Afghanistan
Sept 21 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 1200 GMT on Wednesday. KABUL - Two children were killed and two others injured when a bomb was detonated in Pul-e-Alam district, eastern Logar province, the…
Afghanistan
KABUL, 21 September 2011 (IRIN) - The current dry spell sweeping across Afghanistan's northern, northeastern and western provinces could lead to a large-scale food crisis and the humanitarian community should act quickly to ensure this does…
Afghanistan
Afghanistan on brink of polio eradication UN intensies efforts to reach children in southern provinces Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), with the support of World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), is intensifying…
Afghanistan
KABUL -- Human rights officials in Afghanistan have endorsed earlier findings suggesting that endemic violence is inflicting considerable psychological trauma and distress on children in that country, RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan reports. Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission…
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Date: 16 September 2011 Press Release No: G/43/2011 Bangkok (UN ESCAP Strategic Communications and Advocacy Section) – The Asia-Pacific region, which is confronted with a number of conflicts, needs to recognize more fully the central role of women…
Afghanistan
14 Sep 2011 11:45 Source: Reuters // Reuters Sept 14 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 1030 GMT on Wednesday. KABUL - A nearly 20-hour siege in Kabul's diplomatic enclave ended on Wednesday with the death…
Afghanistan
(New York, September 1, 2011) – The Taliban’s use of children as suicide bombers in Afghanistan is an egregious affront to humanity that should cease immediately, Human Rights Watch said today. In the latest incident, on…
Afghanistan
25 Aug 2011 00:24 By Mirwais Harooni Aug 24 (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday met children who had been rescued by authorities before carrying out suicide bombings they had been groomed to do by the…
Afghanistan
24 Aug 2011 15:05 Aug 24 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 1030 GMT on Wednesday. denotes new or updated item *GARDEZ - A rocket attack in a busy market in the Gardez district of eastern…
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In November 2010, Canada announced a new role for its continued engagement in Afghanistan to 2014. Canada's goal is to help Afghans rebuild Afghanistan into a viable country that is better governed, more stable and secure, and…
