Below follows a selection of the latest news items from the
sections above.
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Dec 21:
AP Interview: Pentagon official backs British diplomat as Afghan envoy, AP, International Herald Tribune
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Dec 20:
Afghanistan: Child soldiers operating on several fronts, Relief Web
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Dec 12:
Britain Lays Out Afghanistan Policy, David Stringer,
Associated Press Writer
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Dec 12:
Avalanche kills 13 in northeast, IRIN
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Dec 11:
Confusion Over Musa Qala Offensive, Aziz Ahmad Tassal and Mohammad Ilyas Dayee, IWPR
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Dec 11:
Journalists Under Attack in the North, IWPR
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Dec 10:
Afghan troops take Taleban town, BBC
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Dec 10:
Foreign Troops Accused in Helmand Raid Massacre, Matiullah Minapal and Aziz Ahmad Tassal, IWPR
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Dec 7:
FAST Update Afghanistan: Trends in conflict and cooperation Oct - Nov 2007, Swiss Peace Foundation, Reliefweb
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Dec 7:
UN prepares for repatriation of over half a million refugees, Reuters
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Dec 7:
Afghan forces hit by suicide bomber, Al Jazeera
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Dec 6:
Security Firms in Afghanistan: Part of the Problem?, Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi, IWPR
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Dec 6:
Hundreds flee fighting in Helmand Province, IRIN
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Dec 6:
UN food agency driver shot dead in Afghanistan, Reuters
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Dec 4:
Afghan bomber hits Nato convoy, Al Jazeera
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Dec 3:
Don’t Give Up on Afghanistan, Khaled Hosseini, Newsweek
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Nov 29:
Afghanistan Cannabis Crop Up 40 Percent, Rahim Faiez, Associated Press / Guardian Unlimited
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Nov 28:
Afghan workers die in US-led attack, Al Jazeera
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Nov 27:
Children increasingly affected by conflict, IRIN
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Nov 27:
Winning Hearts and Minds - The Taleban have avoided the worst excesses of the past, Aziz Ahmad Tassal, IWPR
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Nov 26:
Afghans don’t have option of ignoring Iranian neighbours, Scott Taylor, The Chronicle Herald
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Nov 26:
Kabul facing "unregulated" urbanisation, IRIN
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Nov 24:
Children die in Kabul bomb attack, Al Jazeera
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Nov 22:
Afghanistan stalling on reconciliation: UN rights chief, Afghan News Network
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Nov 21:
Top UN rights official urges safeguards to avoid civilian deaths in Afghanistan, UN News Centre
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Nov 21:
Chinese mining company to invest nearly $3bn in copper mine at Aynak in Logar, south of Kabul, Ian MacWilliam, BBC News
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Nov 21:
Karzai under fire for his crowning gesture, Graeme Smith, Globe and Mail
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Nov 21:
Militancy Spreads to Northern Provinces, Tahir Qadiry, IPS Inter Press Service
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Nov 21:
AFGHANISTAN: A law-enforcement success story in Kabul, Fariba Nawa, Eurasianet
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Nov 21:
Too much aid to Afghanistan wasted, Oxfam says, Jon Hemming, Reuters
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Nov 21:
Baluch leader killed in Afghanistan, Al Jazeera
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Nov 21:
Afghanistan 'falling into Taliban hands', Afghan News Network
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Nov 21:
No sudden deportation of “undocumented” Afghans in Pakistan, IRIN
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Nov 21:
Politicians Argue Over Language of Schooling in Kabul, Wahidullah Amani, IWPR
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Nov 20:
Oxfam calls for aid to be more effective and transparent, IRIN
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Nov 20:
The Taleban’s Northern Front, Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi, IWPR
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Nov 19:
Shakira broadcast sparks row in Afghanistan, Tom Coghlan, Telegraph.
