March 30, 2021
The statement came as Afghan President issued a stern
"The door is open..The HRW statement came as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani
issued a stern warning to the Taliban to join peace negotiations "or face the
consequences"..With civilian casualties soaring past 11,000 in 2015, according
to the UN, governments in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have "a crucial
opportunity" to help halt the spiralling violence, said HRW's Asia director Brad
Adams.The insurgents have stepped up their nearly 15-year war since NATO pulled
most of its forces out of the country at the end of 2014, while a nascent peace
process has stalled.Asked what "concrete measures" NATO could take to slow child
recruitment, the organisation's top civilian representative in Kabul Ismail
Aramaz said it has "insisted" that its Afghan partners bring those responsible
to justice.The "devastating" impact on education has a disproportionate effect
on girls, who are unlikely to be allowed to attend schools occupied by male
soldiers, the statement noted."But it is up to Afghans to decide how such acts
can be penalised," he added.
In a statement marking Eid al-Fitr Wednesday, Ghani
called on the Taliban to take part in peace negotiations.And it sharply
criticised the use of child soldiers by both the Taliban and government-backed
forces.The UN has said cases of child recruitment more than doubled in 2015
compared to the previous year.But, he added, if the Taliban reject his call they
must "face the consequences"."Too often, the schools become battlegrounds," said
HRW.The statement came as Afghan President issued a stern warning to Taliban to
join peace negotiations or face consequences.An exclusive AFP report recently
documented how the Taliban are exploiting children being kept as sex slaves by
police commanders in Uruzgan province, recruiting them for insider attacks
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The UN Assistance Mission in
Afghanistan (UNAMA) also reported 20 schools occupied by the army or the
insurgents last year..In particular, it slammed the occupation of schools by
Afghan forces, saying it had recently identified "extensive" use of school
buildings as military bases in northern Baghlan province."NATO should deliver on
its pledges and produce concrete measures to help protect Afghan civilians from
armed conflict," he said ahead of the summit in Poland on Friday and
Saturday.NATO must do more to protect civilians in Afghanistan's worsening
conflict, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday, ahead of a summit in Poland set to
renew international support for the Afghan army. we do not want bloodshed,"
Ghani said.The international rights organisation denounced the use of children
in conflict by both the Taliban and the Afghan government
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