Wednesday 24 October 2012

Afghanistan warning from MPs on international development committee

Afghanistan warning from MPs on international development committee

Creating a viable State in Afghanistan found that the UK, is an impressive group of MPs has said.

Commons International Development Committee says that the UK and his ambition in support of the goals of the more traditional Afghan Government institutions should reconsider.

These include in particular the MPS said that would improve the lives of Afghan women.

The Government has said that it is a great help for women in Afghanistan to.
"A better future"

MPS report of abject poverty and Afghan women three times is far worse than men and were far more likely to be illiterate.

But the report said that Afghanistan-especially the ones so far, do not leave the nation's women was vitally important.

Committee Chairman Sir Malcolm Bruce said: "many British soldiers were killed or give a better future to Afghanistan, were injured in the attempt.

"The Afghan people want their country to be successful, and UK forces them to leave the country since a major aid budget should continue to support.

"DFID [Department of international development] is the ability to create a viable State, but we do it should be capable of providing effective aggressive growth."
' Litmus test '

The Committee says that "practical action" did not talk about women's rights.

Soldiers ' litmus test ' left or UK report said that Afghan, to improve the lives of women.

Women's cross-party Committee said, after the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001 were dethroned, but they made heavy losses was profit continued to face.

Woman on a recent fact-finding visit to Parliament's philosophy "in 2007, after his last trip in some cases worse than" position.

They promote the rights of women by DFID and to help run the help program a sufficient proof.

Support MP and women's shelters and legal services to combat violence against women through "the Government urged.

DFID also women and girls ' education is a major focus, he said, was to ensure continued.

Sir Malcolm said: "this post with practical action UK Government in Afghanistan, but it talked about women's rights in a lot.

"The litmus test is whether we are to improve the lives of ordinary Afghans over the past 10 years in 2014 to get out to the troops has been in Afghanistan."
' Big difference '

A DFID spokesman said: "we agree that the heart of our work in women's rights in Afghanistan.

"The UK funds already 2.2 million made a huge difference to a girls ' school and £ 19. m Tawanmandi civil society program Afghan women's organizations to over half the funding.

"But we agree that Afghan women due to the huge challenges and new Foreign Minister promised to ensure that his own life to take that opportunity.

Now Afghanistan school girls and charity Oxfam International aid means a record number of boys.

But it said: "extreme poverty, corruption and huge challenges for the status of women.

"Hard won gains of recent years and the most vulnerable targets, status of women and to support the Afghan authorities need help to account for local initiatives to hold."

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