Afghanistan Children

PHOTOS: In Afghanistan, Infant Mortality Continues To Soar

AP | By MUHAMMED MUHEISEN | Posted 12.28.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Despite billions in international aid, Afghanistan remains one of the poorest nations in the world. Its high infant mortality ra...

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Incalculable

Kathy Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kathy Kelly

We see the cost of war, but it doesn't affect -- or prevent -- our decisions. We actually, finally, have to stop making people like the nine children who died, pay it.

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What Would You Spend One Dollar On? Afghanistan's Children Respond

Anne Goddard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anne Goddard

As the U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan enters its 10th year, it is notable that most Afghan children have never known peace.

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Afghan Infants Fed Pure Opium

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan (CNN) -- In a far flung corner of northern Afghanistan, Aziza reaches into the dark wooden cupboard, rummages around, and ...

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NATO Official: Kabul Not That Dangerous For Kids

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — A senior NATO official said Monday that children in New York or other major Western cities face a greater risk of violence ...

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Hunger and Anger in Afghanistan

Kathy Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kathy Kelly

In Afghanistan, a nation where 850 children die every day, about a quarter of the population goes hungry. "Do you think we like to live this way?" an Afghan man asked me, last October, as he led us toward a primitive tent encampment on the outskirts of Kabul.

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Pakistanis & Afghans: Brothers in the Dysfunctional Family of Muslim Countries

Seema Jilani | Posted 05.25.2011

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Seema Jilani

I came to Afghanistan with the expectation that I would be able to play the "Muslim card" and build alliances easily. Not exactly so.

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Scott Anderson, U.S. Soldier, Uses Magic Tricks To Cheer Up Children In War-Torn Afghanistan And Iraq

Posted 05.25.2011

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When Scott Anderson began his first tour of duty as a MedEvac pilot in Afghanistan, he had no idea he would be able to use his talent for performing m...

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Afghan Probe Says NATO Fighting Killed Children

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — A suicide bomber at a base in Afghanistan's volatile east killed eight American civilians, U.S. officials said, the worst loss of life f...

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