No guarantees for Afghan women in draft U.S.-Taliban deal - NBC News
The United States once vowed to liberate Afghan women from the draconian repression of the Taliban, but a planned deal between the U.S. and the insurgents offers no...
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America Never Gave Afghan Women a Chance - Foreign Policy
Parwin is dying from cancer, her time running out. There is no radiation available, and chemotherapy might not save her. But it isn’t just her life she’s worried about—it’s the future of her daughter Fatema, who had planned to go to college to become a midwife. If Parwin dies of breast cancer, her husband will likely pull Fatema out of school and...
How Toxic Masculinity Threatens Peace in Afghanistan - New Republic
What does it mean to be a man? In the United States, that’s a debate recently stoked by a Gillette ad about harmful masculine norms, as well as the American Psychological Association’s new guidelines to help therapists work with men and boys...
Belquis Ahmadi on Afghan girls issues - VOA TV Ashna
چرا با وجود تمام تلاش ها و مبارزه به خاطر حقوق زنان، افغانستان هنوز بدترین کشور برای زنان باقی مانده است؟. به چینل یوتیوب تلویزیون آشنا بپیوندید و در کنار خبرهای داغ روز، صدها ویدیوی جالب و دیدنی دیگر را تماشا کنید. خبرهای تلویزیون
- بدھ 23 اگست کا پروگرام - Urdu Voice of America View 360
آج کے شو میں امریکہ کی افغانستان پالیسی اور پاک بھارت سفارتی تعلقات کی بدلتی نوعیت؟ اوریہ پالیسی افغان عوام کے لیئے کیسے مستقبل کی تصویر پیش کرتی ہے۔ قدیم لاہور کی گلیوں کی خاص رونقیں ، اور روبوٹس جو بنارہے ہیں پیزا ۔
Experts Say Trump’s Afghanistan Strategy Will Require Nation-Building - Breitbart
Andrew Wilder, vice president of Asia programs at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), pointed to the upcoming Afghan presidential elections in 2019. The last election in 2014 required heavy U.S. involvement. Scott Worden, director of Afghanistan and Central Asia Programs at USIP, said that, on one hand, Trump wants to protect the U.S. from terrorism emanating from Afghanistan, but on the other, 30 years of non-democratic institutions in Afghanistan have led to more violence. Belquis Ahmadi, a senior program officer as USIP, said it is now “up to the Afghans to address the needs of its people.”
Kandahar official outspoken in her fight for equality - Stars and Stripes
“I think she's a strong, committed leader,” said Belquis Ahmadi, a program director at the U.S. Institute for Peace, who met with Faizy and her group in Washington. The work she is doing “is very brave, especially for a young woman working in Kandahar.”.
Afghanistan's justice system is moving faster — maybe too fast - Washington Post
Belquis Ahmadi, an expert on Afghanistan at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, said both trials reflect an Afghan legal system that lags in fairness, even if officials appear well-intentioned. “The justice sector should be independent,” Ahmadi ...
Why many Afghans distrust their judicial system - Deutsche Welle
In a DW interview, Belquis Ahmadi, an expert on rule of law in Afghanistan at USIP, explains that while corruption and bureaucratic red tape play a role in the Afghans' limited trust in the judiciary, this is not the main reason why some are opting for ...