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Girls in Pakistan Fight for the Right to Education
Armed with only a slightly used copy book sent by her aunt from Peshawar, the capital of the northwestern Khyber Pakhtoomkhw’a province, Azeera Gul, 12, is fighting for the rights of girls to an education.
Women’s Rights Law Poorly Enforced in Afghanistan
Afghanistan still has a long way to go before women in the country are fully protected under the two-year-old Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) law, a report concludes.
‘We Need Protection Not Detention’ Says Curtin Immigration Detention Centre Detainee
Hussain Ali, an ethnic Hazara Afghan, has experienced first-hand the flaws in Australia’s mandatory detention policy. For more than 21 months, he has been held at the Curtin Immigration Detention Centre (IDC), one of eight high-security facilities...
Pakistan IDPs Reluctant to Return
Nearly four years ago as skirmishes between troops and Taliban militants drove thousands out of the North Waziristan (NW) Agency on the Pakistan-Afghan border, Kalim Ullah, 40, was among those who left.
What If You Looked At War Or Peace As Though Women Mattered?
What if you looked at war as though women mattered? What if you looked at peace as though women mattered? These two questions are at the heart of a five-hour series, Women, War & Peace, a comprehensive global media initiative on the changing roles...
Attack Destroys NATO Fuel Tankers in Pakistan
Sixteen tankers carrying oil for NATO troops in Afghanistan were destroyed by a bomb at a terminal on the outskirts of Peshawar, in the latest attack by militants aimed at disrupting NATO supply line through Pakistan
Taliban Deny Children in Afghanistan Being Used As Suicide Bombers
About 100 boys aged 12-17 are being detained by Afghanistan’s National Intelligence Directorate (NDS) on charges of attempting suicide attacks on behalf of the Taliban, but the insurgents deny they recruit minors as their presence could cause “vice”...
Revenge Attacks Feared in Pakistan After Osama Death
The death of al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden after an operation involving US aircraft and ground forces in Pakistan has raised fears of possible revenge attacks by militants against various targets, including civilians.
