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Justice & Security Practices, Perceptions, and Problems in Kabul and Nangarhar
Justice & Security Practices, Perceptions, and Problems in Kabul and Nangarhar M AY 2014 Above: Behsud Bridge, Nangarhar Province (Photo by TLO) A TLO M A P P I N G R EPORT Justice and Security Practices, Perceptions, and Problems in Kabul and Nangarhar May 2014 In Cooperation with: © 2014, The Liaison Office. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, recording or otherwise without prior written permission of the publisher, The Liaison Office. Permission can be obtained by emailing [email protected] ii Acknowledgements This report was commissioned from The Liaison Office (TLO) by Cordaid’s Security and Justice Business Unit. Research was conducted via cooperation between the Afghan Women’s Resource Centre (AWRC) and TLO, under the supervision and lead of the latter. Cordaid was involved in the development of the research tools and also conducted capacity building by providing trainings to the researchers on the research methodology. While TLO makes all efforts to review and verify field data prior to publication, some factual inaccuracies may still remain. TLO and AWRC are solely responsible for possible inaccuracies in the information presented. The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in the report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cordaid. The Liaison Office (TL0) The Liaison Office (TLO) is an independent Afghan non-governmental organization established in 2003 seeking to improve local governance, stability and security through systematic and institutionalized engagement with customary structures, local communities, and civil society groups. -
Community- Based Needs Assessment Highlights
COMMUNITY- BASED NEEDS ASSESSMENT SUMMARY RESULTS PILOT ▪ KABUL As more IDPs and returnees urbanize and flock to cities, like Kabul, in search of livelihoods and security, it puts a strain on already overstretched resources. Water levels in Kabul have dramatically decreased, MAY – JUN 2018 forcing people to wait for hours each day to gather drinking water. © IOM 2018 ABOUT DTM The Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) is a system that HIGHLIGHTS tracks and monitors displacement and population mobility. It is districts assessed designed to regularly and systematically capture, process and 9 disseminate information to provide a better understanding of 201settlements with largest IDP and return the movements and evolving needs of displaced populations, populations assessed whether on site or en route. 828 In coordination with the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation key informants interviewed (MoRR), in May through June 2018, DTM in Afghanistan piloted a Community-Based Needs Assessment (CBNA), intended as an 1,744,347 integral component of DTM's Baseline Mobility Assessment to individuals reside in the assessed settlements provide a more comprehensive view of multi-sectoral needs in settlements hosting IDPs and returnees. DTM conducted 117,023 the CBNA pilot at the settlement level, prioritizing settlements residents (13%) are returnees from abroad hosting the largest numbers of returnees and IDPs, in seven target 111,700 provinces of highest displacement and return, as determined by IDPs currently in host communities the round 5 Baseline Mobility Assessments results completed in mid-May 2018. DTM’s field enumerators administered the inter- 6,748 sectoral needs survey primarily through community focus group residents fled as IDPs discussions with key informants, knowledgeable about the living conditions, economic situation, access to multi-sectoral 21,290 services, security and safety, and food and nutrition, among residents (14%) are former IDPs who returned home other subjects. -
Afghanistan Research Newsletter
