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18 March 2010 - The time has come to transform the relationship between Afghanistan and its partners to enable greater responsibility on the part of Afghans themselves and an increasingly supporting role for the international community as the country strives to achieve peace and development, a senior United Nations official said today.
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18 March 2010 - Scores of people dead and injured in traffic accident along Kabul to Pul-i-Khumri highway; Helmand police killed two would-be suicide bombers who entered Lashkar Gah clad in burqas; Afghan Government urged to sign agreement banning use of cluster bombs; and 35 killed in bus crash.
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17 March 2010 - Afghanistan should not be turned into battleground among countries – Obama; Karzai to boost counter-corruption department’s powers; Karzai meets new UN envoy; Government denies peace talks with Taliban deputy leader; 2010 will be “difficult” year in Afghanistan - US general; and Ban Ki-moon to the reintegrated Afghan insurgents: Respect the will of Afghans.
17 March 2010 - “The country is so rich – put a shovel anywhere and you will come back with something!”
17 March 2010 - Nangarhar’s Governor has announced that every girls' school in his province, including those in remote districts, will soon have at least one computer class.
16 March 2010 - Cautioning against a militarization of the overall effort towards greater peace and democracy in Afghanistan, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says there is growing consensus for a political process to end the conflict, as well as for the establishment of a programme to reintegrate low- and mid-level insurgents who wish to give up fighting. UN Radio report
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16 March 2010 - Head of Counter Corruption complains that his office does not have enough power; Roadside mine explosion kills five civilians in Ghazni; Foreign UN staffers return to Afghanistan; Russia spends US$ 17 billion annually on Afghan drugs; Hundreds of people in Kunar stage protest and condemn the killing of nine civilians by Afghan and NATO troops.
16 March 2010 - The Annual Report from the United Nations Environment Programme in Afghanistan is now available online.
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15 March 2010 - United Nations agencies and the Afghan health ministry are conducting a three-day campaign aimed at vaccinating an estimated 7.7 million children under the age of five against polio.
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