Terrifying details of how Mazar mob ripped open the UN bunker. Our web editors ignored it so tks to West Australian: http://yhoo.it/gi2tlP
Kabul police, including anti-riot unit, denying reports that protests called in #Afghanistan capital on Saturday
Protests turn violent in Kandahar, 9 dead and journalists targeted: http://reut.rs/g4qnqu
Midwife shortage costs over a million lives: report
KABUL (Reuters) – More than a million mothers and newborn babies are dying each year from easily prevented birth complications because of a chronic shortage of midwives across much of the developing world, a new report from Save the Children said on Friday.
In the world’s least developed countries over half of mothers give birth without any trained help — compared with only one percent in Britain — and some 2 million women face one of the most frightening days in their life entirely alone.
Midwife shortage costs over a million lives worldwide: report
KABUL (Reuters) – Over a million mothers and newborn babies are dying each year from easily prevented birth complications because of a chronic shortage of midwives across much of the developing world, a new report from Save the Children said on Friday.
In the world’s least developed countries over half of mothers give birth without any trained help — compared with only one percent in Britain — and some 2 million women face one of the most frightening days in their life entirely alone.
Huge natural stone arch new Afghan treasure
photo courtesy of Ayub Alavi/Wildlife Conservation Society
Afghanistan surprises most first-time visitors (including many on military transport planes) with stunning natural beauty — there’s little room in column inches taken up with war to describe snow-topped mountains, lush valleys, spring fields scattered with crocus and other pleasures of living here.
The country’s dazzling blue Band-e Amir lakes are almost unique geologically (not the way they are formed, but in their size), there are endangered animals like snow leopards roaming the country’s more remote corners, and now naturalists have discovered one of the world’s largest natural stone arches.
Interesting NYT piece about the Qaddafis’ murky financial dealings, including bid to get oil firms to pay Lockerbie bill http://j.mp/eNchrr
Happy New Year Mr President
U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed the Persian New Year (1390, which started on Monday) with a video message, as he has done every year of his presidency.
Nawroz festival (also spelt nowroz, nowruz and several other ways) falls on spring equinox and is celebrated across a wide swathe of Central Asia and surrounding areas — it is a public holiday in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kashmir and Kyrgyzstan, according to Wikipedia.
Happy Nawruz to friends and colleagues in Afghanistan (and Afghan friends and colleagues abroad), hope 1390 is a good year for all
Analysis: Afghan security handover more signal than real change
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai will announce within days plans for his security forces to take control of some parts of the country, but the handover from NATO troops is more a statement of intent than the start of real change.
Diplomatic and military sources say the areas likely to be chosen are either among the most secure in the country or have been the focus of intense coalition efforts — that would be unsustainable nationwide — to pump up the army and police.
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