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October 18, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
IRIN: Some 2.5 million drought-stricken Afghans across much of the country have lost their crops and are facing acute food shortages, international aid group Christian Aid warned on Wednesday in the capital, Kabul. Full news...
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August 14, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Indo Asian News Service: Poverty, hardship and unemployment are driving women in Afghanistan to prostitution, with suicide the only option to escape their miseries, says a UN study. Full news...
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August 2, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
IRIN:An interesting result of the labour-intensive nature of opium production is its effect on the rural household economy, the division of labour and opportunities for Afghan women. In an otherwise ultra-traditional Islamic society opium offers women some degree of independence, through access to cash and status through their labours. Full news...
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May 14, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
AP: One man lives penniless in a field under a patchwork tent with baying dogs roaming outside. Another, wearing a suit jacket and tie, glides past his silver Mercedes as he welcomes guests into his plush Kabul villa. Full news...
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May 9, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER: Promises of work and security made Ghulam Hazara return to this western Afghan city from Iran two years ago. Now a lack of both is driving him back. Full news...
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April 12, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
IRIN, a UN humanitarian news and information service: Sitting in a small restaurant in a busy bazaar in Maimana, capital of Afghanistan’s northern Faryab province, Abdul Hadi, 36, worries out loud over the fate of his family in Kata Kala village, some 80 km away. Full news...
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April 9, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
South China Morning Post: After the fall of the Taliban in 2001, women were promised new freedoms. But now many are being forced into prostitution as a result of worsening poverty Full news...
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March 21, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF): As Afghanistan's new school year officially begins tomorrow (Wednesday) UNICEF's Deputy Executive Director, Ms. Rima Salah, has warned of a continued threat facing Afghan women and children from high rates of child and maternal mortality, low levels of school enrolment and neglect of children's fundamental rights. Full news...