Today, we are announcing the designation of both the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain as “Major Security Partners” of the United States. The
Afghan authorities have said they are investigating a weekend air raid which local officials say killed more than a dozen civilians, including children.
Provincial officials said 15 people died on Saturday night when a rocket struck a house in Khashrod district of Nimroz province. Relatives of the victims and witnesses put the death toll at 18, all members of the same family in Munazari village.
“We are aware of claims of civilian casualties in Nimroz. We have launched an investigation jointly with local officials,” the defence ministry said in a statement.
Provincial council member Nehmatullah Sediqqi told the AFP news agency Afghan forces carried out two air raids in the district.
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Posted on January 10th, 2021
KAMALIKA PIERIS
USA does not
have a good human rights record and it does not care either. In the domestic
sphere, US has the largest prison population in the world, mainly drug users, and the highest per-capita incarceration rate. 3000 odd
were on death row in 2016. 2.3 millions
American were behind bars. Many adults died in prison. Children can be sentenced to prison under US
law.
In 2010 USA
came under the Universal Period Review of the UN Human Rights Council. After
which, UNHRC issued 228 recommendations on how US can address its HR
violations. US dismissed many of the recommendations.