More than 2.6 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied a secondary education in the five years since the de facto authorities took power.
UNICEF calls on the de facto authorities to lift the restrictions on education and allow all girls and women to return to schools and universities immediately.
Breaking News: At least 400 people were killed in Afghanistan after Pakistan struck a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul, Afghan officials said. https://t.co/sCUKuwg3hg
At least 400 people were killed and 250 injured in an air strike by Pakistan on a drug users rehabilitation hospital in the Afghanistan capital Kabul, a spokesman of the Afghan Taliban government said https://t.co/vlllKi2E5n
At least 400 people were killed and 250 injured in an air strike by Pakistan on a drug users rehabilitation hospital in the Afghanistan capital Kabul, a spokesman of the Afghan Taliban government said https://t.co/vlllKi2E5n
Statement by the International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF)
The International Human Rights Foundation strongly condemns the reported bombardment by Pakistan of a rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan treating drug addicts, an attack that has reportedly killed a large number of vulnerable patients seeking medical care and recovery.
Facilities dedicated to treatment, rehabilitation, and humanitarian care must never become targets in any conflict or security operation. Patients in such institutions are among the most vulnerable members of society — individuals who came seeking help, dignity, and a chance to rebuild their lives.
We are deeply disturbed by reports that many of the victims were unarmed civilians undergoing treatment.
The International Human Rights Foundation calls for:
• An independent international investigation into this incident
• Accountability for those responsible
• Immediate measures to ensure the protection of medical and rehabilitation facilities
Attacks on medical institutions violate the most basic principles of international humanitarian law and human rights norms.
The world must not remain silent when places of healing are turned into sites of tragedy.
International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF)
Source: @soldierspeaks
Rescuers are combing through the wreckage of a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul, where Afghan officials say a Pakistani strike has killed at least 400 people.
Tonight in Kabul, hope was extinguished at a hospital. Young men seeking treatment were murdered in a bombing by the Pakistani military regime. Mothers waited at the gates, calling their sons’ names. On the 28th night of Ramadan, their lives were cut short.
قال المتحدث باسم الحكومة الأفغانية إن 400 شخص قتلوا وأصيب 250 في غارة شنتها القوات الباكستانية على مستشفى في العاصمة كابل ليل الإثنين، في حين قال مصدر عسكري باكستاني إن المقاتلات الحربية شنت غارات على مواقع عسكرية وبنى تحتية ومخزن ذخائر في موقعين بكابل عاصمة أفغانستان
#ألبوم
I am deeply saddened by the latest reports of civilian casualties as a result of Pakistani airstrikes in Kabul. Targeting civilian homes, educational facilities or medical infrastructure, either intentional or by mistake, is a war crime. The sheer disregard for human lives, especially during the holy month of Ramadan, is sickening and deeply concerning. It will only fuel division and hatred. I call upon the UN and other human rights agencies to thoroughly investigate this latest atrocity and hold the perpetrators to account. I stand with my Afghan people in this difficult time. We shall heal, and we will rise as a nation. We always do. Inshallah ! 🇦🇫