AFGHANISTAN

Michelle Ann Alpuerto 15.2.2012

AFGHANISTAN: A crippled nation?

AFGHANISTAN
Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran Kabul

Image of Afghanistan

Image of Afghanistan

Image of Afghanistan

A homeless man covered in a blanket sleeps on the ground in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. National Weather Center meteorologist Abdul Qadir Qadir said temperatures in Kabul dipped as low as -16 Celsius (3 Fahrenheit)

A never-ending war for Afghanistan

A never-ending war for Afghanistan

Cold War Afghanistan served as a buffer state between the British and the Soviet Russia. Soviet Invasion Civil War Taliban gained power US Invasion 2001-present War

The people of Afghanistan for twenty years have faced violence, lawlessness, torture, and killings. Groups one after another, aided by foreign powers, have destroyed the structures in Afghanistan.

Human Security in Afghanistan

Three Afghan children wounded by a U.S. airstrike. The children lost their parents in the U.S. bombardment of Karam village of Surkhrod district in Nangarhar province (south of Afghanistan)

Human Security Afghanistan

Military action should remain clearly separate (in terms of geography, timing, visual identification, and line of authority) from humanitarian relief. Yet at the same time US military planes were dropping bombs they were also dropping emergency food packets.

Other Statistics

Other Statistics

Afghan Health

The United States' use of radioactive munitions in Afghanistan has destroyed the people's health and mutilated the genetic future of the country

Foreign Nationals Work in Afghanistan

are in line with military, social work, maintenance and service.

Filipinos in Afghanistan
Despite that Afghanistan is included in POEAs list of countries where Overseas Filipinos cannot be deployed; it is ineffective since there is an increase of workers in the said country. The deployment of Filipinos to Afghanistan was also allowed but was limited to professionals working in projects controlled by the United Nations (UN). POEA processed the contracts of these workers only after endorsement and clearance from the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Cases OFW
Filipino volunteer laid to rest
Jossie Esto was one of five UN personnel and three Afghans killed during an attack on the Bakhtar guesthouse in Kabul. At the time of her death, she was serving as an Electoral Outreach and Training Advisor with the UNDP/ELECT project and had been in Afghanistan for just over a year.

Filipinos fight for US citizenship in Afghanistan

+ Free College Education + More opportunities - Life is at stake ALL YOU NEED : Green Card + Residence in US

NO PHILIPPINE EMBASSY IN AFGHANISTAN

Nearest is in Pakistan But if in need of help resort to IGO/NGOs

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

focused on welfare and progress of Afghan citizens through promoting democratic principles, development, social justice, human rights and freedom in Afghanistan as well as to strengthen communities and local governance with a primary focus on the empowerment of women and children

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

The IRFC is committed to addressing the needs and vulnerability of migrants in order to provide protection and aid. supports vulnerable migrants, regardless of their legal status, and to offer them humanitarian assistance

International Organization for Migration

IOMs mission on Afghanistan is also mainly on technical cooperation and capacity building of Afghan government institutions in migration management throughout all program areas. Though focused on welfare for but they are not closing their doors to provide secure, reliable, flexible and costeffective services for persons who require international migration assistance

 Filipinos in Afghanistan, or FIA, connected by the internet and cellular phone and regularly meeting to address their common concerns. The actions of the Filipinos in Afghanistan are commendable. In the case of Zennia Aguilan, Aguilan was one of the casualties in the 2008 suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan. Seven days after the attack, our government has yet to respond to the necessity of bringing Aguilan back home. The repatriation of Aguilans remains stays stagnant in the bureaucratic mess and total lack of government response to such situation in a country where the Philippines does not have a consular presence. Meanwhile, it is the Filipino community in Afghanistan that is doing its level best to arrange for Aguilans repatriation. Where the government is utterly lacking in its response, the FIA has come in to fill in the gap.