UNODC Reports Major Drug Abuse in Afghanistan
21 June 2010
UNODC Reports Major Drug Abuse in Afghanistan, ReliefWeb / United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 21 June 2010
EXCERPT: "A survey on Drug Use in Afghanistan, issued today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, shows that around one million Afghans (age 15-64) suffer from drug addiction. At eight per cent of the population, this rate is twice the global...
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UN Pulling Out Some Foreign Staff in Afghanistan
21 June 2010
, The Associated Press, 21 June 2010
EXCERPT: "U.N. officials said Monday they have begun relocating some of their 300 foreign staff in Afghanistan to other locations because of worries about rising violence. A report by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon over the weekend urged the relocations but said the U.N. 'foresaw no significant reduction in the actual number of substantive staff...
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British Advances in Afghanistan Have Escalated Conflict: UN
21 June 2010
British Advances in Afghanistan Have Escalated Conflict: UN Mission Chief, The Guardian, 21 June 2010
EXCERPT: "Attempts by British and American forces to expand their control over Afghan territory over the past 12 months have been counter-productive and led to a worsening security situation, according to the head of the United Nations monitoring mission on the Taliban. As the death toll of UK troops in the conflict reached 299 on Friday,...
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