Our work in Afghanistan includes the influential ‘Open Jirga’ discussion and debate series, and support for local independent media essential to the country’s future.
Afghanistan’s Open Jirga
BBC Media Action joined forces with the BBC Afghan Service and Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) to make the debate programme Open Jirga (jirga means ‘assembly’ in Afghan languages).
As Pompeo Meets Taliban, Security Fears in Afghanistan Grow After at Least Eight Killed in Rocket Attack
Dozens were injured in the attack on a residential area in Kabul which has been claimed by a local Islamic State group.
In Afghanistan, fears of assassination overshadow hopes of peace
Human rights workers, moderate religious scholars and civil society activists are being killed in wave of targeted attacks …
Afghanistan: footage shows aftermath of rocket strikes in Kabul – video
The explosions, close to the diplomatic quarter, set embassies’ warning sirens blaring two days before a major donor conference for Afghanistan in Geneva …
Afghanistan: Donors Should Support Rights Gains
Get updates on human rights issues from around the globe. Join our movement today. (Geneva) – Afghanistan ’s foreign donors meeting in Geneva, beginning November 23, 2020, should prioritize funding …
Pakistan’s role is pivotal in achieving peace in Afghanistan: EU official
Says Pakistan has keys to most of Afghanistan’s locked aspects, ahead of the Afghan Donor Conference in Geneva on Nov 23-24 …
Pakistan’s FATF future seems grim with its continuous involvement in Afghanistan
shreds of evidence received from multiple intelligence reports suggest that Pakistan has starting nesting terror networks in Taliban safe havens of Afghanistan.(Reuters file photo) While Pakistan …
The question is ‘what has been accomplished’ by US troops in Afghanistan
Retired United States Army colonel Ann Wright says people talk about what will happen if the US withdraws troops from Afghanistan, but her question is what has been accomplished with the thousands of …
PM Morrison Calls Allegations of Australian Atrocities in Afghanistan ‘Disturbing’
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Saturday that the findings of a report that the country’s special forces allegedly killed 39 unarmed prisoners and civilians in Afghanistan were …