Afghanistan

UN pulling staff from Afghanistan

Mark Leon Goldberg - Nov 5, 2009 - 9:50 am
UN Direct - Afghanistan
Citing security concerns, the UN mission in Afghanistan is relocating staff.

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Ban arrives in Kabul

Mark Leon Goldberg - Nov 2, 2009 - 11:15 am
UN Direct - Afghanistan
Ban Ki Moon makes a surprise trip to Kabul to help manage the election fallout and pay respect to fallen collages

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Exclusive: UN responds to ProPublica story about alleged corruption of UN Afghan funds

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 30, 2009 - 12:41 pm
Security - Afghanistan
Exclusive to UN Dispatch, the UN Development Program responds to a ProPublica story on unaccounted UN funds in Afghanistan

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Deadly suicide attack against the UN in Afghanistan: UPDATE, UPDATE II

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 28, 2009 - 9:17 am
Security - Afghanistan
A Taliban attack on a UN guest house in Kabul kills six UN workers and three others. This is part of a disturbing trend in which the United Nations is increasingly targeted for attack.

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A chilling video from UN office on Drugs and Crime on opium and insurgency in Afghanistan

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 22, 2009 - 2:14 pm
Security - Afghanistan
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released a report showing how insurgent groups in Afghanistan are at the center of the world's largest and deadliest drug ring. The accompanying video is intense.

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All that hubbub for nothing

Matthew Cordell - Oct 20, 2009 - 1:52 pm
Security - Afghanistan
So, in the end, the hubbub surrounding UNAMA and Galbraith was all for naught. After quietly doing its job for months, the UN-led ECC has triggered a recount that Karzai has accepted.

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UNAMA and the Afghan elections

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 14, 2009 - 12:32 pm
Security - Afghanistan
The disagreement over how to handle fraud in the Afghan elections is an honest one between two people who both believe that they have the best interests of Afghans at heart.

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Intrigue at UNAMA

Mark Leon Goldberg - Sep 15, 2009 - 2:37 pm
Afghanistan

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And the winner is...

Mark Leon Goldberg - Sep 14, 2009 - 12:59 pm
Global Security - Afghanistan

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John Bolton, sounding reasonable

Mark Leon Goldberg - Sep 9, 2009 - 1:00 pm
Critic Watch - Afghanistan

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