Afghanistan Research Newsletter Number 22, July / August 2009 3 Documenting the 2009 Election 4 List of New Laws Published in the Official Gazette 5 Research News 7 New Publications from AREU 9 New Publications and Resources 9 National Agriculture Development Framework (NADF) 10 The New US Administration’s Policy Toward Afghanistan 12 European Nations Reassess Policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan 12 Cross-cutting and General 13 Agriculture 13 Children 13 Climate Change 14 Development 17 Health 17 History 17 Justice, Rule of Law, Laws 19 Maps 19 Migration 19 National Solidarity Programme 19 Opium 20 Politics and Government 21 Public Opinion 21 Security 25 Women 25 Pashtun Cultural Magazine AFGHANISTAN RESEARCH AND EVALUATION UNIT Afghanistan Research Newsletter Key Dates in the 2009 Afghanistan Presidential and Provincial Council Elections Date Activity 21 April Publication of election calendar 18 to 24 April Launch of candidate registration process 25 April to 8 May Nomination of candidates 9 to 15 May Scrutiny of applications 16 May Notification to candidates of any deficiencies in nomination applications 17 to 22 May Remedy of deficiencies in nomination applications 21 May Launch of Voter Education/Public Information campaign 23 to 25 May Preparation of preliminary list of candidates 26 May to 1 June Display of preliminary list of candidates plus challenges, corrections, and appeals 26 May to 8 June ECC hearings and decisions 9 June ECC informs IEC of decisions on nominations 9 to 12 June IEC prepares final list of candidate 12 June Publication -
Conflict in Afghanistan I
Conflict in Afghanistan I 92 Number 880 December 2010 Volume Volume 92 Number 880 December 2010 Volume 92 Number 880 December 2010 Part 1: Socio-political and humanitarian environment Interview with Dr Sima Samar Chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission Afghanistan: an historical and geographical appraisal William Maley Dynamic interplay between religion and armed conflict in Afghanistan Ken Guest Transnational Islamic networks Imtiaz Gul Impunity and insurgency: a deadly combination in Afghanistan Norah Niland The right to counsel as a safeguard of justice in Afghanistan: the contribution of the International Legal Foundation Jennifer Smith, Natalie Rea, and Shabir Ahmad Kamawal State-building in Afghanistan: a case showing the limits? Lucy Morgan Edwards The future of Afghanistan: an Afghan responsibility Conflict I in Afghanistan Taiba Rahim Humanitarian debate: Law, policy, action www.icrc.org/eng/review Conflict in Cambridge Journals Online For further information about this journal please go to the journal web site at: ISSN 1816-3831 http://www.journals.cambridge.org/irc Afghanistan I Editorial Team Editor-in-Chief: Vincent Bernard The Review is printed in English and is Editorial assistant: Michael Siegrist published four times a year, in March, Publication assistant: June, September and December. Claire Franc Abbas Annual selections of articles are also International Review of the Red Cross published on a regional level in Arabic, Aim and scope 19, Avenue de la Paix Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish. The International Review of the Red Cross is a periodical CH - 1202 Geneva, Switzerland published by the ICRC. Its aim is to promote reflection on t +41 22 734 60 01 Published in association with humanitarian law, policy and action in armed conflict and f +41 22 733 20 57 Cambridge University Press. -
AFGHANISTAN - Base Map KYRGYZSTAN
AFGHANISTAN - Base map KYRGYZSTAN CHINA ± UZBEKISTAN Darwaz !( !( Darwaz-e-balla Shaki !( Kof Ab !( Khwahan TAJIKISTAN !( Yangi Shighnan Khamyab Yawan!( !( !( Shor Khwaja Qala !( TURKMENISTAN Qarqin !( Chah Ab !( Kohestan !( Tepa Bahwddin!( !( !( Emam !( Shahr-e-buzorg Hayratan Darqad Yaftal-e-sufla!( !( !( !( Saheb Mingajik Mardyan Dawlat !( Dasht-e-archi!( Faiz Abad Andkhoy Kaldar !( !( Argo !( Qaram (1) (1) Abad Qala-e-zal Khwaja Ghar !( Rostaq !( Khash Aryan!( (1) (2)!( !( !( Fayz !( (1) !( !( !( Wakhan !( Khan-e-char Char !( Baharak (1) !( LEGEND Qol!( !( !( Jorm !( Bagh Khanaqa !( Abad Bulak Char Baharak Kishim!( !( Teer Qorghan !( Aqcha!( !( Taloqan !( Khwaja Balkh!( !( Mazar-e-sharif Darah !( BADAKHSHAN Garan Eshkashem )"" !( Kunduz!( !( Capital Do Koh Deh !(Dadi !( !( Baba Yadgar Khulm !( !( Kalafgan !( Shiberghan KUNDUZ Ali Khan Bangi Chal!( Zebak Marmol !( !( Farkhar Yamgan !( Admin 1 capital BALKH Hazrat-e-!( Abad (2) !( Abad (2) !( !( Shirin !( !( Dowlatabad !( Sholgareh!( Char Sultan !( !( TAKHAR Mir Kan Admin 2 capital Tagab !( Sar-e-pul Kent Samangan (aybak) Burka Khwaja!( Dahi Warsaj Tawakuli Keshendeh (1) Baghlan-e-jadid !( !( !( Koran Wa International boundary Sabzposh !( Sozma !( Yahya Mussa !( Sayad !( !( Nahrin !( Monjan !( !( Awlad Darah Khuram Wa Sarbagh !( !( Jammu Kashmir Almar Maymana Qala Zari !( Pul-e- Khumri !( Murad Shahr !( !( (darz !( Sang(san)charak!( !( !( Suf-e- (2) !( Dahana-e-ghory Khowst Wa Fereng !( !( Ab) Gosfandi Way Payin Deh Line of control Ghormach Bil Kohestanat BAGHLAN Bala !( Qaysar !( Balaq -
