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Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 19, 2018
The mammoth gathering at the football stadium was attended by Governor Gulab Mangal and thousands of HIA supporters from Laghman, Nangarhar and Nuristan provinces. Hekmatyar asked the government to take steps for conducting transparent elections and not allowing candidates to stuff ballotÃâà...
The Logical Indian
March 14, 2018
... Nuristan province of Afghanistan. Altaf Jan, uncle of the murdered girl told The Economic Times that there was huge discrimination against them. “The two communities have cultural differences. But there is systematic effort to harass us. For example, water supply schemes and other government schemesÃâà...
Arab News
March 12, 2018
Fazlullah and his fighters escaped to neighboring Afghanistan in the summer of 2009 and are now reportedly based in Kunar and Nuristan provinces. ... Pakistan has alleged that the three fugitive militants have built safe havens in eastern Nangarhar province and are using Afghan soil to launch terroristÃâà...
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
March 9, 2018
Officials in Nangarhar province have vowed to take action following the publication of an IWPR investigation into the extent of sexual harassment at ... “We've placed complaint boxes in all private and government universities and higher education institutions so that girls can share any issues they have withÃâà...
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
March 8, 2018
In 2012 Karim Dad, a 20-year-old from the eastern province of Nuristan, decided to join the Afghan National Army (ANA). ... An IWPR investigation in the Nurgaram district of Nuristan has found at least 18 instances in which the government has failed to pay the full benefits due to the families of servicemenÃâà...
Atlantic Council (blog)
February 28, 2018
Afghan commandos are seen in Qala-i-Zal, a district in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz Province, on May 16, 2017. ... the initial US-led invasion in 2001, the Taliban was largely defeated and went to ground in its traditional strongholds in eastern Afghanistan like Nangarhar, Kunar, and Nuristan provinces.
MENAFN.COM
February 27, 2018
... acknowledged militants took full advantage of gemstones in the province. Most of these mines are situated in insecure areas and militants smuggle them via routes which are not in government control. MENAFN2702201801740000ID1096522822. Gemstone illegally excavated from 370 Nuristan sites.
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
February 27, 2018
“And when prisoners from other provinces are transferred here, the overcrowding obviously becomes even worse.” The province of Nuristan, which border Kunar to the north, also lacks a prison, although officials there said one was not necessary as all legal disputes were settled quite adequately via “tribalÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
February 27, 2018
According to the Nuristan Mining Department, illegal digging of gemstones, including ruby and emerald, is underway at 370 sites without a penny being paid to the government. At some sites, gemstones worth three million afghanis have been discovered. Eng. Saadullah Painda, the PC head, said half ofÃâà...
Modern Diplomacy
February 27, 2018
Panelists taking part in a radio discussion in the eastern province of Nuristan demanded that both government forces and armed insurgents comply strictly with their obligations under international humanitarian, human rights and refugee law. On a television roundtable in Jalalabad, participants sharedÃâà...
UN News
February 25, 2018
Panelists taking part in a radio discussion in the eastern province of Nuristan demanded that both government forces and armed insurgents comply strictly with their obligations under international humanitarian, human rights and refugee law. On a television roundtable in Jalalabad, participants sharedÃâà...
Reliefweb
February 24, 2018
Panelists taking part in a radio discussion in the eastern province of Nuristan demanded that both government forces and armed insurgents comply strictly with their obligations under international humanitarian, human rights and refugee law. On a television roundtable in Jalalabad, participants sharedÃâà...
Sputnik International
February 13, 2018
According to Rejistani, Daesh footholds are located in four provinces in the north and north-east of Afghanistan: namely, Faryab, Jawzjan, Sari-Pol and Badakhshan. "The majority of Daesh ... "The Doab district of Nurestan province is the nearest neighbor to Panjshir province. Recently, 13 families haveÃâà...
Gandhara
February 12, 2018
The mountainous province of Badakhshan in northeastern Afghanistan evaded Taliban rule when the hard-line Islamist movement dominated the rest of the country in the 1990s. Today, however ... Baidar says the Afghan government is committed to not allowing ETIM members to enter Xinjiang. “We areÃâà...
ReliefWeb
February 8, 2018
Similar programs in Nuristan and Nangahar provinces are also under way. UNAMA supports the Afghan people and government to achieve peace and stability. In accordance with its mandate as a political mission, UNAMA backs conflict prevention and resolution, promoting inclusion and social cohesion,Ãâà...
The Diplomat
December 31, 1999
In 2009, U.S. troops pulled out of Nuristan, the mountainous province of Afghanistan along the border with Pakistan, effectively surrendering the area to ... The government can also help the indigenous community by exporting its wine to neighboring countries or within Pakistan and paying a basic amount toÃâà...
