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<title><![CDATA[Afghan children face world&#8217;s worst conditions - U.N.]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Reuters: Afghanistan is the hardest place in the world to be a child, the South Asia regional director for UNICEF said, with high child mortality rates, poor levels of nutrition and rampant sexual abuse. "The situation in Afghanistan as a whole is one of the most dramatic in South Asia and also in the world. Afghanistan is the most difficult place to be born as a child," Daniel Toole said on a visit to Afghanistan this week.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:55:39 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Iranian weapons seized in Afghanistan]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Telegraph: Border officials have reported that a wide range of material made in Iran &#8211; including mortars, plastic explosives, propaganda materials and mobile phones &#8211; is ending up in insurgents' hands. A Taliban commander admitted that the insurgents had grown more dependent on Iran as Pakistan stepped up operations against the group on its territory.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:53:15 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reports of Sexual Assault Involving Military Servicemembers Rose in 2009]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ABC News: Reports of sexual assault involving military servicemembers rose by 11 percent last year, but Pentagon officials said that was just what they were hoping would happen. There were 3,230 reports of sexual assault filed in Fiscal Year 2009, the Pentagon announced today. However, Pentagon officials see the rising numbers in a positive light because it has been a goal for the Defense Department to improve the reporting of cases of sexual assault....]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:54:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Who&#8217;s stealing Afghan cultural treasures?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[RT.com: Afghanistan&#8217;s unique location has made it home to the world's most complex civilizations that left a rich cultural heritage. But the war-torn country has now fallen victim to looters, stealing the nation&#8217;s artifacts. Ever since Afghanistan was invaded by Alexander the Great, nearly 2,500 years ago, the country has seen one foreign army after another. In recent times &#8211; the British, the Soviets &#8211; and now the Americans ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:07:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Survivors of family killed in Afghanistan raid threaten suicide attacks]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Times: A family whose members were killed in a botched night raid in eastern Afghanistan have rejected &#8220;blood money&#8221; from the Government and vowed to carry out suicide attacks unless the perpetrators are brought to justice.  Two pregnant women, a teenage girl, a policeman and his brother were shot dead on February 12 by unidentified gunmen. Eight men were arrested in the raid on the village of Khataba in Paktia province. They have all been released.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:59:47 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nato &#8216;covered up&#8217; botched night raid in Afghanistan that killed five]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Times: A night raid carried out by US and Afghan gunmen led to the deaths of two pregnant women, a teenage girl and two local officials in an atrocity which Nato then tried to cover up, survivors have told The Times. In a statement after the raid titled &#8220;Joint force operating in Gardez makes gruesome discovery&#8221;, Nato claimed that the force had found the women&#8217;s bodies &#8220;tied up, gagged and killed&#8221; in a room.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:07:27 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Afghanistan&#8217;s Kandahar hit by suicide bombers, 30 dead]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[BBC News: At least 30 people have been killed and 46 wounded in four suicide bombings in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, hospital officials say. The first blast happened at about 2000 (1530 GMT). Officials said the biggest attack was aimed at the city's main prison. The Taliban said they carried out the bombings as a "message" to Nato.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:35:06 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Afghan police recruits abusing drugs, US report finds]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[BBC News: Drug abuse is rife in the Afghan police force with up to four out of 10 recruits testing positive for illegal drugs in some areas, a US report says. The report for the US Congress said the illegal drugs trade "undermines virtually every aspect" of efforts to secure Afghanistan. Afghanistan produces 90% of the world's opium and the drugs trade is a key source of funding for the insurgency.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:57:56 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HRW: Measure Brought into Force by Karzai Means Atrocities Will Go Unpunished]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[HRW: The Afghan government should urgently act to repeal a law that provides an amnesty to perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said today. The law was published unannounced in the official gazette, bringing it into force, despite repeated promises by President Hamid Karzai that he would not allow the law to go into effect.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:06:56 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[In Kabul, hopelessness weighs on job hunters]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles Times: The men come at dawn, a ragged, anxious collection of faces peeking through scarves and hoping for work as they stand in a traffic circle beneath billboards advertising war heroes and washing machines. They are bricklayers, gardeners, hole diggers and carpenters. Sometimes they are tapped on the shoulder, most times they are not, so they hunch amid the cars and fruit stands, knowing that the higher the sun climbs the lower their chances of returning home with money in their pockets.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:21:19 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[One Month of the Obama Killing Machine in Afghanistan: Data and a Lesson for the UNAMA and its Groupies]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[RAWA News:Let the numbers tell the story. The following presents a detailed summary and analysis of Afghan civilians killed directly - so-called impact deaths - by U.S/NATO forces in Afghanistan during a single month, February 2010. The Obama killing machine left 80-86 dead Afghan and Pashtun civilians. By contrast, the number in February 2009 was 50. The intent here is to set the record straight as regards Afghans killed by the U.S/NATO, and in so doing challenge the UNAMA to move beyond its &#8220;faith-based&#8221; counting.