276,000 Afghan Refugees Returned This Year: UN
03 November 2008
'276,000 Afghan Refugees Returned This Year: UN', Canada.com, 3 November 2008
EXCERPT: "More than 276,000 Afghan refugees have returned to their troubled homeland this year, most of them from Pakistan, under a voluntary repatriation program, the UN refugee agency said Monday. The program, which has wrapped up for the year ahead of winter, is the largest in the world with more then five million Afghans coming home since 2002...
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Auditor Cites Afghanistan Rebuilding Challenges
03 November 2008
'', Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, 30 October 2008
EXCERPT: "Since 2001, the U.S. has provided approximately $32 billion in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to Afghanistan. In addition, the international community has provided a further $25.3 billion for the rebuilding of Afghanistan. To provide...
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40 Tonnes Of Afghan Hashish Destroyed
03 November 2008
'40 Tonnes Of Afghan Hashish Destroyed', The Hindu, 3 November 2008
EXCERPT: "Coalition and Afghan troops hunting for Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan discovered a drug lab and destroyed more than 40 tons of hashish on Monday, officials said. The joint force discovered the drug facility in Kandahar province's Spin Boldak district, which borders Pakistan, the U.S. military said in a statement. Gen. Abdul Raziq, the border police...
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Increase In Kidnapping Cases Worsen Security Situation
03 November 2008
'', China View, 3 November 2008
EXCERPT: "The war-torn Afghanistan has seen deteriorating of security in the past months as criminal gangs and militants have resorted to abduction of foreigners and attacking soft targets as a new tactic to destabilize security and defame the government. In a latest move, unknown armed personnel abducted a French aid...
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