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Press Release
Afghanistan: Civilian lives must be at the heart of the Kabul Process
The Kabul Process conference must put the protection of Afghan civilians and accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity at the heart of its discussions this week, Amnesty International said.
February 28, 2018
Report
Forced Back to Danger: Asylum-Seekers Returned from Europe to Afghanistan
European governments have put thousands of Afghans in harm’s way by forcibly returning them to a country where they are at serious risk of torture, kidnapping, death and other human rights abuses, Amnesty International said today in a new report.
October 4, 2017
Press Release
Afghanistan: Security forces open fire on protesters voicing anger over Kabul blast
Responding to the Afghan security forces opening fire today on crowds protesting insecurity in the wake of the May 31 bombing in Kabul, Biraj Patnaik, Amnesty International’s South Asia Director, said:
June 2, 2017
Press Release
Afghanistan: Kabul bombing is horrific act of deliberate violence
Responding to today’s bombing in Kabul that has claimed the lives of 80 people and injured at least 350, Amnesty International’s Afghanistan Researcher Horia Mosadiq said:
May 31, 2017
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Afghanistan: Civilian casualties show how unsafe it is for refugees to be returned
Attacks on civilians in the first three months of this year and the inability of the Afghan government to ensure their adequate protection show that Afghanistan remains an unsafe country for refugees to be returned to, Amnesty International said today. “At a time when civilian casualties remain high, with women and children suffering the worst of the violence, it is reckless of governments to claim that Afghanistan is safe for refugees to return,” said Horia Mosadiq, Amnesty International’s Afghanistan Researcher. Since the withdrawal of the international military forces from Afghanistan at the end of 2014 the security situation in the…
April 27, 2017
Press Release
Afghanistan: Attack on ICRC is a horrific crime
The killing of six employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in northern Afghanistan is a horrific crime, Amnesty International said today. “By targeting the ICRC, who devote their lives to helping people in desperate need, the perpetrators have demonstrated a horrific contempt for human life,” said Biraj Patnaik, Amnesty International’s South Asia Director. The killings in the northern Jowzjan province come a day after a suicide bomber killed more than 20 people at the entrance of Afghanistan’s Supreme Court in Kabul. Afghanistan is currently reeling from a series of attacks on civilians, including the murder of…
February 8, 2017
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Afghanistan: UN probe into US airstrikes on Kunduz a welcome step towards accountability
In response to today’s announcement by the United Nations that it will investigate last week’s US-led airstrikes in Kunduz province, in which more than 30 civilians were killed, Champa Patel, Amnesty International’s South Asia Director said: “The horrific events in Kunduz last week are the latest in a growing list of incidents which have resulted in Afghan civilians being killed or injured in attacks that appear to have violated international humanitarian law “We hope that this UN investigation into the circumstances surrounding the bombing represents a step towards truth and justice for the victims and their families. “If the investigation…
November 7, 2016
Press Release
Pakistan: Deportation of iconic National Geographic Afghan girl is a grave injustice
Reaction to Pakistan's decision to deport Sharbat Gula, the iconic 'Afghan girl' whose striking portrait adorned a 1985 cover of National Geographic magazine
November 4, 2016
Press Release
Afghanistan: Civilians describe severe shortages of food and medicine in embattled Kunduz
The Afghan government and Taliban forces should urgently facilitate swift and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief into Kunduz, where thousands of civilians are trapped in increasingly dire conditions, Amnesty International said today. The organization has interviewed medical workers and civilians stuck in Kunduz amid fighting after the Taliban launched an assault on 3 October. Kunduz residents have described grim scenes as food and water supplies have been exhausted and electricity was cut. The city’s civilian hospital has run out of medical supplies and sustained rocket and gunfire attacks on 5 October. “Civilians in Kunduz are once again at a precipice,…
October 6, 2016
Press Release
People internally displaced by conflict in Afghanistan doubled to 1.2 million in just three years
The number of Afghans who have fled violence and remained trapped in their own country – where they live on the brink of survival - has dramatically doubled over the past three years, a new report by Amnesty International highlights.
May 27, 2016
Report
My Children Will Die This Winter: Afghanistan’s Broken Promise to the Displaced
The number of Afghans who have fled violence and remained trapped in their own country – where they live on the brink of survival - has dramatically doubled over the past three years, a new report by Amnesty International highlights. .
May 27, 2016
Press Release
The death penalty will not deliver security in Afghanistan
The death penalty will deliver neither the justice that victims deserve nor the security that Afghanistan seeks, Amnesty International said today.
May 9, 2016