UN Hails Iran For Curbing Afghan Heroin
20 May 2009
'U.N. Hails Iran For Curbing Flow Of Afghan Heroin', Reuters India, 20 May 2009
EXCERPT: "The head of the U.N. crime agency praised Iran during a visit on Wednesday for curbing the flow of smuggled heroin from Afghanistan and helping keep the drug off Western streets. Iran, which shares a 900-km (560-mile) border with Afghanistan, is a conduit for smuggling drugs to the West from its insurgency-ridden neighbour. Up to 2 million...
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Insecurity Harming Child Health, Education: UNICEF
20 May 2009
'', AFP, 20 May 2009
EXCERPT: "Deteriorating security is harming children in Afghanistan, where an explosion of deadly attacks have targeted schools and impeded access to vital health care, the UN children's agency said Wednesday. In the first four months of this year, UNICEF recorded 73 incidents involving schools, including burnings, explosions, threats and attacks, which...
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US Arms May Be Falling Into Taliban Hands
20 May 2009
'', The New York Times, 19 May 2009
EXCERPT: "Insurgents in Afghanistan, fighting from some of the poorest and most remote regions on earth, have managed for years to maintain an intensive guerrilla war against materially superior American and Afghan forces. Arms and ordnance collected from dead insurgents hint at one possible reason: Of 30 rifle magazines recently taken from...
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NATO Airstrike Kills Civilians In South
20 May 2009
'Afghanistan: NATO Airstrike Kills Civilians In South', Adnkronos International, 20 May 2009
EXCERPT: "A NATO air strike against suspected Taliban militants killed eight civilians in southern Afghanistan, the military alliance said on Wednesday. It blamed the suspected militants for using civilians as 'human shields' but said its soldiers were unaware of this at the time of the air raid. The air strike took place on early...
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