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News Watch October 2007

Oct 30: Women workers exposed to health risks in Herat factories, IRIN

Oct 30: Substantial successes in Afghanistan but risks from increased insecurity, narcotics production and corruption, World Bank Group, Relief Web

Oct 29: Afghanistan is lost, says Lord Ashdown, Tom Coghlan, Daily Telegraph

Oct 29: Rätten till skydd undan väpnad konflikt Interpellation 2007/08:89, Kalle Larsson (v), Riksdagen

Oct 29: Government brushes aside report that Afghan prisoners are still tortured, Canadian Press, Brandon Sun Online

Oct 29: UN warns of humanitarian crisis in inaccessible areas, IRIN

Oct 26: Redford, Cruise brood over war in Lions for Lambs, Xinhuanet Entertainment

Oct 26: Afghan children on the brink of catastrophe: Unicef, dawn.com

Oct 25: The military will not win in Afghanistan, says Chief of Defence Staff, Daily Mail

Oct 22: Afghanistan: Insecurity complicates aid delivery for 1,600 displaced families in Uruzgan, Relief Web

Oct 22: Tom Cruises into London, Metro.co.uk

Oct 18: Only 10 percent Afghans support Taliban, Khalid Hasan, Daily Times

Oct 14: Opium in Afghanistan: Eradicate or subsidize? Donald G. McNeil Jr, International Herald Tribune

Oct 12: Over 155 civilians killed in suicide attacks, fighting in September, IRIN

Oct 11: Afghanistan shuts security firms, Al Jazeera

Oct 10: Rate of refugee return slows ahead of winter, IRIN

Oct 10: Afghan prisoners on hunger strike after executions, Middle East Times / AFP

Oct 10: Kabul executions spark fresh concern over fate of detainees, Alan Freeman, Globe and Mail

Oct 10: The Dancing Boys of the North, Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi, IWPR

Oct 10: TV Focuses on Victims of Violence, Wahidullah Amani, IWPR

Oct 9: Boys' education slides in Helmand, IRIN

Oct 9: Aid being pre-positioned to avert crisis in winter, IRIN

Oct 9: Families settle in Afghan's Baghlan province after years on the road, Maryann Maguire, Relief Web

Oct 8: Afghanistan carries out executions, Al Jazeera

Oct 5: The Kite Runner delayed, South Asian Media Net

Oct 5: Kabul: The City of Fear, Wahidullah Amani, IWPR

Oct 4: Afghanistan death toll rising, Al Jazeera

Oct 4: Some aid vulnerable to mismanagement, corruption, IRIN

Oct 3: Lack of agreement on how to tackle IDP issue in south, IRIN

Oct 3: Would-be suicide bombers speak of indoktrination, Ron Synovitz, EURASIA INSIGHT

Oct 2: Crossing the Taleban Line, Aziz Ahmad Shafe, IWPR

Oct 2: Another Bumper Opium Year Looms for Helmand, Mohammad Ilyas Dayee, IWPR

Sep 30: Taliban rejects Karzai talks offer, Al Jazeera

Sep 29: Aid workers freed in Afghanistan, Al Jazeera

Sep 27: Thousands flee Taliban, aerial bombing in south, IRIN