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Nov 19:
Many die in Afghan suicide attack, Al Jazeera
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Nov 19:
Guards shot children dead after Afghan suicide blast, says UN, Mark Tran, Guardian Unilimited
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Nov 19:
Afghanistan's human development report 2007 released, Pajhwok Afghan News
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Nov 19:
Pentagon looking to boost funding for Pakistan paramilitary fighters, International Herald Tribune
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Nov 18:
AFGHANISTAN: Fifth least developed country in the world, IRIN
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Nov 18:
Weak rule of law hinders human development in Afghanistan, UNDP, Relief Web
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Nov 18:
Afghan boy dancers sexually abused by former warlords, Reuters
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Nov 18:
Parachinar clashes: death toll mounts to 90, Pajhwok
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Nov 18:
Another suicide attack on ISAF in Helmand, Abdul Samad Rohani, Pajhwok
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Nov 17:
KARZAI’S CORRUPTION COMMENTS COULD LEAD TO CABINET SHAKEUP, Eurasianet, Ron Synovitz
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Nov 16:
Six million schoolchildren to receive landmine coaching, IRIN
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Nov 15:
US looks at Afghan supply lines amid political uncertainty, Reuters, Business Recorder
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Nov 13:
NATO Countries at Risk of Complicity in Torture in Afghanistan Warns Amnesty International, Amnesty International, Earthtimes.org
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Nov 12:
Landslides and avalanches threaten Badakhshan locals, IRIN
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Nov 12:
Private security companies and local populations - An exploratory study of Afghanistan and Angola, Relief Web
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Nov 12:
UN REPORT SAYS SUICIDE BOMBERS GET SUPPORT IN BOTH COUNTRIES, Ron Synovitz, EurasiaNet
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Nov 9:
Can the War on Terror Be Won? How to Fight the Right War, Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs
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Nov 8:
Police Target Journalists After Taleban Trip, Jean MacKenzie, IWPR
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Nov 8:
Suspicion high after deadly attack on Afghan lawmakers, Ron Synovitz, Relief Web
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Nov 7:
We Have Ways… The Bush administration continues to disavow torture—and to officialize its practice, James Bovard, American Conservative
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Nov 7:
NGOs vulnerable to criminal violence and insurgency, IRIN
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Nov 6:
Tehran expels 8,000 Afghans, IRIN
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Nov 6:
Toll rises to 41 in Afghan suicide bombing, Taimoor Shah, International Herald Tribune
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Nov 6:
KARZAI ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO REMEMBER THAT ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL, Terry Friel, Eurasianet.org
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Nov 5:
Civilians flee as NATO-Afghan forces fight insurgents in Kandahar, IRIN
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Nov 5:
Afghan child deaths plummet, Amir Shah, The Guardian
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Nov 4:
ARMED NORTHERN MILITIAS COMPLICATE AFGHAN SECURITY
Ron Synovitz, EurasiaNet
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Oct 31:
UNHCR suspends Afghan repatriation effort, IRIN
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Oct 31:
Disarmament programme extended, IRIN
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Oct 30:
Women workers exposed to health risks in Herat factories, IRIN
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Oct 30:
Substantial successes in Afghanistan but risks from increased insecurity, narcotics production and corruption, World Bank Group, Relief Web
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Oct 29:
Afghanistan is lost, says Lord Ashdown, Tom Coghlan, Daily Telegraph
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Oct 29:
Rätten till skydd undan väpnad konflikt Interpellation 2007/08:89, Kalle Larsson (v), Riksdagen
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Oct 29:
Government brushes aside report that Afghan prisoners are still tortured, Canadian Press, Brandon Sun Online
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Oct 29:
UN warns of humanitarian crisis in inaccessible areas, IRIN
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Oct 26:
Redford, Cruise brood over war in Lions for Lambs, Xinhuanet Entertainment
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Oct 26:
Afghan children on the brink of catastrophe: Unicef, dawn.com
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Oct 25:
The military will not win in Afghanistan, says Chief of Defence Staff, Daily Mail
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