Pakistan at Crossroads – Need for a Paradigm Shift in Human Rights

At the stroke of midnight on the eve of 15th August 1947, the erstwhile British India was partitioned into two independent domains: the Dominion of India and the Dominion of…

By Irfan Ali Thanvi

Taliban continues unabated human rights violations amid recent intensification of conflict

Kabul [Afghanistan], August 10 (ANI): Amid the recent intensification of conflict with the Afghan Government, the Taliban continues to violate human rights unabatedly by killing civilians, destroying mosques and assaulting…

Western media slammed over ‘lack of coverage’ of human rights violations in Afghanistan

Kabul [Afghanistan], August 9 (ANI): Sharing a video of the recent killing of a child, the western media has come under severe criticism over its lack of coverage of human…

‘Alarmed by escalating violence against children in Afghanistan’: UNICEF

New York [US], August 4 (ANI): UNICEF is alarmed by the escalating violence against children in Afghanistan, UNICEF Afghanistan Representative Herve Ludovic De Lys said on Wednesday. This statement comes…

Advancing Taliban execute detainees in multiple provinces as fighting rages on in Afghanistan

New York [US], August 4 (ANI): An independent human rights organisation has said that Taliban forces advancing in Ghazni, Kandahar, and other Afghan provinces have summarily executed detained soldiers, police,…

Amid withdrawal of foreign forces, human rights violations in Afghanistan at peak

Kabul [Afghanistan], July 30 (ANI): Human rights violations have been increasing in Afghanistan at a time when the withdrawal of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) forces from the war-torn country…