AIHRC-UNAMA Second Joint Report On Elections
14 August 2009
'', Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission // United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, 14 August 2009
EXCERPT: "This second report of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Political Rights...
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Karzai Passes Law Diminishing Women's Rights
14 August 2009
'Afghanistan Passes "Barbaric" Law Diminishing Women's Rights', The Guardian, 14 August 2009
EXCERPT: "Afghanistan has quietly passed a law permitting Shia men to deny their wives food and sustenance if they refuse to obey their husbands' sexual demands, despite international outrage over an earlier version of the legislation which President Hamid Karzai had promised to review. The new final draft of the legislation...
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Afghan Police Weak Link In Security Sector Reform
14 August 2009
Robert M. Perito, '', United States Institute of Peace, 12 August 2009
EXCERPT: "The Afghanistan National Police is Afghanistan's front line of defense against insurgency and organized crime. Yet despite nearly $10 billion in international police assistance, the Afghan police are riddled with corruption and incompetence and are far from the professional law...
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EU Assistance And Support To Democratic Process
14 August 2009
'', European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO) // European Commission (EC), 14 August 2009
EXCERPT: "Afghanistan is set to hold presidential and provincial council polls on 20 August 2009 and National Assembly and district elections in 2010. These elections present a formidable challenge because of the recent history of the country, the youth of...
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