WKW Creating-New-Spaces-Afghanistan
Women’s Participation in Community Decision-Making Spaces in Afghanistan A Case of Istalif and Kalakan Districts in Kabul Province 2 Women’s Participation in Community Decision-Making Spaces in Afghanistan Acknowledgements Author: Mariam Jalalzada Contributing Partner Organisation: Afghan Women’s Resource Center (AWRC) Design: Dacors Design This research study was made possible by the efforts of the programme staff of the Afghan Women’s Resource Center in Kalakan and Istalif Districts of Kabul Province – especially Samira Aslamzada. Their efforts in organising the field trips, focus group discussions with the women, and interviews with various individuals, is to be lauded. Special thanks are due to Durkhani Aziz for her kindness and her relentless role as co-facilitator during the entire fieldwork, ensuring attendance of Community Development Council (CDC) members and Government officials in the focus group discussions and interviews. My sincere thanks to the CDC members for taking the time and effort to attend the discussions and to talk about their personal lives, and to the Governmental representatives for their helpful engagement with this research. October 2015 3 Women’s Participation in Community Decision-Making Spaces in Afghanistan Contents Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................2 Acronyms............................................................................................................................4 Executive summary ........................................................................................................5 -
Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S
Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy Kenneth Katzman Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs September 22, 2011 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 www.crs.gov RL30588 CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy Summary Stated U.S. policy is to ensure that Afghanistan will not again become a base for terrorist attacks against the United States. Following policy reviews in 2009, the Obama Administration asserted that it was pursuing a well-resourced and integrated military-civilian strategy intended to pave the way for a gradual transition to Afghan leadership from July 2011 until the end of 2014. To carry out U.S. policy, a total of 51,000 additional U.S. forces were authorized by the two 2009 reviews, bringing U.S. troop numbers to a high of about 99,000, with partner forces adding about 42,000. On June 22, 2011, President Obama announced that the policy had accomplished most major U.S. goals and that a drawdown of 33,000 U.S. troops would take place by September 2012. The first 10,000 of these are to be withdrawn by the end of 2011. The transition to Afghan leadership began, as planned, in July 2011 in the first wave of areas, four cities and three full provinces, and some U.S. troops have been withdrawn. Amid widespread doubts that Afghan governance and security institutions will be strong enough to protect themselves by the end of 2014, U.S. and Afghan officials are negotiating a “strategic partnership” that would guide the long-term relationship, although differences over U.S. -
AFGHANISTAN Kabul Province Flood Risk Exposure
