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Afghanistan: Two Centuries of Genocide, Slavery, Civil War, War Crimes and Systematic Discrimination

A New Type of U.S. Diplomat is Needed for Countries in Conflict

Conflict Service Officers (CSOs) could reverse America’s decline

7 February, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Artists are like waves: their existence thrives on creative movement

A film review and interview with Mohammad Amin Wahidi

3 February, By: Nicole Valentini

NATO Troops Disguise Themselves as Civilians in Afghanistan

This practice invites Taliban attacks on Afghans and NGOs

1 February, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Back to the primitive past: Pashtuns stoning, trampling with horses and burning their victims with impunity

Note: If you are under 18, please do not open this page.

31 January, By: Kamran Mir Hazar, Vikki Riley | Darwin, Australia

Norway should give asylum to Kazim Yazdani

A Facebook support group for Haj Kazim Yazdani

26 January

NT Human Rights award winner in Hobart for Australia Day

MEDIA RELEASE/ DARWIN NORTHERN TERRITORY

23 January

Human Security, Peacebuilding, and the Hazara Minority of Afghanistan

study of the importance of improving the community security of marginalized groups in peacebuilding efforts in non-Western Societies

22 January, By: Annika Frantzell

EXCLUSIVE REPORT: U.S. Probe into Missing Afghan Aid Funds Blocked

Corruption within the U.S. Office of Special Counsel harms the war effort

19 January, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Afghanistan: Appoint Experts to Human Rights Commission

Karzai Should Pick Independent, Experienced, Dedicated Commissioners

19 January, By: Human Rights Watch

Afghan Visa Scandal Endangers U.S. Troops

Inaction by Secretary Clinton may be killing Americans

12 January, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Top Stories

Iran Could Successfully Shut the Strait of Hormuz

5 January, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Building Afghanistan into Ruin

1 January, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

No Shelter, No Protection: Afghanistani Asylum Seekers Struggle to Survive in Greece

30 December 2011, By: Basir Ahang

Orientalism, Afghanistan, and the Recycling Rhetoric

25 December 2011, By: حکيم نعيم | Hakeem Naim

Al Qaeda and the Meaning of Christmas

25 December 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

U.S. Prepares to Abandon Afghans and North Koreans

22 December 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

A Response to Christian Fundamentalist Hate Mail

21 December 2011, By: Rick Casey

FROM THE BOATS TEARS COME

20 December 2011, By: Vikki Riley | Darwin, Australia

U.S. Department of State’s End of Year Report Card

17 December 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Erroneous views on Afghanistan and the Hazaras by Pakistani writer

13 December 2011, By: Hazara People International Network

Greece: Rare Hate Crime Trial Opens

12 December 2011, By: Human Rights Watch

U.S. Abandons Toxic Burn Pits as it Withdraws from Iraq and Afghanistan

10 December 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Hazara in detention wins prestigious Human Rights Art Award in Darwin, Australia

9 December 2011, By: Vikki Riley | Darwin, Australia

Secretary Clinton Insults Hazara Shia Regarding Massacres in Afghanistan

8 December 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Bloody attacks on Hazaras killed over 50 in Kabul and Mazar i Sharif!

6 December 2011

The 2nd Bonn Conference and the Voice of the Marginalised Groups

4 December 2011

Move the Bonn II Conference to Islamabad

1 December 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Hazara People Timeline (1890-2012): Victims of Genocide, Slavery, War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity

29 November 2011, By: Hazara People International Network

Hellfire Missile Accuracy Problems Uncovered in Pentagon Data

27 November 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Implementation of the Elimination of Violence against Women law in Afghanistan has a long way to go

23 November 2011

Michelle Obama Ignores Plight of Afghan Women

20 November 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Afghan Metrics Show Taliban Winning & Losing

16 November 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Taleban leader’s orders to reduce civilian casualties “hypocritical”

9 November 2011, By: Amnesty International

A New Persian Empire is Rising with U.S. Help

9 November 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

U.S. Officials Reveal Al-Qaeda Breakthrough in “Super Explosives”

4 November 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Protest of Hazaras in front of European Parliament in Brussels

3 November 2011

Afghanistan Istanbul conference: Regional cooperation urged to defend rights

1 November 2011, By: Amnesty International

The Iranian “Qods Force” Does Not Exist

1 November 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Afghanistan: Key Conference Sidelining Women

30 October 2011, By: Human Rights Watch

LEADING HEALTH ORGANISATIONS DEMAND IMMEDIATE ACTION ON MENTAL HEALTH STANDARDS IN IMMIGRATION DETENTION

25 October 2011

EXCLUSIVE: Iran’s Black Market Nuclear Warheads Are an Open Secret

22 October 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

The U.S. State Department Loves/Hates the Haqqani Network

15 October 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

U.S. Retreat From Afghanistan Begins with a Whisper

10 October 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Pakistan: Prevent Targeted Killings of Shia Muslims

5 October 2011, By: Hazara People International Network

Amnesty International Urges Pakistan Authorities to Tackle Brazen Attacks on Hazara Shi’a

