Sunday September 27, 2015
Kabul (BNA) The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan takes note of the reports on sexual abuse of children in the country, and has undertaken serious measures to enforce the law and prevent this iniquitous, inhuman and irreligious act.
The President of Afghanistan said via video teleconference to all security authorities of the country: “the laws, culture and religious values of the people of Afghanistan recognize sexual abuse of children as one of the severest crimes and violations of human rights.” President Ghani directed all ranks of the Afghan Defense and Security Forces to prevent recurrence of any such acts through taking instructive, reformative and punitive measures. The President also directed Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission, the Ministry of Interior Affairs, and the Office of the Attorney General to form a working committee for investigating and monitoring, and coming up with an oversight mechanism to prevent and prosecute the perpetrators of sexual abuse of children. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is committed to protection and safeguarding of the rights of all its citizens, especially children and women, and reiterates that commission of such crimes, especially in the ranks of the Armed Forces, is intolerable; it will not hesitate to take measures to prevent this abominable phenomenon.
