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1. Khost & Paktika Situation Update The displacement into Afghanistan appears to be static for now, with approximately 10,000 displaced families in Khost and 3,600 displaced families in Paktika. Assessments are on-going to analyze the displacement trends,…
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UN report: Number of Afghan civilian casualties rises by 24% in first half of 2014 9 July 2014 - Ground combat among parties to the armed conflict in Afghanistan surpassed improvised explosive devices (IEDs) as the leading…
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8 July 2014 – The top United Nations official in Afghanistan today condemned a suicide bombing in the central province of Parwan which killed at least 10 children and injured six others, warning that such indiscriminate…
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KABUL, 8 July 2014 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns the killing of at least twelve civilians, included ten children, in a suicide attack in the central province of Parwan today. The attack…
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BANNU, PAKISTAN/ KHOST, AFGHANISTAN, 1 July 2014 (IRIN) - Nearly half a million people have been forced out of North Waziristan Agency by an ongoing Pakistani military operation there, including nearly 80,000 that have made their…
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1. Khost & Paktika Situation Update In Paktika province, APA/UNHCR and DoRR began joint assessments in Barmal district on 29 June. The team assessed Marghai, Mangatai, and Laman areas and identified more than 2,000 displaced families. Initial observations…
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1. Khost Situation Update As the estimated number of displaced families to Afghanistan continues to increase, reaching over 12,000 yesterday, numerous protection concerns are raised, including the presence of land mines. UNMAS’ Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan…
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Afghan carpet sector is fertile territory for child labor. Strong economic incentives and underlying social practices induce households to use child labor for carpet weaving, and while the practice is widespread, it has thus…
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Afghanistan is in a political, security and economic transition. The International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) will hand over full responsibility for security to the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) at the end of 2014, a new…
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KABUL, 17 June 2014 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns the continued, targeted killing of Afghan election workers in the wake of the historic second round of the country’s Presidential election…
