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Ankara, 6 October– The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), as head of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, announced on Monday it had taken the first step towards possible expansion of its peacekeeping […]

Kabul, 6 October– UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy, speaking on the second day of a visit to Afghanistan, today congratulated the Afghan Transitional Government for an “unparalleled success” in registering the births of 775,000 children […]

Islamabad, 30 September– The head of a private voluntary organisation working to help AIDS and HIV-positive patients in the northwest city of Peshawar, has warned of possible long-term ramifications if national health authorities continue to […]

Bishek, 29 September– Parents of insulin dependent children and adults suffering from insular diabetes, as well as health officials, are concerned over the lack of insulin in Kyrgyzstan. ”My child has been on insulin for […]

Kabul, 25 September– Guarding a government building in the Afghan capital Kabul, Zia-ul-haq, a 25-year-old Afghan police officer was worried about his 10-member family as he had been unable to send them money for months. […]

New York, 24 September– President Bush and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said after their meeting in New York September 24 that their differences on Iraq are over. The two leaders were in New York for […]

New York, 23 September– Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned on September 23 that terrorism continues to threaten his country and can harm the region as a whole. In a speech to the U.N. General Assembly, […]

New York, 23 September– In his third annual speech to the U.N. General Assembly September 23, President Bush urged the United Nations to ”take decisive action” and ”show courage” to address the challenges of the […]