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Founding Mothers.(women in Afghanistan)(Statistical Data Included)
Massouda Jalal, 35, strides confidently down a hall at the World Food Program offices in Kabul. Staff members call her Dr. Jalal, although she never got the doctorate she was seeking in pediatrics five years ago, when the Taliban arrived in Kabul. Now she's back at work, and she could scarcely be happier. "It's very nice," she says. "You get respect. You're a somebody. Before"--during the Taliban years--"I was a nobody."
She is not alone. With the battle against the Taliban entering its final rounds, Afghanistan's women are moving from shadows to substance. After nearly a quarter century of relentless war, they outnumber Afghan men by a ratio of roughly three to ...
- Afghanistan and Pakistan: Oversight of U.S. Interagency Efforts.
- General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony October 1, 2009 700+ words
...September 9, 2009 GAO has identified Afghanistan and Pakistan as two of the most urgent...the President announced a strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, with a broad strategic...dismantling, and defeating Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan; destroying its allies and safe havens...
- Afghanistan Needs China and Russia.
- Newspaper article from: Khaleej Times (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) September 19, 2009 700+ words
...insurgency. But achieving success in Afghanistan eI defined as achieving a sustainable...economic, and security improvements in Afghanistan without more effective international...identified narcotics trafficking from Afghanistan as a major regional insecurity. NATO...
- AFGHANISTAN-REPORT: NATO IS WINNING BATTLES BUT LOSING WAR.
- News wire article from: Interpress Service February 1, 2008 700+ words
...no mistake, NATO is not winning in Afghanistan," begins a new issue brief from the...States. That brief, called "Saving Afghanistan: An Appeal and Plan for Urgent Action...energize their faltering effort" in Afghanistan. The speakers at the release of the...
- EU-Afghanistan Troika: Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner Confirms Long Term...
- Press release article from: Business Wire February 20, 2008 700+ words
...Ferrero-Waldner will attend the EU-Afghanistan Ministerial Troika meeting in Ljubljana...will discuss the state of play of the Afghanistan Compact, the EU contribution to improving...made available 610 million euros for Afghanistan for 2007-2010. The package focuses...
- Afghanistan and the United States.
- Magazine article from: Faces: People, Places, and Cultures O'Meara, Donna March 1, 2006 700+ words
...are good you will hear the name Afghanistan. Since the September 11,2001...between the United States and Afghanistan goes back many years. One of...S. representatives to visit Afghanistan was General Patrick Hurley, who...
- MCCAIN-AFGHANISTAN.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. February 26, 2009 700+ words
MCCAIN-AFGHANISTAN Not winning the war in Afghanistan too risky for US: McCain Lalit K Jha Washington, Feb...elections, said the US must win the war against terrorism in Afghanistan to ensure America's safety and security. "We must...
- Afghanistan- (The Afghan time bomb).
- News wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International January 1, 2004 700+ words
...Donald H. Rumsfeld recently visited Afghanistan to send a strong message to the Karzai...Rumsfeld's tour tried to demonstrate that Afghanistan is being kept a focus of attention by...would prefer to reduce its presence in Afghanistan, reflecting consequences of an unstable...
- Pakistan, Afghanistan should make good friends not bad neighbors: experts
- News wire article from: Xinhua News Agency July 21, 2009 700+ words
Pakistan, Afghanistan should make good friends not bad neighbors...relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan have voiced their expectations that...that the Taliban from Pakistan and Afghanistan, although different organizations...
