Afghanistan: Urgent need to tackle human trafficking
July 25, 2011
A woman begging in Faizabad, provincial capital of northeastern Badakhshan province. Poverty and unemployment are among the main causes of women and children...
Afghanistan: civilians facing hardship on all sides
July 14, 2011
July 14, 2011 - Afghans today live in an environment where increasing numbers of people openly carry weapons and armed groups proliferate. Besides uniformed...
Afghanistan’s water crisis: Photogallery
July 06, 2011
Workers clear out the Kabul river in Afghanistan’s capital. Photo: Kate Holt/IRIN KABUL, 6 July 2011 (IRIN0 - Only 48 perc...
WFP support for hungry Afghans hit by funding shortfalls
June 27, 2011
KABUL June 27, 2011 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is reducing food assistance to millions of Afghans and focusing remaining resources on...
Afghan drawdown creates risk, U.S. military warns
June 23, 2011
WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. military warned on Thursday that President Barack Obama's faster-than-expected drawdown in Afghanistan created new risks,...
Obama sets in motion U.S. pullout from Afghanistan
June 23, 2011
WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) - President Barack Obama announced steps for a phased pullout of 100,000 troops from Afghanistan to end a costly war launched after...
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David Ignatius: How quick to the exits in Afghanistan?
December 22, 2011
| AppealDemocrat KABUL, Afghanistan -- Gen. John Allen insists that there is'' no daylight'' between him and President Obama about policy for continued troop withdrawals from Afghanistan next...
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In Kabul, Indian PM Says:' We Are With Afghanistan For The Long Term'
December 24, 1999
| Memri Latest Blogs Urdupashtu At a joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared that India will be in Afghanistan for long term. Following...
Afghan Pilot Kills Six NATO Troops In Kabul, Taliban Claim Responsibility
December 24, 1999
| Memri Latest Blogs Urdupashtu An Afghan pilot today killed six NATO troops in Kabul, according to an Afghan website. A report on the website of TOLO News TV noted that the pilot was killed and two Afghan...
Taliban Militants Fire Missiles On Presidential Palace In Kabul
December 24, 1999
| Memri Latest Blogs Urdupashtu The official Taliban and Afghan media reports confirmed that the Taliban fired missiles last night at the Presidential Palace in Kabul but there were no casualties. To read the...
