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February 1, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Pajhwok Afghan News: A leading US think-tank has asked for "removal of corrupt" governors and police chiefs to bolster people's confidence in the incumbent government in Afghanistan. Full news...
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January 29, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Sunday Telegraph: Corrupt police and tribal leaders are stealing vast quantities of reconstruction aid that is intended to improve the lives of ordinary Afghans and turn them away from the Taliban, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt. Full news...
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January 10, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Herald (UK): The Taliban, are not the only ones terrorising Gereshk. So are the police. "They are thieves," said Sgt Din through a translator, pointing to the town. "They stop the vehicles at checkpoints and take money. One day we tried to stop them. They cocked their weapons. So did we. The ANA commander told us not to get involved." Full news...
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June 5, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
BBC Persian (Translated by RAWA): Tens of female students of Balk University have strike and closed the entry gate of dormitory to the faces of supervisors for their objection as what they have called the 'attack of policemen to girl's dormitory'. Full news...
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February 26, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
BBC News: But in some cases, the agencies' wasteful bureaucracies are also holding back efforts to rebuild this war ravaged country, according to Ashraf Ghani, who has written a report on international development and post-war reconstruction, sponsored by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). Full news...
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February 21, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Mr. Shinwari says these decisions are based on Islamic law. But as a growing chorus of European and Western donor nations call on the government to reform and professionalize the judicial system - as required by the Constitution and the Afghanistan Compact signed in London on Feb. 1 - the chief justice says that Afghanistan will be governed by Islamic laws or tumble into violent civil conflict. Full news...
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February 5, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Telegraph (UK): Some cabinet ministers in Afghanistan are deeply implicated in the drugs trade and could be diverting foreign aid into trafficking, the country's anti-narcotics minister said yesterday. Full news...