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18 August 2010, Kabul - World Humanitarian Day marked on 19 August is an occasion to pay tribute to the men and women in Afghanistan who work to save the lives and protect the health of those affected by…
Afghanistan
HEALTH National Immunization Days Fight Polio: Afghanistan is one of four countries still suffering from active transmission of the polio virus. Although polio cases have decreased since 2001, there were still 23 documented cases of this preventable disease as of…
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AZKHEL VILLAGE, Pakistan, August 13 (UNHCR) For 30 years, the Azkhel camp in north west Pakistan served as a welcome refuge for tens of thousands of refugees from the war in neighbouring Afghanistan. The settlement started as a cluster…
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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Aug. 12, 2010) - According to compiled coalition, Afghan government and Afghan National Security Force logs and intelligence reports, Taliban and Haqqani insurgent-related attacks have been responsible for 26 innocent civilians killed and another 13 injured within…
Afghanistan
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-08-IA-126 For Immediate Release Download PDF KABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 11) - Two Afghan children were killed and one was injured when insurgents fired at coalition forces in Logar province in Baraki Barak district with small arms and…
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Executive Summary The human cost of the armed conflict in Afghanistan is escalating in 2010. In the first six months of the year civilian casualties - including deaths and injuries of civilians - increased by 31 per cent over the…
Afghanistan
10 August 2010, Kabul - Tactics of the Taliban and other Anti-Government Elements (AGEs) are behind a 31 per cent increase in conflict-related Afghan civilian casualties in the first six months of 2010 compared with the same period in…
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News release 10/140 Geneva (ICRC) - To mark the 12 August anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is launching a new database of the organization's major study of customary international humanitarian law. Developed in…
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Foreword: Education for All Goals Ten years have passed since 164 governments met in Dakar (Senegal) for the World Education Forum and adopted the six Education for All (EFA) goals. At that time, 57 per cent of the 104…
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NEW MINE RISK EDUCATION INITIATIVES TO EXPAND REACH OF MESSAGES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY In a bid to expand the reach and sustainability of Mine Risk Education (MRE) activities an agreement was made between DMC/MACCA, Ministry of Information and Culture, Ministry…