AFGHANISTAN Kabul Province Flood Risk Exposure Location Diagram Nejrab Bagram Qara Bagh Alasay Koh-e- Safi Tagab Parwan Qarabagh Estalef Estalef Kapisa Legend Road Network Farza Farza Capital Highway Kalakan Provincial Capital Secondary Road Guldara N Primary Road " District Center 0 ' Guldara 5 Mirbachakot 4 ° 4 3 Kalakan Airport Boundary Airport District Boundary Mir Bacha Kot Airfield Province Boundary Shakar Dara International Boundary Shakardara Helipad Deh Sabz River Flood Risk Exposure Minor River High Risk Intermediate River Medium Risk Major River Low Risk No Risk Paghman Dehsabz Surobi Population Living in Flood Risk Zone 31.41 K (0.66%) 89.35 K Kabul (1.88%) Paghman 123.71 K Laghman (2.6%) Bagrami 4.52 M N " 244.5 K 0 ' (94.87%) 0 3 ° 4 3 Surobi AT RISK Bagrami Flood Risk Area (km²) 72.2 (1.55%) 147.5 Kabul (3.17%) 148.4 (3.19%) Chaharasyab Maydan Shahr Musahi Chahar Asyab Khak-e- 4.29 K 368 Musayi Jabbar (92.09%) AT RISK Nangarhar Hesarak Flood Risk Category: Maidan Flood risk category is estimated based upon potential flood depth: Low flood risk relates to inundation more than 29cm, moderate to Wardak 1.21m and high flood risk more than 2.7m. The 100-year inundation interval implies that every year there is a N " Khak-e-Jabbar Sherzad 0 1% chance of such a flood event occurring. Most flood events will ' 5 1 ° 4 be in 5,10, 20-year inundation interval. 3 Disclaimer and Data Source: Logar The boundaries,names, and designations used on this map do not Mohammadagha imply official endorsement or acceptance by iMMAP or USAID /OFDA. -
Afghanistan Page 1 of 23
Afghanistan Page 1 of 23 Afghanistan Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2001 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor March 4, 2002 Afghanistan has experienced civil war and political instability for 22 years. There was no functioning central government, until December 22, 2001 when the Afghan Interim Administration (AIA) took office. During most of the year, the Taliban, a Pashtun-dominated ultra-conservative Islamic movement, controlled approximately 90 percent of the country, including the capital of Kabul, and all major urban areas, except Faizabad. In 1997 the Taliban issued an edict renaming the country the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, and named its leader, Mullah Omar, Head of State and Commander of the Faithful, granting him ultimate authority. Omar headed the inner Shura (Council), located in the southern city of Kandahar. The Taliban's power structure reportedly narrowed during the year, and its principal consultative bodies, the Shuras, reportedly no longer functioned. Until October 7, a rival regime, the Islamic State of Afghanistan (generally known as the Northern Alliance or United Front), which nominally was headed by former Afghanistan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, an ethnic Tajik, controlled about 10 percent of the country. Rabbani and his chief military commander, Ahmed Shah Masood, for most of the year, controlled the majority Tajik areas in the country's extreme northeast. The Rabbani regime controlled most of the country's embassies and retained Afghanistan's U.N. seat after the U.N. General Assembly again deferred a decision on Afghanistan's credentials. A number of provincial administrations maintained limited functions, but civil institutions were rudimentary. -
Transportation Services for the Socio-Demographic and Economic Survey in Kabul and Panjshir Provinces
Address: UNOCA Compound, Jalalabad Road, Kabul, Afghanistan Telephone: +93 (0) 0707 11 66 66 Email: [email protected] Website: www.unfpa.org Sunday 14nd July 2013 Re-Advertisement REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) RFP No. UNFPA/KBL/13/009 Transportation services for the Socio-Demographic and Economic Survey in Kabul and Panjshir Provinces UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, an international development agency, is seeking qualified offers for the above-mentioned services. Your company is kindly invited to submit your best technical and financial offer for the requested Services. Your bid could form the basis for a contract between your firm/institution and the UNFPA. 