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Today, Wednesday 18 September, over 100 leaders of the UK international development, humanitarian and peacebuilding sector have come together ahead of the autumn budget, to urge the government to...
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A donor summit to raise humanitarian funds for Afghanistan fell short yesterday when donor countries pledged $2billion less than the United Nations said was needed. Just $2.4 billion was raised out...
On Monday 13th September, senior UK government and UN agency officials will meet to review aid efforts in Afghanistan following the Taliban take-over of power, and as millions of Afghans continue to...
The civil society statement sets out a demand for peace in Afghanistan against a backdrop of the deaths of 100,000 civilians having been killed or injured in the last ten years and, more recently, a...
I. Background In September-December 2018, CCD undertook a provincial mapping exercise as part of its joint project with BAAG, funded by UKAid Direct, entitled Enabling rights for persons with...
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Politics The year started with another transition for Afghanistan – the Presidential Palace hosted a ceremony to mark the move of security responsibility from ISAF to the Afghan National Security...
by Abdullah Ahmadi - Programmes Director of Cooperation Center for Afghanistan (CCA) Abdullah shares his thoughts regarding his recent week at the London Conference on Afghanistan 1.You have been...
BAAG organised and hosted the half-day Ayenda Conference on 3rd December 2015. This was the offical civil society associate event of the London Conference on Afghanistan. This report provides a brief...
October was the first month of the country’s new National Unity Government. President Ghani kick-started his reform agenda by making some early appointments and decisions. Qamaruddin Shinwari was...
Women’s rights and gender inequity was a key justification for the international intervention in Afghanistan in 2001. In November 2001, Prime Minister Blair’s wife Cherie held a press conference with...
Elections and politics September was a month of electoral anxieties and agreements. For the first half of the month, tensions mounted as the bitter, drawn-out investigation into election fraud...
Elections and politics The full audit of Presidential run-off votes continued in August, albeit with numerous delays and disruptions. On the 1st, the UN announced that the audit would resume after 3...
by Muhammed Hussain Raufi On World Humanitarian Day, Muhammed Hussain Raufi, Humanitarian Coordinator at Islamic Relief Afghanistan, discusses ongoing humanitarian needs following flash floods and...
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Elections On the 7th, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced the preliminary results of the runoff. It showed that 8.1 million ballots were cast, 56% of which had gone to Ashraf Ghani...
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Elections On the 14th, the Presidential Elections run-off was held between Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani. Election authorities put the turnout at 7 million - higher than the first round. A heavy...
BAAGs latest report reveals imbalanced media coverage of Afghanistan – could this threaten development efforts? Public opinion of Britain’s role in the Afghanistan campaign is far from positive. In a...
BAAG's monthly report on the key developments and news from Afghanistan. Afghanistan in May 2014 Elections On the 15th, final results of Presidential elections were announced. Abdullah Abdullah and...
Catastrophic landslides engulfed the 3 villages of Abb Bareek in Badakhshan on 2nd May 2014, burying what is feared to be hundreds of people and destroying homes and livelihoods. On the day of the...
Elections – vote of confidence Despite the life threats, sporadic attacks by the Taliban, rainy weather and high fraud concerns, Afghan men and women flocked to the polls in high numbers on the April...
BAAG's briefing paper was drafted ahead of our Getting it Right Gender Conference, held in London on March 26th & 27th. It summarises key points raised during BAAG's earlier gender programme...
