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2004

Karzai sworn in as President

BBC, December 7, 2004

Hamid Karzai has been sworn in as Afghanistan's first elected president amid tight security at the former royal palace in the capital, Kabul. Read the whole article.

New SCA Office Inaugurated

November 28, 2004

Several prominent guests participated in the inauguration ceremony of SCA's new management office in Pul Charkhi, Kabul on Sunday 28 November. » Read more...

Hostages freed in Afghanistan

November 23, 2004

Three foreign UN workers who were taken hostage last month in Afghanistan have been released unharmed.
A senior Afghan official told the BBC they were released during a rescue operation. One kidnapper was killed and four others wounded, he said. Read more on BBC...

Speculation around Karzai's new cabinet

November 12, 2004

Analysts and observers say the newly elected president needs to ensure all
ethnic groups are represented in his next government. » Read more...

Another attack on training centre for female teachers

November 8, 2004

On Wednesday 3 November an improvised explosive device exploded at SCA’s training centre for female teachers in Jalalabad. Only minutes earlier another device exploded at a USAID compound in the city. There were no casualties, but the explosions caused extensive material damage. » Read more...

Sweden pledges more aid for Afghanistan reconstruction

November 4, 2004

Sweden is to provide about 35 million US dollars to help Afghanistan in its reconstruction efforts, the official aid agency SIDA said on Wednesday. » Read more...

Karzai is declared winner

November 3, 2004

Hamid Karzai has been officially declared the winner of Afghanistan's landmark presidential election. Read article

Updated score on the vote counting

October 19, 2004

On October 9, approximately 4,900 polling centers with 22,000 polling stations were operational in all districts of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces. In the largest out-of-country voting operation ever, 2,800 polling stations served refugees in Iran and Pakistan. Ballots are counted at counting centers in Kabul, Mazar-I-Sharif, Kandahar, Jalalabad, Kunduz, Bamyan, Herat and Gardez.
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SCA in International Book Fair

September 30, 2004

In late September the annual International Book Fair took place in Gothenburg, Sweden. SCA participated for the third year. Guests included Safia Siddiqi, poet and gender advisor for the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, who talked about freedom of speech in Afghanistan. Samadi Abdul Razique, member of the HR Commission of Afghanistan, discussed the subject “Islam, Democracy and Human Rights".

Afghan elections - Free, Fair or Flawed

September 15, 2004

A new briefing paper, Free, Fair or Flawed: Challenges for Legitimate Elections in Afghanistan, outlines substantial difficulties that still need to be overcome to increase the likelihood that presidential and parliamentary elections in Afghanistan will be free and fair and perceived as legitimate by Afghan citizens. Visit the Afghan Research Evaluation Unit website

Female teachers training centre hit by rocket

September 3, 2004

In the early morning of Friday 3 September, SCA’s Female Teachers Training Centre in Jalalabad was hit by a rocket. No person was injured in the attack, but there was serious damage to the property. » Read more...

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