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At Least 7 Killed At Afghanistan U.N. Compound Over Quran-Burning U.S. Preacher

Reuters | Mohammad Bashir | Posted 06.01.2011

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April 1, 2011 11:51:19 PM By Mohammad Bashir MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghans protesting the burning of a Koran by an obscure...

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UN: Afghan Insurgent Violence Soaring Over Last Year's Levels

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — The United Nations reported Saturday that insurgent violence has risen sharply in Afghanistan over the last three months, w...

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Louis Maxwell, UN Security Guard, May Have Been Killed By Afghan Police

AP | EDITH M. LEDERER | Posted 05.25.2011

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UNITED NATIONS — "Friendly fire" from Afghan security forces may have killed a U.N. employee during a Taliban attack in October on a guest house...

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Staffan de Mistura, Swedish Diplomat, Named Top UN Envoy To Afghanistan

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. chief named a veteran Swedish diplomat on Wednesday to serve as the next top U.N. official in Afghanistan, a day ahead...

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UN On Lockdown As It Re-Evaluates Afghan Mission After Deadly Attack

AP | ROBERT H. REID and HEIDI VOGT | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — The Taliban's brazen attack on U.N. election workers undermines the U.N.'s ability to help steer Afghanistan through a runoff election i...

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UN Relocating About 600 Staff After Afghan Attack

AP | DEB RIECHMANN and SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — The United Nations is sending about 600 foreign staff out of the country or into secure compounds because of the deadly Taliban attack o...

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Afghanistan: 4 US Troops Killed As UN Completes Election Probe

AP | ROBERT H. REID and HEIDI VOGT | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — A roadside bomb killed four American troops in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. said Friday, as a U.N.-backed panel finished most of its i...

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Nick Horne, Resigning UN Officer: We Must Force Political Change In Afghanistan, Or Fail

Times Online | Nick Horne | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two days ago, I left the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan because, as I stated in my resignation letter, "I have believed for some time that the m...

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Maulavi Mustafa Barakzai, Afghan Member Of Panel Investigating Election Fraud, Resigns

AP | ROBERT H. REID and HEIDI VOGT | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — Efforts to resolve Afghanistan's fraud-marred presidential election suffered new setbacks Monday when one of two Afghans on the commissi...

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Afghanistan Rape 'Widespread': UN

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The UN has said that Afghan law does not protect rape victims, according to the Daily Star. The humanitarian organization also criticized communities...

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Official Calls for Sensitivity to Afghan Demands

New York Times | KIRK SEMPLE | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- In unusually blunt remarks, the chief of the United Nations mission in Afghanistan warned in an interview this weekend that unle...

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