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Afghanistan: Children and Poppy (9 August, 2005)
Many Afghans give opium poppy to their children to subdue them while families tend to their livelihoods. This co-production of IRIN and Radio Quyaash (Faryab Province) looks at the negative impacts if this traditional practice and the steps being taken to end it. (In Dari)
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Afghanistan: Child Trafficking (31 July, 2005)
IRIN Radio reports on the alarming increase in child kidnappings in Afghanistan and the measures being taken to stop it.
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Afghanistan: Tackling Tuberculosis (22 June, 2005)
A recent survey by the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that almost 70,000 Afghans are infected with Tuberculosis. This programme examines the efforts being made to prevent and treat this disease.
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Afghanistan: Freedom of Speech (19 May ,2005)
The Afghan constitution guarantees freedom of speech, but does it really exist in the new Afghanistan? This co-production (in Pashto) by IRIN and Radio Kunar examines the issues.
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Afghanistan: Child Marriage (18 May, 2005)
According to a recent survey, as many as 57 percent of marriages in Afghanistan involve girls under the age of 16. IRIN Radio examines the implications and the attempts being made to redress this age old tradition.
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Afghanistan: Gender-Based Violence (15 May, 2005)
Afghanistan’s constitution guarantees equality for women, yet physical violence and forced marriage remain commonplace. IRIN Radio looks at one woman’s experience.
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AFGHANISTAN: Militants set fire to a school in southern Helmand
KABUL, 21 February 2006 (IRIN) - Suspected Taliban militants have set fire to a school for some 1,500 boys in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand, officials confirmed on Tuesday. ...Full report
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AFGHANISTAN: Five ex-commanders surrender arms to DIAG
KABUL, 21 February 2006 (IRIN) - Five ex-commanders in Afghanistan's southwestern Paktya province voluntarily surrendered 15 mt of ammunition, as well as more than 30 light and heavy...Full report
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AFGHANISTAN: TB major health problem in the south - WHO
KANDAHAR, 15 February 2006 (IRIN) - Zakera, a 40-year-old widow and mother of three, sits in a long queue of mostly female patients awaiting medicine at a tuberculosis (TB) control...Full report
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AFGHANISTAN: Rights body condemns violence against journalists
HERAT, 13 February 2006 (IRIN) - A local Afghan rights body supporting free media in Afghanistan on Monday condemned the beating of two journalists by officials in the western...Full report
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AFGHANISTAN: No alternative to opium, say farmers
KANDAHAR, 10 February 2006 (IRIN) - Sitting in his neighbour's swirling field of poppy, wearing dusty clothes, farmer Abdul Qauom, 32, is keen to find an alternative crop that will earn...Full report
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AFGHANISTAN: Criticism of NGO de-registration
KABUL, 8 February 2006 (IRIN) - Civic groups in Afghanistan expressed varying reactions to a decision by the government on Tuesday to de-register some 1,600 NGOs in the post-conflict country. ...Full report
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