06 August 2010

UN Agency Sends Largest-Ever Medical Delivery to Afghanistan, UN News Centre, 6 August 2010

EXCERPT: "The United Nations health agency is conducting its largest-ever delivery of medicines and health supplies to Afghanistan as it helps the country to be ready to respond quickly to conflicts, disasters such as the current floods and other possible humanitarian crises. About 430 tons of materials, sufficient to cover the immediate health...

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06 August 2010

Attempted Suicide by Women, Girls on the Rise?, IRIN News, 6 August 2010

EXCERPT: "Former Deputy Health Minister Faizullah Kakar recently completed a study (published in Dari) indicating that rising numbers of women and girls aged 15-40 are attempting suicide in Afghanistan. His findings were presented at a news conference in Kabul on 31 July. The study, based on Health Ministry records and hospital reports, said an estimated 2,300 women...

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06 August 2010

, AFP, 5 August 2010

EXCERPT: "General James Mattis has won unanimous senate confirmation as the new head of US Central Command, or CENTCOM, which has overall control of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mattis replaces General David Petraeus, who took over direct command of the faltering Afghan conflict after his predecessor, General Stanley McChrystal, was fired after giving a damaging...

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06 August 2010

Taliban, Civilians Reported Killed During NATO Raid in Eastern Afghanistan, The Long War Journal, 5 August 2010

EXCERPT: "The International Security Assistance Force has apologized today for accidentally killing civilians during a raid in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar yesterday. More than 15 Taliban fighters, including two commanders, and upwards of 12 civilians, are reported to have been killed during a special operations raid...

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