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AWM Releases Statement in Wake of Attacks in New York, DC and Pennsylvania.

The Afghan Women’s Mission strongly denounces the acts of cruel violence committed on September the 11th, 2001, resulting in the loss of thousands of American lives. We join the country and world in grieving for those who were killed in New York, Washington DC and Pennsylvania. However, we strongly urge the US Government and it’s allies to not carry out military attacks on Afghanistan in retaliation for these violent acts. Continue reading

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Afghan City of Yakawlang Destroyed by Taliban

Thousands of Innocents Flee for Refuge as International Community Remains Silent Continue reading

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Yakawlang Refugees Need Urgent Help

yakawlangThe lives of the people of Yakawlang have been devastated by the massacre of 300 town residents in January, 2001, see-saw battles between Taliban and United Front forces during the past several months with associated terrorization by troops from both sides, the nearby destruction of the Bamiyan Buddha statues, and drought. Additionally, the Hazarajat region of Afghanistan is the most economically deprived region in Afghanistan. Continue reading

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Taliban Destroy Town That Was Rebel Stronghold

RAMPAGING Taliban troops have razed a town in central Afghanistan, the home of 60,000 people, after capturing it from the opposition United Front. Tens of thousands of people have fled the fighting, adding to the refugee crisis in Afghanistan, as the Taliban continue to restrict United Nations relief agencies from operating freely.
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AWM President Visits Afghan Refugee Camps

In mid-April 2001, the President of the Afghan Women’s Mission, Steve Penners, visited Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan where he spent a month among refugees and members of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA). Continue reading

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AWM President’s Photo Report on Jalozai Refugee Camp in Pakistan

Temperatures Soar Over 113 Degrees Jalozai Refugee Camp, Pakistan Outside of Jalozai camp homes are made of dried mud. A dry stream bed serves as makeshift latrine. Bundles of brush provide fuel for cooking. Women share their tales of woe … Continue reading

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Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! interviews RAWA and AWM

“Today, in Afghanistan… thousands of women, they’ve had to go to beggary or into prostitution… it’s not a normal country anymore… for people and also for women in particular it’s a real hell.” — Sahar Saba, RAWA Continue reading

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