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06/28/2011
Afghan civilians are caught in the middle of an intensifying military
campaign against a fractured armed insurgency. Despite the U.S.
military’s claims of progress, insurgent attacks are up by 50% over last
year, and more than 250,000 people have fled their villages in the past
two years.
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12/01/2010
One year after President Obama’s announcement of the Afghanistan strategy, the country continues to slide into crisis.
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07/20/2009
Despite the investments made in Afghanistan in the last eight years,
the country is still facing a serious humanitarian situation, the
result of both natural disasters and ongoing conflict. The UN and
donors must increase budgets for humanitarian assistance and support
the recently re-established UN Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
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01/26/2009
The humanitarian situation has severely deteriorated over the past year in Afghanistan and Pakistan, creating more displacement and vulnerability. To promote stability, the international community must better balance development and humanitarian assistance and target returnees to Afghanistan as well as displaced people in both countries.