New York, Jan 16 (JEN)Amid continuing violence in Afghanistan, the United Nations and the humanitarian community has appealed for $430 million to provide assistance to some 2.8 million pe ...

Kabul, Aug 26 (JEN): Tired of the denial they have faced for decades, Afghan women are finally asking 'namam kojast?', which literally translates to 'where is my name'.

Mumbai, Nov 4 (Just Earth News): Slamming the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for civilian deaths in Afghanistan in an airstrike in Kunduz, the south Asian wing of Amnesty Internat ...

New York, Jun 3 (JEN): While the outgoing senior United Nations rights official in Afghanistan said she expected the human rights advances made “will be sustained, will not be rolled back, ...

New York, Nov 14 (JEN) The United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Rashida Manjoo, has called on the Government of Afghanistan and the international community to adopt s ...

New York, Nov 13 (JEN): Opium cultivation and production in Afghanistan reached record levels this year, with the former increasing seven per cent to 224,000 hectares in 2014, and productio ...

New York, Oct 8 (JEN) The scheduled executions set for on Wednesday of five Afghans accused of armed robbery and gang rape is being criticized by the United Nations human rights chief, who o ...

New York, Aug 21 (JEN)The United Nations mission in Afghanistan on Wednesday expressed its concern about the acts of intimidation against New York Times reporter Matthew Rosenberg, who on Tu ...

New York, July 10 (JEN) The nature of the Afghan conflict has added yet another grim dimension as ground combat among the warring parties surpassed improvised explosive devices (IEDs) as the ...