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9 March 2010 - British Defence Minister arrives in Kabul; Lower House supports Peace Jirga; US Defense Secretary in Kabul to assess Marjah operation; US & NATO commander in Afghanistan to take on Taliban in their Kandahar stronghold this summer; and Peace Advisory Jirga scheduled for second month of upcoming Afghan New Year.
9 March 2010 - Barely a month into its existence, a regional journalism training hub in Jalalabad has already trained 13 broadcast journalists from four provinces of eastern Afghanistan as of last week.
9 March 2010 - It wasn’t just the Muslims of Jalalabad who celebrated the holy festival of Eid with pomp and jubilation in the last week of November 2009.
8 March 2010 - Mine cultivation tramples international laws - ICRC, AIHRC; Information and Culture Minister says imposing media limitations is against Afghan Constitution and media law; Iranian President Ahmadinejad arriving in Kabul Monday; 120 Hizb-e-Islami fighters surrender in Baghlan; President Karzai visits Marjah; and UN agencies increase emergency supplies in wake of Operation Moshtarak.
8 March 2010 - A tremendous improvement in women’s social, economic and political life has been noted in Paktya over the past ten years.
8 March 2010 - On International Women’s Day in Bamyan, women and men gathered to pray for peace in Afghanistan and to discuss the role of women and their place in the country during the ongoing peace and reconciliation efforts.
8 March 2010 - One belief that the Western world often held about Asia and the East was that it was a land of enormous luxury and wealth.
8 March 2010 - On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Kunduz’s Female Traders Association, with financial support of German NGO, GTZ, held a three-day women’s handicraft exhibition.
8 March 2010 - To mark International Women's Day in Afghanistan, UNAMA presents a special online photo exhibition on women in the county.
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8 March 2010 - International Women's Day message from UNIFEM Excecuitve Director: "Human security and humanitarian assistance, like human development, requires greater numbers of women at all decision-making tables."
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Young girls attending classes.
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