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Five Nations Discuss Ways To Tackle Human Trafficking

Representatives of Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Pakistan gathered at a ceremony in Kabul on Tuesday to discuss the establishment of a joint regional network to fight human trafficking.

The Afghan Justice Minister Abdulbasir Anwar said fighting human trafficking in the country requires cooperation between civil society organizations and government.

“This is shameful and a big income which comes after drug and arms smuggling and is incomparable with other illicit incomes,” said Anwar.

The US Ambassador in Kabul John R Bass said improvements have been made in tackling human trafficking in Afghanistan.

“You know very well that criminal networks not only do not respect the law, they do not respect international borders and they cooperate with criminals in other countries for mutual benefit,” said the US envoy.

Other participants at the event talked about the results of their two-day session in Kabul.

“The civil society in Afghanistan which is working for fighting against human smuggling will build a joint regional network and will work with governments to reduce the human trafficking level,” said Shoaib Naseri, a member of the Afghan civil societ network.

“We hope that this network which we established today will do big activities for the five countries,” said Olya, a representative of Uzbekistan.

The Afghan government inaugurated the Afghanistan Network for Combating Trafficking in Persons (ANCTIP) in May which was the first national referral network of NGOs and media to combat human trafficking.

The ANCTIP is part of a multi-year United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded program, implemented by the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Five Nations Discuss Ways To Tackle Human Trafficking

Afghan Justice Minister says to overcome human trafficking, the Afghan government needs the cooperation of the civil society. 

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Representatives of Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Pakistan gathered at a ceremony in Kabul on Tuesday to discuss the establishment of a joint regional network to fight human trafficking.

The Afghan Justice Minister Abdulbasir Anwar said fighting human trafficking in the country requires cooperation between civil society organizations and government.

“This is shameful and a big income which comes after drug and arms smuggling and is incomparable with other illicit incomes,” said Anwar.

The US Ambassador in Kabul John R Bass said improvements have been made in tackling human trafficking in Afghanistan.

“You know very well that criminal networks not only do not respect the law, they do not respect international borders and they cooperate with criminals in other countries for mutual benefit,” said the US envoy.

Other participants at the event talked about the results of their two-day session in Kabul.

“The civil society in Afghanistan which is working for fighting against human smuggling will build a joint regional network and will work with governments to reduce the human trafficking level,” said Shoaib Naseri, a member of the Afghan civil societ network.

“We hope that this network which we established today will do big activities for the five countries,” said Olya, a representative of Uzbekistan.

The Afghan government inaugurated the Afghanistan Network for Combating Trafficking in Persons (ANCTIP) in May which was the first national referral network of NGOs and media to combat human trafficking.

The ANCTIP is part of a multi-year United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded program, implemented by the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM).

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