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FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, March 3

Source:  Reuters - AlertNet Country:  Afghanistan 03 Mar 2012 08:09 March 3 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 0800 GMT on Saturday. indicates new or updated items...

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FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Mar 5

Source:  Reuters - AlertNet Country:  Afghanistan 05 Mar 2012 12:31 Source: reuters // Reuters Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 1230 GMT on Monday. KABUL - A member of the Afghan...

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FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, March 6

Source:  Reuters - AlertNet Country:  Afghanistan 06 Mar 2012 08:11 Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 0800 GMT on Tuesday. KABUL - A homemade mine killed two insurgents and their...

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FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Mar 8

Source:  Reuters - AlertNet Country:  Afghanistan 08 Mar 2012 04:37 Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 0430 GMT on Thursday. NANGARHAR - Eleven people were wounded by a roadside...

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Interview-Health gains in Afghanistan at risk, warns Red Cross

Source:  Reuters - AlertNet Country:  Afghanistan By Amie Ferris-Rotman KABUL, March 8 (Reuters) - Afghanistan risks giving up advances made in healthcare and humanitarian development as global...

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Afghanistan opens first women-only internet cafe

Source:  Reuters - AlertNet Country:  Afghanistan By Amie Ferris-Rotman KABUL, March 8 (Reuters) - Afghanistan opened its first female-only internet cafe on Thursday, hoping to give women a chance to...

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FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Mar 10

Source:  Reuters - AlertNet Country:  Afghanistan Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 0800 GMT on Saturday. KAPISA - Four civilians were killed and one more wounded by a NATO air...

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The struggle for transition in Afghanistan's troubled south

Source:  Reuters - AlertNet Country:  Afghanistan Estimates of up to 1,100 Taliban in UK part of Helmand Afghan commander worries about post-2014 transition Most NATO combat troops set to pull out by...

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INTERVIEW-Afghan opium price hike to stir violence-minister

Source:  Reuters - AlertNet Country:  Afghanistan 08 May 2012 15:37 Lower Afghan opium production to drive prices higher Fungus hits key poppy-producing regions of Afghanistan By Jack Kimball KABUL,...

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Afghan girls' schools shut down, Taliban blamed

Source:  Reuters - AlertNet Country:  Afghanistan 09 May 2012 16:16 By Mustafa Andalib and Mirwais Harooni GHAZNI/KABUL, Afghanistan, May 9 (Reuters) - Headmaster Abdul Rahman was heading to work when...

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Civilian deaths in Afghanistan fall 20 percent, says UN

Source:  Reuters - AlertNet Country:  Afghanistan By Jack Kimball KABUL, May 11 (Reuters) - After five years of rising deaths, civilian casualties in Afghanistan dropped 20 percent in the first four...

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REFILE-Afghan woman pushes for rights from behind the wheel

Source:  Reuters - AlertNet Country:  Afghanistan 15 May 2012 14:37 By Miriam Arghandiwal KABUL, May 15 (Reuters) - The morning after the Taliban fell Shakila Naderi shed her head-to-toe burqa, sat...

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Afghan girls poisoned in second anti-school attack

Source:  Reuters - AlertNet Country:  Afghanistan TALIQAN, Afghanistan, May 23 (Reuters) - More than 120 schoolgirls and three teachers have been poisoned in the second attack in as many months blamed...

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Afghan insurgents target safest province Bamiyan

Source:  Reuters - AlertNet Country:  Afghanistan By Mirwais Harooni KABUL, May 29 (Reuters) - Insurgents have stepped up attacks in the area thought to be Afghanistan's safest, the rugged central...

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Five aid workers freed in Afghan raid

Source:  Reuters - AlertNet Country:  Afghanistan KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, June 2 (Reuters) - Five aid workers, including two Western female doctors who were seized by gunmen last month in the remote...

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Polio eradication drive imperiled by funding shortfall

Source:  Reuters - AlertNet Country:  World, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan By Kate Kelland LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) - An almost $1 billion shortfall in funding for the fight against polio is putting...

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Afghanistan expects $4 bln in aid pledges at July conference

Source:  Reuters - AlertNet Country:  Afghanistan Thu, 21 Jun 2012 06:26 GMT KABUL, July 21 (Reuters) - Donor nations are likely to pledge $4 billion in civilian assistance for Afghanistan after 2014...

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Woman, children beheaded in Afghan "honour killing"

Source:  Reuters - AlertNet Country:  Afghanistan Sharp rise in honour killings this year Govt interest in women's rights waning - activists By Mirwais Harooni KABUL, July 4 (Reuters) - A 30-year-old...

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As foreign aid dries up, Afghan NGOs fight to survive

Source:  Reuters - AlertNet Country:  Afghanistan Corruption, accountability in the spotlight Donor fatigue, war weariness hit NGOs Worries of a decline similar to post Soviet era By Miriam...

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Afghan women protest for rights after public execution

Source:  Reuters - AlertNet Country:  Afghanistan Video shows woman, 22, shot to cheers of male crowd Women suspect basic rights to be traded away in peace talks Donors pledged $16 bln development aid...

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