Inflated Claim of Health Success in Afghanistan Exposed
16 December 2010
An Inflated Claim of Health Success in Afghanistan Exposed, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 December 2010
EXCERPT: "Nine years and billions of dollars into the Afghanistan war the US government is eager to show progress. The US government estimates 6 million refugees have returned to the country and some 7 million children are back in school. And then there is the widely cited claim that 85 percent of Afghans that have access to healthcare,...
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Roadside Bomb Kills 14 Civilians in Afghan West
16 December 2010
Roadside Bomb Kills 14 Civilians in Afghan West, Reuters, 16 December 2010
EXCERPT: "A roadside bomb killed 14 civilians and injured four when it ripped through a minibus in western Afghanistan on Thursday, a government official said, the latest casualties of escalating violence in a once-peaceful area. The blast came days after a similar homemade bomb in the south of the country killed 15 people, and six Afghan soldiers died in separate...
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Formerly Persecuted Hazaras Gain Clout in Afghanistan
16 December 2010
A Formerly Persecuted Minority Gains Clout in Afghanistan, Los Angeles Times, 16 December 2010
EXCERPT: "[...] For centuries, Shiites, most of them ethnic Hazaras with distinct East Asian facial features, were absent from public life, regarded as an economic underclass and the target of occasional pogroms by Sunni Pashtun-dominated governments. Under the Taliban, they were persecuted with a fervor that approached 'ethnic cleansing.'...
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16 December 2010
, The New York Times, 16 December, 2010
EXCERPT: "A review of President Obama's strategy for the war in Afghanistan concludes that American forces can begin withdrawing on schedule in July, despite finding uneven signs of progress in the year since the president announced the deployment of an additional 30,000 troops, according to a summary made public Thursday. The summary said...
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