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28.09.2006 "Safety measures must be enhanced to protect the women who are building a better Afghanistan for all," said the director of the women's research institute at the UN, condemning Monday's murder of a top Afghan women's rights official.
From: United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women

26.09.2006 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "was genuinely interested in further conversation with the religious community and engaging in a real discussion with the U.S. government," said one of 45 faith leaders who met the Iranian president last week to discuss his country's current political crisis with the United States.

25.09.2006 Fourth National Summit of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT Summit 2006) held on 25 September at the International Business Centre (Tashkent) opened the ICT Week in Uzbekistan.

25.09.2006 Yhdysvaltain hallitus on kuukausia valittanut, että Iranin sekaantuminen Irakin asioihin uhkaa maan vakautta ja amerikkalaisjoukkoja siellä. Tosiasiassa Iran saattaa pidätellä Irakin shiioja hyökkäämästä täydellä voimalla amerikkalaisten kimppuun. Presidentti George W. Bushin hallitus ei näytä täysin oivaltaneen, että Yhdysvaltain miehityksen jatkuminen Irakissa riippuu nyt Iranin ja sen irakilaisten shiia-liittolaisten sietokyvystä.

22.09.2006 Afganistanilaiset toimittajat joutuvat työskentelemään yhä kovemman painostuksen ja uhkailun alla. Pääasiassa painostus tulee hallituksen ja alueellisten sotapäällikköjen taholta. "Todellisuudesta raportoiminen on toimittajille entistä haasteellisempaa", sanoo maan johtavan journalistijärjestön johtaja Rahimullah Samander.

22.09.2006 Journalists in Afghanistan are facing increasing pressure and threats for doing their jobs, mainly from government authorities and regional warlords, the country’s leading media association - Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) - warned in the capital, Kabul.

19.09.2006 Over 7 million Afghan children aged under five will be vaccinated against the polio virus during a three-day joint campaign launched by the Afghan health ministry and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

18.09.2006 "Heikko oikeusjärjestelmä, tuomioiden toimeenpanon jättäminen ja laaja-alainen naisten syrjintä ovat syynä kunniamurhien lisääntyneeseen määrään Afganistanissa", sanoi Afganistanin riippumaton ihmisoikeuskomissio (AIHCR) viime perjantaina. Kunniamurhat ovat kasvavassa määrin yleistyneet Afganistanissa. Kunniamurhalla tarkoitetaan naisten tai tyttöjen tappamista, joiden uskotaan loukanneen suvun mainetta ja häpäisseen perheen nimen.

13.09.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 13 (OneWorld) - The Bush Administration is objecting to a groundbreaking treaty that set up a nuclear weapon-free zone in Central Asia.

12.09.2006 From supporting gender apartheid abroad to sacrificing feeding programs for U.S. women and children so that ExxonMobil can get a tax break, U.S. priorities are consistent: oil wins over women's rights hands down, says Martha Burk.

11.09.2006 Five Central Asian states committed themselves to never acquiring, manufacturing, possessing, or testing nuclear weapons by signing a treaty Thursday to create a Central Asian nuclear-weapon-free zone.
From: Arms Control Association

08.09.2006 Five years after U.S. President George W. Bush launched his "global war on terrorism," the world has become more unsafe, more divided, more strife-prone, more paranoid, and ironically, more vulnerable to terrorism, says New Delhi-based journalist Praful Bidwai.

03.09.2006 Da un cittadino di Curno, in provincia di Bergamo, è partito il 28 maggio scorso un appello per il ritiro delle truppe dall'Afghanistan. L’appello ha finora raggiunto quasi 600 firme. Firme di cittadini comuni, firme di associazioni e di comitati, firme di pacifisti importanti. A livello nazionale abbiamo fra gli aderenti Gino Strada, fondatore di Emergency, padre Alex Zanotelli, missionario comboniano, Giulietto Chiesa e Vittorio Agnoletto, parlamentari europei, pacifisti fortemente impegnati nella realizzazione della Pace. Come associazioni ricordiamo il Partito Umanista, la Lega per il Disarmo unilaterale, il Social Forum della Valpolcevera, il Coordinamento Bastaguerra, il Comitato ATTAC di Firenze, l'Associazione Progetto Gaia, l'Associazione Mondo Senza Guerre, la Casa della Legalità di Genova, l'Associazione Un Altro mondo ONLUS, oltre a diversi circoli del Partito della Rifondazione Comunista e a diversi gruppi territoriali di Emergency. Oggi l'appello è stato reinviato a tutti i deputati e senatori del centro sinistra con la richiesta di non utilizzare le somme risparmiate dall'eventuale ritiro per finanziare altre missioni. Per aderire all'appello inviare una email ad outafghanistan@comune.re.it

01.09.2006 Creative solutions are helping get kids in school and improve the quality of education.