Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai, in political trading ahead of this year’s elections, has signed a Shia Family Law that women’s advocates at the UN say “legalizes” rape.
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Barack Obama’s new Afghanistan strategy will dispatch 4,000 more troops to train Afghan security forces—as Afghan and Pakistani Taliban leaders have forged a cross-border alliance.
At least 11 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack at a restaurant in northwest Pakistan ‘s South Waziristan—the same day a US drone attack killed four in North Waziristan.
Afghans are again protesting a reckless US raid that left five dead this week in Kunduz province—days after a suicide blast killed another five in Nangarhar province.
The White House announced that the US will consider imposing sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) judges and prosecutors if the ICC opens an investigation into the actions of United States service members and intelligence personnel in Afghanistan. The Chief Prosecutor of the ICC requested an investigation in November 2017 into alleged war crimes committed by the US in Afghanistan since May 2003, in addition to actions taken by the Afghan National Security Forces, the Taliban and the Haqqani network. In addition to sanctions, the US will also consider seeking to have the ICC's powers restricted by the UN Security Council. The US will also seek to strengthen agreements that would prevent other nations from surrendering US nationals to the ICC. (Photo: AiirSource Military)
Sharia courts opened this week in Pakistan’s Swat Valley as part of a peace agreement with tribal militias. But it remains to be seen how much power the local civil government will cede.
Two Hellfire missiles fired by US Predator drones reportedly killed four militants in strikes on a house in Jani Khel village near Bannu, North Waziristan.
Afghanistan’s Supreme Court has upheld a 20-year prison term for Parwiz Kambakhsh, 24, a journalist accused of “blasphemy” for writing an article advocating greater rights for women under Islam.
Several were killed in clashes between Pakistani troops and Taliban militants in the Tribal Areas—the same day the government signed a peace pact with tribal leaders.
A US drone was shot down by Taliban militants in Pakistan’s South Waziristan tribal district, officials and residents said. Pakistani officials are said to be searching for the wreckage.
Afghanistan’s human rights progress has been thwarted by armed conflict, censorship, abuse of power, and violence against women, the UN Human Rights Council charges in a new report.
