Tag: afghanistan

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Save the Children warns more children could die from cold in brutal Afghan winter

Feb 18, 2012 00:00 SGT Following reports that at least 28 children living in camps near Kabul have already died because of freezing temperatures, Save the Children is warning that even more could die from cold in what is Afghanistan's worst winter for 15 years.

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Protecting Women's Rights in Afghanistan

Mar 14, 2012 16:00 SGT As the ripples subside from a huge global hive of activity around International Women’s Day, I'm left with grave concern that barely mentioned was the extraordinary endorsement by President Karzai of Afghanistan's Ulema Council's new strict guidelines restricting women and girls’ integration and participation in the country.