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Read more07 Dec
Civil Society Position Paper - Geneva Conference on Afghanistan 2018
On the 28th November the 13th high-...
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Read more07 DecStatement of Civil Society at the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan
On the 28th November the 13th high-level international...
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Read more06 DecReturns & Displacement - BAAG Policy Position Paper 2018
BAAG is pleased to present its autumn 2018 Policy Position Paper on...
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Read more05 NovAfghanistan in October 2018; Key News
Elections
The long-awaited parliamentary elections which have been delayed for three years, were finally held in Afghanistan on the...
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Read more12 OctGeneva Conference on Afghanistan 2018 Announcement - INGO Civil Society Applications
Applications are no longer being accepted as the deadline was 22nd October 2018.
In November 2018 the UN and Afghan...
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Read more05 OctAfghanistan in September 2018; Key News
Peace and Politics
Peace remained elusive in September. An anonymous Taliban official told Reuters that they met with Afghan government representatives...
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Read more04 SepAfghanistan in July & August 2018; Key News
Peace and Politics
Despite the euphoria following June’s holiday truce between the Afghan government and the Taliban, the conflict...
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Read more03 SepGeneva Conference on Afghanistan 2018 Announcement - Civil Society Delegation Nominations
Applications are no longer being accepted as the deadline was 18 September 2018.
The GCA...
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Read more09 JulAfghanistan in June 2018; Key news
Peace
For the first time in the nearly seventeen years of the Taliban’s war against the Afghan government, Afghans experienced a...
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Read more04 JunAfghanistan in May 2018; Key News
Peace
On the 14th, a Helmand peace convoy began its journey to Kabul by foot. They were warmly welcomed by residents in Qandahar and Zabul and some joined them. The convoy’...
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Read more03 MayAfghanistan in April 2018; Key News
Peace
The public peace campaign in Helmand gained momentum at the beginning of this month and citizens in many other provinces supported it. New peace camps were set up in...
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Read more05 AprAfghanistan in March 2018
Afghanistan in March 2018
Peace
Insecurity in Helmand this month sparked an unprecedented...
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Read more02 MarBAAG welcomes new member Hand in Hand International
Frozan, 19, lives in Marmul district, a corner of the world where young women get married, not work, and help is vanishingly rare. Still, that never stopped her from dreaming. “We are a big family...
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Read more01 MarAfghanistan in February 2018, Key News
Afghanistan in February 2018
Peace
On the 28th, President Ghani hosted the international Kabul Process conference in Kabul and...
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Read more01 FebAfghanistan in January 2018, Key News
Afghanistan in January 2018
Peace
Renewed peace efforts were shrouded in ambiguity and contradictions in January. On the 14th, a...
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Read more12 DecAfghanistan in November 2017; Key News
Afghanistan in November 2017
Peace and Politics
Issues around the forthcoming elections dominated the political scene in November. On...
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Read more02 NovAfghanistan in October 2017; Key News
Afghanistan in October 2017
Peace and Politics
On the 1st, President Ghani met with Pakistan’s army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa...
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Read more09 OctAfghanistan in September 2017; Key News
Afghanistan in September 2017
Peace and Politics
On the 18th, American Defence Secretary Jim Mattis confirmed the deployment of 3,000...
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Read more05 SepAfghanistan in August 2017; Key News
Afghanistan in August 2017
Peace and Politics
On the 21st, President Trump announced the new US strategy for Afghanistan. It will...
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Read more11 AugFirst Day of Mass Rabies Vaccination programme in Kabul, Afghanistan
"On Sunday 6th August the first ever mass rabies vaccination programme for dogs started in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Mayhew International has been working with Kabul City authorities to plan and...
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Read more04 AugAfghanistan in July 2017; Key News
Afghanistan in July 2017
Peace and Politics
With the presidential elections due to take...
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Read more05 JulAfghanistan in June 2017; Key News
Afghanistan in June 2017
Peace and Politics
This month, the National Unity Government had to endure new internal political...
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Read more02 JunAfghanistan in May 2017; Key News
Afghanistan in May 2017
Peace and Politics
The arrival of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of the Hezb-e Islami...
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Read more03 MayAfghanistan in April 2017; Key News
Afghanistan in April 2017
Peace and Politics
On the 28th, fugitive warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of the Hezb-e Islami party...
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Read more04 AprAfghanistan in March 2017; Key News
Afghanistan in March 2017
Politics
March saw some progress...