Five Million Children Not In School
21 April 2009
'Afghanistan: Five Million Children Not In School', IRIN News, 21 April 2009
EXCERPT: "Conservative customs, poverty, lack of educational facilities and a strong culture of gender discrimination have deprived over five million school-age children (over three million of them girls) of an education, according to aid agencies and the Ministry of Education (MoE). That is roughly one third of Afghanistan's under 18 population of about...
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3,000 Kgs Of Morphine Seized: Ministry
21 April 2009
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EXCERPT: "Afghan counter narcotics police seized around three tonnes of morphine which could have been manufactured into more than two tonnes of heroin, the deputy interior minister said Tuesday. The stock was buried underground in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province and netted in an operation backed by NATO air support, General Mohammad Daud Daud told...
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Tajikistan Agrees US Supply Route
21 April 2009
'Tajikistan Agrees US Supply Route', BBC News, 21 April 2009
EXCERPT: "Tajikistan and the US have finalized a transit deal for the shipment of non-military supplies to Afghanistan. The first shipments - by road and rail - should pass through Tajik territory in a matter of weeks. US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher, who is on a visit to the region, said the negotiations had concluded satisfactorily. The deal...
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Progress Made In Talks With Taliban: Govt
21 April 2009
'Progress Made In Talks With Taliban, Afghan Government Says', CBC News, 21 April 2009
EXCERPT: "The Afghan government says it has made progress in talks with elements of the Taliban, and that some international allies have agreed to drop the names of certain militants from a wanted list. Speaking to reporters in Kabul on Tuesday, a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai confirmed there had been some talks with militants focused...
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