Press Release
Afghanistan: Record high civilian casualties make returns unjustifiable
The international community cannot abandon the Afghan people who have fled conflict and violence at a time when civilian casualties…
July 16, 2018
Press Release
Afghanistan: Civilian lives must be at the heart of the Kabul Process
The Kabul Process conference must put the protection of Afghan civilians and accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity…
February 28, 2018
Report
Forced Back to Danger: Asylum-Seekers Returned from Europe to Afghanistan
European governments have put thousands of Afghans in harm’s way by forcibly returning them to a country where they are…
October 4, 2017
Press Release
Afghanistan: Security forces open fire on protesters voicing anger over Kabul blast
Responding to the Afghan security forces opening fire today on crowds protesting insecurity in the wake of the May 31…
June 2, 2017
Press Release
Afghanistan: Kabul bombing is horrific act of deliberate violence
Responding to today’s bombing in Kabul that has claimed the lives of 80 people and injured at least 350, Amnesty…
May 31, 2017
Press Release
Afghanistan: Civilian casualties show how unsafe it is for refugees to be returned
Attacks on civilians in the first three months of this year and the inability of the Afghan government to ensure…
April 27, 2017
Press Release
Afghanistan: Attack on ICRC is a horrific crime
The killing of six employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in northern Afghanistan is a horrific…
February 8, 2017
Press Release
Afghanistan: UN probe into US airstrikes on Kunduz a welcome step towards accountability
In response to today’s announcement by the United Nations that it will investigate last week’s US-led airstrikes in Kunduz province,…
November 7, 2016
Press Release
Pakistan: Deportation of iconic National Geographic Afghan girl is a grave injustice
Reaction to Pakistan's decision to deport Sharbat Gula, the iconic 'Afghan girl' whose striking portrait adorned a 1985 cover of…
November 4, 2016
Press Release
Afghanistan: Civilians describe severe shortages of food and medicine in embattled Kunduz
The Afghan government and Taliban forces should urgently facilitate swift and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief into Kunduz, where thousands…
October 6, 2016
Press Release
People internally displaced by conflict in Afghanistan doubled to 1.2 million in just three years
The number of Afghans who have fled violence and remained trapped in their own country – where they live on…
May 27, 2016
Report
My Children Will Die This Winter: Afghanistan’s Broken Promise to the Displaced
The number of Afghans who have fled violence and remained trapped in their own country – where they live on…
May 27, 2016