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:54:48 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[AFGHANISTAN: Women&#8217;s rights trampled despite new law]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[IRIN: As the world marks International Women&#8217;s Day, ambivalence, impunity, weak law enforcement and corruption continue to undermine women&#8217;s rights in Afghanistan, despite a July 2009 law banning violence against women, rights activists say. A recent case of the public beating of a woman for alleged elopement - also shown on private TV stations in Kabul - highlights the issue.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon,  8 Mar 2010 20:46:38 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Violence against women persists in Herat]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[PAN: Despite efforts at improving their overall situation, women continue to be the target of violence in western Herat province, officials said on the International Women's Day. The Women Affairs Directorate said on Monday 633 cases of violence against females were reported in the province during the last solar year. Human rights officer at the directorate, Soraya Baleegh, told Pajhwok Afghan News the cases were linked to an increase in the number of drug addicts and growing poverty.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon,  8 Mar 2010 15:50:34 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Army launches investigation: Corrupt Afghans stealing millions from aid funds]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Independent: A major investigation has been launched into contracts awarded by coalition forces in Afghanistan that are worth hundreds of millions of pounds. The probe into construction and logistics contracts of the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) has been ordered by Major General Nick Carter, commander of Isaf forces in the south of the country.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun,  7 Mar 2010 16:11:39 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[No school for almost half of Afghan children]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[DAWN: Almost half of school-age children in Afghanistan do not have access to education, President Hamid Karzai said Saturday as he inaugurated the new school year. &#8220;Five million school-age children in our country do not go to school, some because of war or because their schools have been closed by the Taliban or others, some because they do not have the ability to go to schools,&#8221; he said.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat,  6 Mar 2010 02:29:30 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[&#8216;Afghan women lawmakers hamstrung by warlords&#8217;]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[AFP: Afghan women may hold a quarter of the seats in their country's parliament but many are mere mouthpieces for warlords, who continue to set the legislative agenda, an Afghan women's rights activist said. "Today we have 68 women in the parliament, 25 percent... We have a group of women high in quantity, but low in quality," Voice of Women director Suraya Pakzad told a meeting in the US Congress to mark International Women's Day.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri,  5 Mar 2010 09:07:57 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[British soldier jailed for refusing to fight in Afghanistan]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[CNN: A British soldier who went absent without leave rather than return to fight in Afghanistan was jailed Friday for nine months by a military court, officials said. Glenton, who completed a seven-month tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2006, became an outspoken critic of British military operations in the country during his absence, frequently appearing at anti-war rallies and on television.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri,  5 Mar 2010 02:34:07 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Afghan survivors describe NATO helicopter assault]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[McClatchy Newspapers: The military helicopters swooped in from behind the three-vehicle convoy as it wound through a remote road in southern Afghanistan , and survivors of last week's deadly attack said they had no idea they were in danger until the lead four-wheel drive exploded. After seeing the gruesome aftermath of that rocket strike, survivors of the NATO attack told McClatchy , women jumped from the second car and frantically waved their head scarves to try to stop the attack.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu,  4 Mar 2010 08:57:05 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Technology Spectacles: the Country that Produced MRE&#8217;s now gives Afghans Drones and GRR (Government-Ready-to-Rule) Kits]]></title>
<link>http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2010/03/03/technology-spectacles-the-country-that-produced-mres-now-gives-afghans-drones-and-grr-government-ready-to-rule-kits.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[RAWA News: Future U.S wars in the Third World will involve massive use of drones to police the territory, employ local satrap forces (like those of Karzai&#8217;s Afghan Army) and once the territory has been pacified sufficiently, the deployment of &#8220;Government Ready-to-Rule (GRR)&#8221; kits. ... it represents the quintessential American way of &#8220;solving&#8221; problems with technological short-cuts, a military effort begun in 1942 with the Allied fire-bombing of German cities. The current American war in Afghanistan is a harbinger of what is to come, America&#8217;s electronic, troop-less war.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed,  3 Mar 2010 18:32:48 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Big rise in Afghan child migrants]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[BBC News: United Nations aid agencies are increasingly concerned about the number of children from Afghanistan migrating across Europe alone. Latest figures from the UN Refugee Agency show that the number of Afghan children under 18 who applied for asylum in Europe last year rose by 64%, from 3,800 to more than 6,000.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed,  3 Mar 2010 10:26:04 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Plight of Afghan Women in Prison]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[This is a story about the women and children of Badam Bagh, the only women&#8217;s prison in Kabul.  