Elezioni insanguinate in Afghanistan, 50 morti – Asia – ANSA.it
I talebani hanno preso di mira i seggi elettorali con colpi di mortaio a Nangarhar, Kudduz, Ghor, Kunar e altre provincie Sono complessivamente quasi 50 i morti e oltre cento i feriti nel bilancio parziale di diversi attentati che hanno insanguinato le elezioni in Afghanistan. E’ salito a 15 il numero dei morti in un […]
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War took a heavy toll on her family. Now she is fighting … for Afghan democracy | World news | The Guardian
Zakia Wardak is part of a wave of mostly young politicians prepared to fight powerful vested interests at the ballot box – despite all the dangers Zakia Wardak visits a girls’ school in Kandahar: ‘If you have a seat in parliament, you can raise people’s voices.’ Zakia Wardak’s family has been fractured and diminished by […]
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The Death Toll for Afghan Forces Is Secret. Here’s Why. – The New York Times
The Taliban is killing Afghan soldiers and police officers in record numbers. Last week, 400 were killed, officials say. PUL-I-KUMRI, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents killed so many Afghan security forces in 2016, an average of 22 a day, that by the following year the Afghan and American governments decided to keep battlefield death tolls secret. It’s much […]
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Afghanistan: Suicide bomber targets school in Kabul | Afghanistan News | Al Jazeera
At least 34 killed at facility in Shia neighbourhood which prepares students for university exams. At least 34 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack in front of an education centre in the west of the Afghan capital, Kabul, according to the health ministry. Wednesday’s attack in the Shia neighbourhood of Dasht-e-Barchi left dozens more injured, […]
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Afghanistan: Dozens of security forces killed in Taliban attack | News | Al Jazeera
At least 40 soldiers and police killed in major assault on a base in Baghlan in the latest Taliban onslaught. At least 40 Afghan soldiers and police were killed in a Taliban attack on a military outpost in a northern province, the latest in a series of deadly assaults on security forces. Nine policemen and […]
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Taliban ‘pushed back’ after attack on Afghanistan’s Ghazni | News | Al Jazeera
At least 39 fighters and 14 soldiers killed in clashes after armed group entered strategic city near Kabul overnight. an hour ago Afghanistan’s defence ministry said the army helped the police and that Ghazni city was now under control of government forces [Parwiz/Reuters] MORE ON AFGHANISTAN Afghanistan: Taliban suicide bomber kills NATO troops in Parwan4 days […]
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Le donne afgane sono state tradite da chi doveva liberarle – Rafia Zakaria – Internazionale
Rafia Zakaria, Dawn, Pakistan Le leggi ci sono. L’Afghanistan è un paese firmatario della Convenzione per l’eliminazione della violenza contro le donne. L’articolo 22 della costituzione afgana stabilisce l’uguaglianza tra uomini e donne, la parità di doveri e di trattamento davanti alla legge. Una legge nazionale per l’eliminazione della violenza contro le donne è stata approvata nel […]
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Exclusive: Blackwater founder’s plan to privatise America’s $76bn, 17-year war in Afghanistan | The Independent
In a rare interview, Erik Prince speaks in depth about his pitch to Trump and Pompeo to slash costs by shifting military operations to an international team of ‘contractors’ Donald Trump is expected to ask European countries at this week’s Nato summit, one of the most crucial and contentious in the history of the alliance, to step […]
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Afganistán, la fábrica mundial del opio
El cultivo de opio genera 590.000 empleos en el país, una cifra muy superior a toda la fuerza del Ejército y la Policía del país, compuesta por 313.728 personasLos cultivos ocupan la extensión equivalente a cinco veces la ciudad de Madrid o 32 la de Barcelona fotografia: Quema de 25 toneladas de narcóticos organizada en […]
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Militari australiani con la svastica ‘civilizzavano’ l’Afghanistan –
Nazi flag flown on Australian army vehicle- -Le immagini della bandiera nazista su un veicolo dell’esercito australiano durante un’operazione in Afghanistan stanno scatenando una bufera a Canberra. -Oltraggiata la memoria dei soldati australiani che hanno combattuto e perso la vita per prevalere sulla brutalità nazista in Europa e sul sanguinoso militarismo giapponese in tutto il […]
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