Human Rights Watch Says Basic Needs Not Being Met in Afghanistan

Human Rights Watch says violence in Afghanistan is at its highest level since the Taleban left power five years ago, and basic human needs are going unmet.

A new report by the international rights group says Afghanistan is not meeting benchmarks for the well-being of its people set at a donors conference in Berlin a year ago. It says there has been little progress in providing security, food, electricity, water and health care.

The report also says more than one thousand civilians were killed in Afghanistan in 2006, many from attacks by Taleban and other anti-government forces, most of them in southern Afghanistan. Human Rights Watch is calling on donor countries to increase economic, political and military assistance to Afghanistan, and for the government of President Hamid Karzai to disband illegal militias.

人权观察说，自从塔利班5年前丧失权力以来，阿富汗的暴力冲突现在处于最高峰，人们的基本需求无法得到满足。

这个国际人权组织一份新的报告说，阿富汗没有达到一年前在柏林捐赠国会议所制定的人民生活标准。报告说，在保障安全、食品、电力、饮水和医疗保健方面进展甚微。

报告还说，2006年阿富汗有1000多平民被打死，其中很多人死于塔利班和其它反政府武装的袭击，大部份在阿富汗南部地区。人权观察呼吁捐赠国增加对阿富汗在经济、政治和军事领域内的帮助，并呼吁卡尔扎伊总统的政府解散非法民兵组织。