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Read more16 Sep2020 Afghanistan Conference and the path to peace, prosperity and self-reliance
The 2020 Afghanistan Conference scheduled for 23-24 November 2020 in Geneva is a milestone event in Afghanistan’s journey to peace, prosperity and self-reliance.
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Read more15 SepBecause She Matters: Ensuring women’s meaningful participation in peacebuilding in Afghanistan
Since the fall of the Taliban government, women in Afghanistan have made valuable strides in pushing for their rights and for their voices to be heard. Despite political rhetoric on inclusivity...
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Read more11 SepAfghan Women Demand a Just and Accountable Peace
Dear Leaders of the Member States of NATO and the United Nations,
As we mark nineteen years since the devastating attack on the World Trade Center which claimed more than 3,000 innocent...
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Read more11 SepAfghanistan in August 2020; Key News
We are very pleased to be able to resume the publication of Afghanistan This Month. Production of the ATM was affected by staff changes and by the pandemic. We wish all our subscribers...
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Read more19 AugProvincial Women’s Networks Perspectives and Recommendations for Intra-Afghan Negotiations
Following the historic National Consultative Peace Jirga, which endorsed the release of the remaining 400 Taliban prisoners, all milestones for beginning the Intra-Afghan negotiations are achieved...
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Read more13 AugOpen Letter by Afghan Women to the Taliban
We, women, have borne the brunt of the four decades of conflict. As wives, mothers, daughters, and sisters we have suffered terribly.
For the past two years, Afghan women have been...
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Read more07 AugAfghan Peace Talk - Letters to Women World Leaders
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Read more08 JunThe Family Support Helpline: Report a Gender Based Violence in Five Provinces of Afghanistan
This report has been prepared by the British and Irish Agencies Afghanistan Group (BAAG) with the support of Afghanistan Capacity Development and Educational Organisation (ACDEO) and it is funded...
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Read more17 MayTHE CIVIL SOCIETY WORKING COMMITTEE CONDEMNS THE ATTACKS ON THE AFGHAN PEOPLE IN KABUL AND NANGAHAR
The members of CSWC condemn any act of terror on the population and the ones on the maternity hospital in Kabul[1] and a funeral in Nangahar...
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Read more12 MayA TALE OF TWO PRAGMATISMS: How to increase the meaningful participation of women in Afghanistan’s police force
The process of including women in the Afghan police force goes back to the 1960s. It was boosted after 2001 by international support for the Security Sector Reform and Women, Peace and Security...
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Read more10 AprAfghanistan must not be left behind as it braces for the Coronavirus pandemic
To ensure that humanitarian aid is able to reach the most vulnerable people in Afghanistan, we reaffirm the United Nations' call for a humanitarian ceasefire and urge Secretary Pompeo, European,...
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Read more02 Mar
Putting Afghan People at the Heart of the Peace Process -Statement from ACBAR
ACBAR’s 152 NGO members welcome...
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Read more02 JanAfghanistan in December 2019; Key News
Talks
On the 7th, the US and Taliban resumed peace talks in Doha, but it was paused five days later after a Taliban attack near the American air base in Bagram killed two...
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Read more12 DecAfghanistan in November 2019; Key News
Peace
On 29th, President Trump made his first visit to Afghanistan to celebrate Thanksgiving with American soldiers. He confirmed that his government has resumed talks with...
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Read more10 NovAfghanistan in October 2019; Key News
Peace
On the 20th, US Defence Secretary Mark Esper arrived in Afghanistan in a bid to bring talks with the Taliban back on track after President Donald Trump...
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Read more08 OctAfghanistan in September 2019; Key News
Talks
Hope for a settlement with the Taliban rose and fell in September. On the 7th, President Trump announced in a tweet that he had scrapped a secretly arranged meeting...
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Read more11 SepAfghanistan in July & August 2019; Key News
Afghanistan in July and August 2019
Talks
The Americans and the Taliban held two more rounds of direct talks in Doha in July and...
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Read more05 SepAfghan Civil Society Organisations' open letter to the US Congress
Open Letter of Civil Society Joint Working Group (CS_JWG)
To Congress of United State of America
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Read more15 JulAfghanistan in June 2019; Key News
Peace
In June Afghans celebrated the religious festival of Eid, amidst dwindling hopes for a ceasefire between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Last year at this time...
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Read more06 JunAfghanistan in May 2019; Key News
Peace & Politics
The Afghan government organised a five-day Peace Loya Jirga, a national convention of some 3,200 religious leaders, politicians and representatives...
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Read more27 Mar'The Afghan Tragedy', Jan 1988 - What has changed and what hasn't in the last 30 years in Afghanistan?
In 1988, the British & Irish Agencies Afghanistan Group (then the British Refugee Council) published one of the first reports on the situation in Afghanistan. The '...
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Read more26 FebCivil Society input into the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan - Report 2019
The British and Irish Agencies Afghanistan Group (BAAG) is pleased to present the summary report on 'Civil Society input into the Geneva Conference on...
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Read more11 FebAfghanistan in January 2019; Key News
Peace
January saw a growing momentum in American diplomatic efforts for peace amid growing scepticism. US Special Envoy for peace in Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad held a six...
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Read more05 FebAfghan & International Civil Society Synthesis Paper - GCA 2018.
BAAG is pleased to present the Afghan and International Civil Society Synthesis paper. This paper summarises the key views and recommendations made by Afghan and international civil society...
