The Security Council cannot fail the women and girls of Afghanistan, former President of Ireland Mary Robinson warned on Tuesday, as she reminded its 15 members of the relentless work carried out over nearly 20 years to secure their rights through constitutional, legislative and policy changes.
The U.S.-trained Afghan pilots and others held at a camp in Uzbekistan already feared being sent back to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
‘Historic’ high-level meeting sends a message of Arab solidarity with Iraq
The Taliban are an hardline Islamist movement in Afghanistan that has been fighting an insurgency against the Western-backed government in Kabul since being ousted from power in 2001.
Hezbollah does not operate in a vacuum and is affected by a very complex system of pressures and challenges.
Bangladesh remains ever grateful to India and former Soviet Union who stood firmly by them for their rights.
Special Representative Deborah Lyons, head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), said the
Laghman has long been contested, with a strong Taleban presence in some rural areas, held at bay by government forces based in district centres.
“The main threat to the Central Asian region today comes from the Afghan direction”.
By Aditi Bhaduri, The Quint Last week the US announced the formation of a new