Afghanistan
Aleem Siddique: TALKING POINTS Today we are joined by the Country Representative of the International Organisation for Migration, who has just recently returned from a field assessment mission to Zaranj, to specifically look at the issue of deportees from Iran, looking…
Afghanistan
UNIFEM Afghanistan Mission UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programs and strategies to foster women's empowerment and gender equality. Through collaborative efforts with government, other United Nations agencies, and…
Afghanistan
IN THIS ISSUE: - Over 246 killed or injured in terrorist attacks. - Five aid workers kidnapped. - More than 130 die in flash floods and avalanches. - Concern over accelerated rate of return from Pakistan and Iran. -…
Afghanistan
German Development Minister meets Afghanistan's President Karzai in Kabul "Not only in my capacity as German development minister, but also on behalf of the EU Presidency, I promised President Hamid Karzai that we would continue to stand by his country…
Afghanistan
Release # 2007-337 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) provided a detailed technical briefing on improvised explosive devices (IED) and unexploded ordnance (UXO) to the local media 22 April to enable the public to counter future IED attacks. The…
Afghanistan
With a total of sixty delegates and 1,000 national staff, Afghanistan remains one of the ICRC 's biggest operations worldwide. The following is an update of ICRC activities for the period January to March 2007. The ICRC has been present…
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I. Summary "I passed the cart and a few seconds later the bomb exploded. It was like an earthquake. It blew me back about three or four meters. . . . I woke up and saw people and body…
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(2007-10) Kandahar, Afghanistan - The Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of International Cooperation and Minister for La Francophonie and Official Languages, announced that Canada will contribute up to $10 million for food aid and humanitarian assistance to refugees and internally displaced people…
Afghanistan
(2007-09) Kabul, Afghanistan - The Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of International Cooperation and Minister for La Francophonie and Official Languages, today announced that Canada will contribute up to $9 million for initiatives that will help to strengthen the rights of women…
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IN THIS ISSUE: - Security incidents continue to undermine stability - US military fires indiscriminately at passing civilians - Heavy rains and snow melt cause high casualties - Bird flu again detected Security Civilians have again become victims of suicide attacks targeted at international forces or…
