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28.06.2007 Afghanistan’s fight against poverty could suffer if it rushes to join the World Trade Organization, an international aid agency warned today.
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26.06.2007 Afghanistan recorded a large increase in opium poppy production in 2006 and major new drug trafficking routes, such as those through Africa, may face increasing levels of consumption, warns the latest World Drug Report.

25.06.2007 Describing the deteriorating security in their country as "a step backwards for women," Afghanistan's largest women's rights network is demanding the government and international community do more to protect women in their war-torn nation.

13.06.2007 One thousand prominent Afghani mothers will celebrate Mother’s Day in Kabul Thursday.

13.06.2007 Taleban-hallinnon kaatumisen jälkeen Afganistanissa aloitettiin opetusjärjestelmän uudelleenarvionti. Ennen syrjityt ja työnteosta poissuljetut naisopettajat osallistuvat nyt UNICEFin tukemana aktiivisesti maan opetuksen kehittämiseen.

13.06.2007 The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan is worse now than a year ago, according to the director of operations of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

12.06.2007 In the aftermath of the Taliban rule, Afghanistan began reviving its education system. UNICEF is now supporting the government to develop a teacher-training system to enlarge the pool of female teachers who were barred previously.

08.06.2007 Aseistautuneet miehet tappoivat Afganistanin koillisosassa toimivan Radio Rauhan omistaja Zakia Zakin keskiviikkona. Zaki on jo toinen murhattu naistoimittaja tällä viikolla. Hän oli aktiivinen naisten oikeuksien puolestapuhuja, mikä herätti vastustusta ennen kaikkea mujahedinien keskuudessa.

07.06.2007 Zakia Zaki, the owner and manager of Peace Radio in Afghanistan, was shot Wednesday morning by three gunmen seen fleeing her home. "[Zaki] believed in freedom of expression, that’s why she was killed," said fellow journalist.