10 Girls' Schools Have Shut Down Near Kunduz
26 May 2009
'The Taliban Advances: "If We Now Kill Schoolgirls, You Shouldn't Be Surprised"', Spiegel Online, 26 May 2009
EXCERPT: "When the deputy director of Aqtash High School talks of the government, he isn't referring to Hamid Karzai's central government in Kabul. Nor does he refer to the provincial administration in Kunduz. 'The Taliban are our government,' Bashir says. 'They have taken over our region,...
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97 Afghan Civilians Killed In US Strikes: AIHRC
26 May 2009
'Rights Group: 97 Afghan Civilians Killed In US Strikes', VOA News, 26 May 2009
EXCERPT: "An Afghan rights group says a U.S. air strike in western Afghanistan earlier this month killed up to 97 civilians. Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) says its investigation shows that of those killed, 21 of the victims were women, and 65 were children. The air strike took place in the Bala Bulak district of Farah...
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Pentagon: Some Released Detainees Return To Battle
26 May 2009
'', The Associated Press, 26 May 2009
EXCERPT: "Five percent of Guantanamo Bay detainees have participated in terrorist activities since their release from the U.S. navy prison, the Pentagon said Tuesday. An additional 9 percent are believed to have joined ? or rejoined ? the fight against the U.S. and its allies, according to Defense Department data released amid a simmering political...
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UN Wants "Flood of Drugs" To Devalue Opium
26 May 2009
'UN Wants "Flood of Drugs" In Afghanistan To Devalue Opium', The Guardian, 25 May 2009
EXCERPT: "United Nations United Nations officials in Afghanistan are attempting to create a 'flood of drugs' in the country intended to destroy the value of opium and force poppy farmers to switch to legal crops such as wheat. After the failure to destroy fields of the scarlet flowers in Afghanistan's volatile south,...
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