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Press Release: Afghanistan accounted for 12% of global landmine casualties in 2024

*** Press Release ***  Findings of the Landmine Monitor 2025 on Landmine Clearance and Victim Assistance… 11 December 2025 – Kabul, Afghanistan _______________________ The annual Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor report is one of the most important publications prepared by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines – Cluster Munition Coalition (ICBL‑CMC). The purpose of this [...]

By |2025-12-11T14:17:23+00:00December 11th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Press Release: Afghanistan accounted for 12% of global landmine casualties in 2024

Happy International Day of Persons with Disabilities

سوم دسمبر همه‌ ساله به عنوان روز جهانی اشخاص دارای معلولیت تجلیل می‌گردد؛ روزی برای افزایش آگاهی، ترویج حقوق، و گرامیداشت از دست ‌آوردهای افراد دارای معلولیت در سراسر جهان. این روز فرصتی است تا بر چالش‌ها، تبعیض‌ها و نابرابری‌هایی که هنوز در برابر این قشر وجود دارد، تأمل نماییم وضعیت معلولیت در افغانستان در [...]

By |2025-12-09T09:14:49+00:00December 5th, 2025|News, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Happy International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Empowering Voices: Exploring the Challenges of Persons with Disabilities in Afghanistan

ALSO is pleased to share its latest assessment on the challenges experienced by persons with disabilities and survivors of landmines, cluster munitions, and other explosive ordnance in Afghanistan. Based on interviews conducted between 2021 and 2024, the study captures voices from 120 individuals across five provinces. Executive Summary To contribute to a positive development in [...]

By |2025-05-30T09:25:11+00:00May 30th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Empowering Voices: Exploring the Challenges of Persons with Disabilities in Afghanistan

Report on involvement of persons with disabilities and war victims in the peace process of Afghanistan – April 2021

The political rights of persons with disabilities are enshrined by the Constitution of Afghanistan and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.  As a State Party to the Convention, the Afghan government has the obligation to promote and protect the political rights of persons with disabilities accordingly. To promote and protect the political [...]

By |2021-04-25T15:30:39+00:00April 25th, 2021|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Violence against Women with Disabilities in Afghanistan

According to MODEL DISABILITY SURVEY in Afghanistan (MDSA) in 2019 by the Asia Foundation, 13.9% of the Afghan population has severe disabilities. The prevalence of disability in Afghanistan is close to the global estimation of 15% of the world population to be living with some form of disability. Persons with disabilities – men, women, boys [...]

By |2020-12-23T13:05:08+00:00December 23rd, 2020|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Landmine Monitor 2020

Landmine Monitor 2020, continues to document progress toward a mine-free world, but also highlights challenges such as non-state armed groups (NSAGs) using antipersonnel mines, particularly of an improvised nature. The use of improvised mines has again resulted in a high number of casualties in 2019, with the majority of victims being civilians. The outbreak of [...]

By |2020-12-06T16:07:34+00:00December 6th, 2020|Uncategorized|0 Comments

10th Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM)

ALSO with support of ICBL-CMC and participation of survivors and persons with disabilities celebrated this occasion in Kabul on 6 of August 2020. In the event, 23 girls, women and men survivors and with disabilities participated. The objective of this event was to raise the voice of the victims and promote the universalization of the [...]

By |2020-08-09T11:11:43+00:00August 9th, 2020|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Social Inclusion Working Group

Social Inclusion Working Group -Meeting in developing National Disability Strategy (NDS) organized on Monday 20 July 2020 at DMAC office. This group chaired by MMD with participation of HI, ALSO, AOAD, AIHRC, DAOand FWF. ALSO as a member of this group has active role in development of NDS in the area of political participation, education [...]

By |2020-07-22T13:43:49+00:00July 22nd, 2020|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Read more about our global campaign

Read more about our global campaign the @minefreeworld, Summer’s newsletter which also includes a message from @ALSO_AFG Director’s, @Hussain45532763 on impacts of #COVID-19 on persons with disabilities and survivors of landmines, cluster bombs, UXOs... https://mailchi.mp/icblcmc/icbl-cmc-newsletter-summer-2020

By |2020-07-11T06:57:12+00:00July 11th, 2020|Uncategorized|0 Comments

The ACPD meeting hosted by ALSO on 8th of July 2020

The ACPD meeting hosted by ALSO on 8th of July 2020 with participation of (11 males and 2 females), the participants were Mr. Ali Mohabbati from Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), Mr. Ahmad Shah Azami from Community Center for Disabled (CCD), Hussain Ahmadi from ALSO, Ms. Amina Azimi from ALSO, Ms. Tahmina from CCD, Mr. [...]

By |2020-07-11T06:50:57+00:00July 11th, 2020|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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