funds from the contract end up in the hands of the Taliban, either...
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