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Time Running Out for Displaced Farmers
Much of Dawood Boy’s village in northern Afghanistan is empty. More than 1,000 families from Alburz in Balkh Province abandoned it 4-6 months ago after a drought affecting nearly half the country left 2.8 million people in need of food assistance, according...
Women’s Rights Law Poorly Enforced in Afghanistan
Afghanistan still has a long way to go before women in the country are fully protected under the two-year-old Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) law, a report concludes.
‘We Need Protection Not Detention’ Says Curtin Immigration Detention Centre Detainee
Hussain Ali, an ethnic Hazara Afghan, has experienced first-hand the flaws in Australia’s mandatory detention policy. For more than 21 months, he has been held at the Curtin Immigration Detention Centre (IDC), one of eight high-security facilities...
Stepping Up the Fight Against Polio in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is intensifying efforts to eradicate polio by the end of next year, but security remains a major challenge especially in the southern provinces where the virus is localized, says a health expert.
Attack Destroys NATO Fuel Tankers in Pakistan
Sixteen tankers carrying oil for NATO troops in Afghanistan were destroyed by a bomb at a terminal on the outskirts of Peshawar, in the latest attack by militants aimed at disrupting NATO supply line through Pakistan
Tajikistan to Export Electricity to Afghanistan
According to Tajik first deputy minister of energy and industry Pulod Muhiddinov, next month Tajikistan will begin exporting electricity to Afghanistan via the Sangtuda-Pol-e Khomri 220-kilovolt electricity transmission line.
Doubts Growing Over Afghanistan’s Ability to Replace the Foreign Troops
The future of humanitarian and development work in Afghanistan hinges on the ability of the fledgling Afghan national security forces to curb insecurity and restore stability as US/NATO forces prepare a gradual withdrawal from July, aid agencies say.
US Military Denies Keeping, Using Cluster Munitions in Afghanistan
US-led international forces say they do not have stockpiles of cluster munitions in Afghanistan and have not used them in the war against Taliban insurgents since March 2002.
