The group of aid workers who were killed in Afghanistan were buried in Kabul Saturday. The group was in Afghanistan to treat eye disease in remote villages.
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Slain aid workers laid to rest in Afghanistan
Posted by UpdatedFrequently on August 21st, 2010
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Comments OffAttack on medical aid workers in Afghanistan
Posted by UpdatedFrequently on August 12th, 2010
A painful reminder of the dangers of humanitarian work arrives today as more details were reviled about a recent ambush against medical workers in Afghanistan. A team from the UK who were in Afghanistan to provide eye care were gunned down by militants.
Posted in Afghanistan Tags: 4x4 Vehicle, Afghans, Aid Workers, Ak 47 Assault Rifle, Attackers, Charity Workers, Dr Karen, Dr Tom, Eye Care, Eye Disease, Grenades, Gunmen, Humanitarian Work, Humanitarian Workers, Medic, Medical Aid, Medical Workers, Mid 1970s, Optometrist, Painful Reminder, Three Women Comments OffDo The Majority Of Americans Want The U.S. To Stay In Afghanistan Until The Job Is Done?
Posted by Bookyards on August 10th, 2010
Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, June 23 where he announced that Gen. Stanley McChrystal had been relieved of duty as top war commander in Afghanistan and would be replaced by Gen. Posted in Afghanistan Tags: Afghanistan War, Altitude, Christian Science Monitor, Clarity, David Petraeus, Gen David Petraeus, Gen Stanley Mcchrystal, Jason Reed, June 23, Poll Finds That, Polls, Public Opinion, Respondents, Reuters, Revelations, Rose Garden, War Afghanistan, War Commander, War Documents, White House, Wikileaks Comments OffIncrease of female suicides in Afghanistan
Posted by UpdatedFrequently on August 6th, 2010
From IRIN, a troubling increase of suicides amongst women and girls in Afghanistan.
Former Deputy Health Minister Faizullah Kakar recently completed a study (published in Dari) indicating that rising numbers of women and girls aged 15-40 are attempting suicide in Afghanistan.
Posted in Afghanistan Tags: Assistance Mission, Audiofiles, Deputy Health Minister, Domestic Violence, Drug Addiction, Economic Hardship, effects on health, Female Suicides, Flv, Food Insecurity, Hamid Karzai, Health Adviser, Mental Diseases, Ministry Of Public Health, Ministry Of Women, Moph, Severe Depression, Suicide, Three Decades, True Situation, Violence Against Women, Violence Database Comments OffThe war over hearts and minds in Afghanistan
Posted by UpdatedFrequently on August 5th, 2010
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