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by Chris Rickleton A slight, kalpak-wearing man from Afghanistan with weathered cheeks, Abduvali Abdulrashid looks out of place at a posh sushi joint in downtown Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s capital. He’s a one-man advocacy delegation, seeking Bishkek’s help so…
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May 2, 2012- President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the suicide bombing carried out on Wednesday in Qabel Bay area of Kabul city that killed and injured a number of Afghan civilians. According to the information provided by…
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KABUL, 3 May 2012 (IRIN) - A government plan to relocate an all-boys juvenile rehabilitation centre (JRC) in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, from the city centre to a site near Sarposa prison, where top Taliban leaders are…
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KABUL -- Sahar Gul, the young Afghan bride whose harrowing ordeal at the hands of her in-laws attracted international media attention, has received some solace after authorities handed down lengthy prison sentences against her tormentors. The Kabul…
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KABUL, 02 MAY 2012 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan condemns in the strongest terms the car bomb and suicide attack in the Afghan capital Kabul that killed eight civilians including women and two…
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A bomb blast has killed two children who were playing near their village in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika Province. The governor's office said two other children were seriously injured in the incident, which took place April 29 in…
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HIGHLIGHTS HCT Statement on the protection of civilians for NATO Conference More than 55,000 people in 98 districts affected by natural hazards in March and April 86,000 conflict induced internally displaced people in first four months of 2012 Government requests…
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In November 2009, Japan announced that it would provide assistance of approximately 80 billion yen urgently needed in Afghanistan, and that, shifting up from the existing pledge of a total of approximately two billion US dollars,…
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Mine risk education programmes help to educate Afghans, especially children and women, about the threats of mines and unexploded ordinance 17 April 2012 - Shafiqa Zurmati, a mine risk education (MRE) trainer, distributes pictures of explosives to…
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Part 2 of a 4 Part-Series on Peace and Reintegration in Afghanistan Stefanie Nijssen Governance & Rule of Law Desk Officer stefanie.nijssen@cimicweb.org This report is the second in a four-part series addressing peace and reintegration efforts in Afghanistan. This report…