2. UNFPA posts all bids notices, clarifications and results in www.ungm.org. 3. To enable you to submit a bid, please read the following attached documents carefully: • Instructions to Bidders Annex I • Terms of Reference (ToR) Annex II • Bid Submission Form Annex III • Bidders Identification Form Annex IV • Format of Bidder’s Previous Experience and Clients Annex V • Technical forms Annex VI • Price Schedule Form Annex VII • UNFPA General Terms and Conditions Annex VIII 4. The technical bid containing the technical information shall be submitted separately from the financial bid. 5. The bid shall reach UNFPA’s reception or for entities with no representation in Afghanistan only, by sending two separate emails (one each for the technical proposal and the financial proposal in PDF format) only to [email protected] (please add that the physical delivery to UNFPA office is possible as per RFP Clause 13) no later than (21 July 2013, 02:00 pm, Kabul Local Time). -
AFGHANISTAN: Health Organizations in Districts (3W) October 2012
AFGHANISTAN: Health Organizations in Districts (3W) October 2012 Darwaz AKDN Darwazbala AKDN 2 3 DRAFT Shaki 2 AKDN Kuf Ab AKDN WORK IN PROGRESS 2 Khw2ahan TA J I K I S T A N CAF, Medair Raghistan 3 CAF, Kinder Berg Shighnan Note: WHO supports government in national coverage U Z B E K I S TA N AKDN 5 Darqad Chah Ab CAF 2 Yangi CAF Yawan Kohistan 3 Q3ala 5 Shahri Buzurg CAF CAF, Merlin 1 CAF Qarqin Khwaja BahCaAwF uddin BDN, MOVE 2 CAF, Turkish 4 Yaftal Sufla 2 2 Shortepa Foundation CAF, 6Kinder 3 CHA Berg, Merlin Fayzabad Kham Ab Dashti 1 Sharak Hairatan 2 AKDN1,4 ARCS, Arghanj BDN, MOVE Imam Sahib Qala CAF, ICRC, Shahada Khaw Khani Chahar Mangajek Kaldar ARCS, Merlin CAF Kinder CAF, SHDP 5 Khwaja Du 3 Berg, MoPH CAF Qurghan Bagh 1 MOVE, SAF CHA 13 9 4 3 AADA Koh Mardyan C H I N A AADA 2 2 8 Dashte Archi Rustaq Argo 1 SAF BDN Dawlatabad Khwaja Baha3rak Kinder Berg, 4 CAF, CDAP CAF Kinder Berg, Jawzjan CHA Ghar 5 Merlin Hazar Merlin, SHDP 1 2 Aqcha Qalay-I- Zal CAF Sum1uch Khash 2 Khulm Kunduz Andkhoy BDN Chahar Bolak Balkh Merlin SHDP Kishim Darayim SHDP 2 CA4F, Kinder 3 Qaramqol Khaniqa 7 ARCS, 4 Nahri CHA Kunduz Baharak 3 CAF, AADA Fayzabad ARCS, CHA 12 7 5 23 Berg, Merlin Jurm Warduj AADA 1 BDN, MOVE BDN, CHA, Mazari ShSahraifhi ARCS, Kinder Taluqan Kinder Berg 2 BDN Kinder Berg, SHDP ARCS, Kinder 3 Kinder Berg, AFGA, ARCS, CHA, IAM, Berg, Merlin, Kalfagan 7 Tashkan 3 JACK CHA MoPH, 1B5erg, MoPH, Merlin, 5 AKDN, Shibirghan LEPCO, MoPH, MSI, Chahar Dara SHDP 22 Marmul Spinzar SHDP, Turkish CAF, Kinder Berg, Ishkashiem Afghan turk, Merlin -
Afghanistan Rule of Law Project
AFGHANISTAN RULE OF LAW PROJECT FIELD STUDY OF INFORMAL AND CUSTOMARY JUSTICE IN AFGHANISTAN AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON IMPROVING ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND RELATIONS BETWEEN FORMAL COURTS AND INFORMAL BODIES Contracted under USAID Contract Number: DFD-I-00-04-00170-00 Task Order Number: DFD-1-800-00-04-00170-00 Afghanistan Rule of Law Project Checchi and Company Consulting, Inc. Afghanistan Rule of Law Project House #959, St. 6 Taimani iWatt Kabul, Afghanistan Corporate Office: 1899 L Street, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 USA June 2005 This publication was prepared for the United States Agency for International Development. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION AND STUDY METHODOLOGY .............................................................1 II. BACKGROUND OF INFORMAL AND CUSTOMARY JUSTICE.......................................4 A. Definition and Characteristics..........................................................................................................4 B. Recent Studies...................................................................................................................................6 C. Jirga and Shura..................................................................................................................................7 III. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS............................................................9 A. The Informal System ........................................................................................................................9 B. The Formal System.........................................................................................................................12