Pakistan Arrests Afghan Refugees
15 April 2009
'Pakistan Arrests Afghan Refugees', Quqnoos, 15 April 2009
EXCERPT: "Pakistan government has detained over 300 Afghan refugees for charges of terror attacks in the country The government of Pakistan has begun embark on detaining Afghan refugees after the terror attacks on Islamabad's police station, two weeks ago. Reports said two police officers were killed in the bombing on the special branch of police in the Pakistani...
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UN Concedes Rebuilding Blunders In Afghanistan
15 April 2009
'', The Associated Press, 14 April 2009
EXCERPT: "The U.N. Development Program acknowledged Tuesday that contractor abuses occurred during its oversight of $25.6 million in American-funded rebuilding projects in Afghanistan, as charged in a U.S. government report. The criticism by the U.S. Agency for International Development came last June but wasn't disclosed publicly until...
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15 April 2009
'', The New York Times, 15 April 2009
EXCERPT: "About 300 Afghan women, facing an angry throng three times larger than their own, walked the streets of the capital on Wednesday to demand that Parliament repeal a new law that introduces a range of Taliban-like restrictions on women, and permits, among other things, marital rape. It was an extraordinary scene. Women are mostly illiterate...
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NGOs Continue To Face Security Concerns
15 April 2009
'', The Afghanistan NGO Safety Office, 10 April 2009
EXCERPT: "Conflict has continued at an intense pace with attack metrics recording a 95% increase over previous first quarter periods. The 08-09 winter downturn was shorter and shallower and, for the first time, did not fall below the 3-year average of 300 attacks per month. The 'ramp-up' to summer fighting season is already evident...
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