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KABUL - I welcome today’s statement by the Independent Election Commission reaffirming 20 August as the date of Afghanistan’s 2009 presidential and provincial council elections. This date will provide the time needed for the…

KABUL - The situation for women in Afghanistan is very mixed. There’s a lot to point to institutionally in terms of what has been accomplished in the last five years. The National Action Plan for Women and the Afghanistan…

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KABUL - More than 82,000 anti-personnel mines were cleared in Afghanistan in 2008, but the funding needed to meet the 2013 demining completion goal – around $500 million – is threatened by the world economic situation, a…