4 October 2011, By: Hazara People International Network

U.S. Diplomats Fear Bureau of Diplomatic Security

2 October 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

World Wide Protest Against Genocide in Pakistan and Afghanistan

1 October 2011, By: Editorial Staff

list of attacks on Hazara people in Pakistan

1 October 2011

U.S. Committed to Losing Afghan War

25 September 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Ambassador Crocker Hides From Taliban, Ignores Dead Children

18 September 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Photo Story: Afghanistani Asylum Seekers In Greece

14 September 2011, By: Basir Ahang

CIA Ignores Key Terror Threats

11 September 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

STRANDED IN KUPANG

7 September 2011, By: Vikki Riley | Darwin, Australia

U.S. Officials Fund Taliban to Kill Americans

4 September 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Freedom

15 August 2011, By: Organization of Hazara Refugees in Curtin IDC

America Entered Afghanistan as a Superpower/It Exits Exhausted

7 August 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

HAZARAS IN DARWIN DETENTION BEGIN STRIKE ON ROOF

24 July 2011, By: Vikki Riley | Darwin, Australia

Taliban to Bail-Out Obama From Debt Crisis

23 July 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Message from the asylum seekers in Scherger detention center who have been on a Hunger strike

23 July 2011

Italian Hazaras’ protest in Milan Italy

13 July 2011

Could Commercial Giant “The Home Depot” Defeat the Taliban?

6 July 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

An open letter from Afghan refugees in Turkey to UNHCR

25 June 2011

U.S. Diplomats in Afghanistan Work Under “the Most Difficult Conditions Imaginable”

25 June 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Kabul Brothels Continue to Service NATO

20 June 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Lackluster U.S. Leaders Doom Afghan Mission

12 June 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

General Martin Dempsey, a Proven Military Failure, Selected for Top Pentagon Post

29 May 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

How fundamentalism is formed and nourished (Part Two)

23 May 2011, By: Nima Idihaw

How fundamentalism is formed and nourished (Part One)

19 May 2011, By: Nima Idihaw

Report on the Case of Conflict between Kochies and the Local People In Behsood (Hessa-e-Awal, Hessa-e-Dowm) and Diamirdad districts of Maidan Wardak province

17 May 2011, By: Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission

Navy SEALs “Take Out” 12 Year Old Afghan Girl

17 May 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama throwing democracy’s best friends in Afghanistan under the bus

10 May 2011, By: M. Amin Wahidi, Robert Maier

Ryan Crocker: Good Diplomat / Lousy Ambassador

1 May 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Petraeus Fired Admiral Who Tried to Cut Taliban Funding

17 April 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

U.S. May Have Dropped a Million Pounds of Bombs on Libya

30 March 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Senior U.S. Diplomat Creates Uproar by Calling People of Okinawa “Lazy”

19 March 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

U.S. State Department - Ignorant of Al-Qaeda, Arabic and Islam

14 March 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

PARTIES TO AFGHAN CONFLICT SHOULD ESCALATE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN 2011

9 March 2011

State Department Funds Energy Assistance Overseas While Funding is Cut at Home

28 February 2011, By: Matthew J. Nasuti

Afghanistan's partition

Yes No Abstention

A discussion only on Kabul Press

Federalism in Afghanistan?

News Briefs

CIVILIAN CASUALTIES RISE FOR FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR IN AFGHAN CONFLICT

Saturday 4 February 2012

4 February 2012 – 2011 marked the fifth year in a row that civilian casualties have increased in the armed conflict in Afghanistan, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said today releasing its 2011 Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, prepared in coordination with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Changes in the tactics of the parties to the conflict were responsible for an eight per cent increase in Afghan civilian deaths in 2011 compared to 2010.

UNAMA documented 3,021 civilian deaths in 2011 compared with 2,790 in 2010 and 2,412 in 2009. Over the past five years, the number of Afghan civilians killed in the armed conflict has increased each year, with a total of 11,864 civilian lives claimed by the conflict since 2007.

“Afghan children, women and men continue to be killed in this war in ever-increasing numbers,” said Ján Kubiš, United Nations Special Representative for the Secretary-General. “For much too long Afghan civilians have paid the highest price of war. Parties to the conflict must greatly increase their efforts to protect civilians to prevent yet another increase in civilian deaths and injuries in 2012.”

The report notes “The tactics of choice of Anti-Government Elements subjected Afghan civilians to death and injury with increasingly lethal results in 2011. Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were the single largest killer of Afghan children, women and men in 2011, taking the lives of 967 civilians, or nearly one in three (32 percent) of all civilians killed in the conflict.” Anti-Government Elements increased their use of illegal, indiscriminate victim-activated pressure plate IEDs that function as anti-personnel landmines detonated by any person including children stepping on, or any vehicle driving over them.
Anti-Government Elements caused the most Afghan civilian deaths in 2011 – 2,332 or 77 percent of all civilians who died in the conflict, up 14 percent from 2010. In addition, 410 civilian deaths (14 percent of the total) resulted from the operations of Pro-Government Forces, a decrease of four percent from 2010. A further 279 civilian deaths, or nine percent of the total, could not be attributed to a particular party to the conflict.

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