Afghanistan
The Reaction We Can Expect from the LA Times Photos of Misconduct by US Soldiers in Afghanistan
Like most cases of misconduct by US soldiers — like the Marine urination video — there’s outrage and concern. But in this case, the outrage will be more in the US and in the American media, not in Afghanistan.
A Day Without Dignity: Positive Advocacy Examples from Afghanistan
Today is A Day Without Dignity, the aid blogosphere’s answer to TOMS A Day Without Shoes. With so many discussions devoted to bad advocacy or “badvocacy” in aid and human rights activism recently, it’s important to highlight examples of what good advocacy and NGO PR looks like. Three videos that hit the right notes.
What Will Happen to Afghanistan’s Security Forces After 2014?
Will plans to massively build up –and then massively downsize– the Afghan security forces contribute to more violence and turn Afghanistan into Central Asia’s bargain bazaar for small arms?
5 Reasons to be Hopeful for the Future of Afghan Women
While the backlash against expanded rights and freedoms for Afghan women has been gathering momentum in recent years, so too have efforts to create greater opportunities for women in Afghan society. Part 2 of my 2-part look at what’s at stake for women a decade into the international intervention.
How the US is Still Getting Afghanistan Wrong
The debate following the Kandahar massacre shows that Americans at home and in Afghanistan still don’t quite understand the meaning of events in that country.
The Culture War Over Afghan Women
Afghan women are again at the center of a volatile national debate over whether basic rights and freedoms should be extended to the female half of the population. Part 1 of a 2-part look at what’s at stake.
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The SC; HRC; DPRK; South Sudan
The SC: The Security Council today held its last consultations under the Council Presidency of ROK. Tomorrow, Russia will take over the rotating Presidency of the Security Council for March under Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.
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The SG; Mali; Middle East; Palestine
The SG: At the Fifth Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna, Austria today, the SG emphasized the role of youth in ensuring a “prosperous, equitable and peaceful future.”
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The SG; DRC; HRC; Palestinian Prisoner
The SG: In Ethiopia over the weekend, the SG is now in the United Arab Emirates. Today he met with Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, where the two discussed developments in the region, including Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, and in the Middle East Peace Process.
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