Afghanistan: School set on fire by suspect Taliban militants in southern...
Source: XinhuaCountry: AfghanistanKABUL, Dec 23, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) - A primary school in the Afghan southern province of Kandahar was set on fire by suspect Taliban militants Thursday night,...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghanistan: ADB approves US $55 million for post-conflict country
Source: IRINCountry: Afghanistan[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]KABUL, 23 December (IRIN) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday approved the first...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghanistan: Growing sense of insecurity
Source: Institute for War and Peace ReportingCountry: AfghanistanThe recent spate of suicide bombings has put much of Afghanistan on edge. By Wahidullah Amani in Kabul (ARR No. 198, 23-Dec-05)Officials...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghanistan's parliament sworn in
Source: Ockenden InternationalCountry: AfghanistanFor the first time in 3 decades, Afghanistan has a popularly elected parliament. The last year that an elected national assembly functioned was 1973,...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghanistan: No school today
Source: Institute for War and Peace ReportingCountry: AfghanistanGirls in Kandahar are being denied an education because of tradition and security concerns.By Wahidullah Amani in Kandahar (ARR No. 198,...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghanistan: Meat twice a week
Source: MedairCountry: AfghanistanHer situation was hopeless - and getting worse. Born into poverty in Afghanistan, one of the poorest countries in the world, Ramzia never had high expectations of...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Secretary-General appoints Tom Koenigs of Germany as Special...
Source: UN Secretary-GeneralCountry: AfghanistanSG/A/964 AFG/282 BIO/3724 Biographical NoteUnited Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Tom Koenigs of Germany as his Special Representative...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghanistan: Roadside bomb wounds two NATO peacekeepers in north
Source: IRINCountry: Afghanistan[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]KABUL, 27 Dec 2005 (IRIN) - A roadside bomb on Monday injured two soldiers serving with the...
View ArticlePakistan: Islamic Relief Responds to the Asia Quake
Source: Islamic ReliefCountry: Pakistan, India, AfghanistanDespite poor weather conditions and difficult terrain, Islamic Relief aid workers continue to work in 300 villages in four of the...
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Afghanistan: Afghanistan: General activity update 8 - 28 Dec 2005
Source: US Agency for International DevelopmentCountry: AfghanistanCommunity Radio Inaugurated in Kunduz ProvinceOn December 13, 2005, provincial officials and community members formally inaugurated...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghanistan: First photo exhibition of female photographers
Source: IRINCountry: Afghanistan[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]KABUL, 29 December (IRIN) - In a further bid to boost the capacity of women, Afghanistan's...
View ArticleAfghanistan: The situation of women and girls in Afghanistan (E/CN.6/2006/5)
Source: UN Economic and Social CouncilCountry: AfghanistanE/CN.6/2006/5 Commission on the Status of Women Fiftieth session 27 February -10 March 2006 Item 3 of the provisio nal agenda* Follow-up to the...
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Afghanistan: Progress report on the Capacity Building and Institutional...
Source: UN Environment ProgrammeCountry: Afghanistan1 IntroductionPurposeThe UNEP Capacity Building and Institutional Development Programme for Environmental Management in Afghanistan was officially...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Teaching woman: to care for themselves in Afghanistan
Source: UN Department of Public InformationCountry: AfghanistanBy Sakena Yacoobi"I am illiterate and I work as a local Daya (traditional birth attendant) in my village. One night people came and picked...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Assistance for rebuilding the police force in Afghanistan
Source: Government of GermanyCountry: AfghanistanForeword by the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Frank-Walter SteinmeierAfter decades of war and destruction Afghanistan entered a new era in...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Linking relief, rehabilitation and development programme (LRRD)...
Source: Groupe Urgence - Réhabilitation - DéveloppementCountry: AfghanistanFollowing decades of war and neglect, the reconstruction of the health system in Afghanistan is in full swing since 2002,...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghanistan: Agricultural Commodity Price Bulletin (Dec 2005)
Source: Government of AfghanistanCountry: Afghanistan1. Consumer Price IndexConsumer Price Index (CPI) is an index of the prices of consumer goods and services purchased by the consumers. It is used to...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghanistan: National risk and vulnerability assessment 2005
Source: Government of AfghanistanCountry: AfghanistanKey Findings and RecommendationsThe NRVA 2005 was the second national exercise in data collection on risk and vulnerability factors that affect the...
View ArticleAfghanistan: OCHA - Geneva Natural Disasters Highlights No. 3
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Afghanistan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba,...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghanistan: Managing public finances for development, volume V...
Source: World BankCountry: AfghanistanEXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION1. Security, an essential public good, is a central issue for Afghanistan's reconstruction, development, and public finances. It...
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