It is home to some 90 inmates, many of them mothers.  Eighteen-year-old Krishma is one of them..... Fawzia, inmate: &#8220;It&#8217;s been two months since my arrest. I&#8217;m in here because after my husband had hit me, I got angry so I left my house and went to stay with my sister-in-law.&#8221; ...  In another country, Fawzia and many of the women here would not even be in jail.  They would be considered victims rather than perpetrators.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:53:45 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Afghanistan worlords&#8217; unwelcome return]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Australian: Hekmatyar is being feted with offers that reportedly include ministries and governorships for his party, Hezb-e-Islami, in a future Afghan regime. The devils with whom Kabul and Washington must now deal are largely of America's own making, assisted by its long-time ally, Pakistan. During the US-backed jihad against the Soviets in Afghanistan, Hekmatyar led one of seven mujaheddin parties that were lavishly bankrolled by the CIA.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:02:45 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kabul bombings and gun battles leave 17 dead]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[AP: Suicide bombers mounted attacks in the heart of Kabul today, triggering a series of explosions and gun battles that killed at least 17 people, including Indian government officials. The Taliban claimed responsibility, saying five suicide bombers conducted the early-morning attacks on two buildings in an area that is home to small residential hotels used by foreigners. An Italian diplomat was also among the victims, according to the Italian foreign minister, Franco Frattini.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:31:23 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Officials puzzle over millions of dollars leaving Afghanistan by plane for Dubai]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post: A blizzard of bank notes is flying out of Afghanistan -- often in full view of customs officers at the Kabul airport -- as part of a cash exodus that is confounding U.S. officials and raising concerns about the money's origin. The cash, estimated to total well over $1 billion a year, flows mostly to the Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai, where many wealthy Afghans now park their families and funds, according to U.S. and Afghan officials. So long as departing cash is declared at the airport here, its transfer is legal.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:27:16 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Diplomats angry at Karzai election move to take control of a key election watchdog]]></title>
<link>http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2010/02/24/diplomats-angry-at-karzai-election-move-to-take-control-of-a-key-election-watchdog.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[AFP: Moves by the Afghan president to take control of a key election watchdog have dismayed diplomats and analysts who said today there is now even less chance that future polls will be free and fair. The president Hamid Karzai has changed a law to give himself control of the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC), a body that threw out more than half a million votes cast for him in last year&#8217;s fraud-tainted poll.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:07:17 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UN: 346 Afghan children killed in 2009, more than half by NATO]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[DPA: The United Nations said Wednesday that 346 children were killed in Afghanistan last year, more than half of them by NATO forces, mostly in airstrikes. "In 2009, 346 children were killed," Radhika Coomaraswamy, the special representative of the UN secretary general for children and armed conflict, said in Kabul after a seven-day visit the country.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:57:13 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Afghans call for Nato to leave after airstrike kills 27 civilians]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Times: Relatives of 27 people killed when Nato aircraft bombed a civilian convoy in southern Afghanistan have demanded that foreign forces leave the country. Afghan officials said that at least four women and a child were among the dead. Twelve other civilians were wounded when three minibuses were attacked on Sunday in a remote part of Uruzgan province. The local governor and the Interior Minister said that all of the victims were civilians.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:06:56 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kabul Bank&#8217;s Sherkhan Farnood feeds crony capitalism in Afghanistan]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post: Afghanistan&#8217;s biggest private bank -- founded by the Islamic nation&#8217;s only world-class poker player -- celebrated its fifth year in business last summer .... Less publicly, Kabul Bank's boss has been handing out far bigger prizes to his country&#8217;s U.S.-backed ruling elite: multimillion-dollar loans for the purchase of luxury villas in Dubai by members of President Hamid Karzai&#8217;s family, his government and his supporters.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:38:56 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Warlord&#8217;s Tune: Afghanistan&#8217;s war on children]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ABC News: Sexual slavery involving boys as young as 10 is being condoned and in many cases protected by authorities in northern Afghanistan. Afghan journalist Najibullah Quraishi has filmed police attending a party where a young boy is the "entertainment". The police shown on the video include one officer from the youth crime squad. Such parties are illegal under Afghanistan law and with good reason.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:11:02 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NATO Afghanistan airstrike kills 27 civilians]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Reuters: A NATO airstrike in Afghanistan mistakenly killed 27 civilians, the government said on Monday, hurting a campaign to win over the local population and defeat Taliban insurgents. The Afghan cabinet condemned the killings as "unjustifiable" after an aircraft fired on civilians, mistaking them for insurgents, in the south near the border of Uruzgan and Dai Kondi provinces.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:41:18 -0600</pubDate>
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