Afghan Women, Education and Opportunities
24 October 2008
'Afghan Women, Education and Opportunities', Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 24 October 2008
EXCERPT: "The United States-led invasion of Afghanistan to topple the Taliban had girls education as one of its core goals. Seven years on from the beginning of the conflict, much has changed in Kabul. But do women there have more opportunities than before?. Reporter Naheed Mustafa recently visited Kabul, and spoke with many women. One of...
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US, UN Differ On Afghan Opium Ebb
24 October 2008
'', The Associated Press, 24 October 2008
EXCERPT: "U.S. and U.N. experts agree that Afghanistan will harvest fewer poppy plants bound for the drug trade in 2008 after two years of record crops. But they have radically different estimates about what that decline will mean for opium production. In a report obtained by The Associated Press ahead of its planned release Friday, the Bush administration...
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Notorious Taliban Commander Arrested In Southern Afghanistan
24 October 2008
'', China View, 24 October 2008
EXCERPT: "Afghan police on Thursday carried out an operation against a notorious Taliban commander, Mullah Juma Gul, Thursday morning and arrested the target successfully in southern Afghan province of Uruzgan, said a police official on Friday. Juma Gul Humat, the provincial police chief told Xinhua that police forces ambushed the regional...
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ADF's Afghan Victims Top Iraq
24 October 2008
'ADF's Afghan Victims Top Iraq', The Australian, 24 October 2008
EXCERPT: "More innocent civilians have been accidentally killed or injured by Australian troops in Afghanistan than occurred during the entire Iraq conflict. The Australian Defence Force does not disclose the total number of civilians killed or injured in ADF operations, but it has revealed that more 'moral' compensation payments to victims have already...
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