Too many missed opportunities: Human rights in Afghanistan under Karzai

Headline Title: Too many missed opportunities: Human rights in Afghanistan under Karzai 04 April 2014 The modest human rights gains made over the past 12 years in Afghanistan are increasingly under threat with a resurgence of violence and women’s rights being degraded again, Amnesty International said today in an assessment of the rights record of President Hamid Karzai’s administration. Ahead of the presidential elections on 5 April, Amnesty International has published a scorecard that assesses the government’s performance on six key human rights issues since Karzai first assumed…

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