Afghanistan.

• Author: Rutsch, Horst
• Position: Brief Article

Concerned about the growing spread of the Afghan conflict and its destabilizing effect on neighbouring countries, the Security Council on 25 September urged all parties to resume negotiations under United Nations auspices and called upon them to take measures to end human rights abuses, particularly on women and girls, and to bring to justice the murderers of seven-employees of the UN mine action programme, ambushed and killed on 5 August. Another cause of concern was the continuing alarming levels in...