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Taliban Suicide Bombers Strike Kabul

Derrick Crowe, January 18, 2010.

A wave of suicide bombers and gunmen attacked Kabul on Monday, January 18, 2010.

"The Killing of Women is Like Killing a Bird Today in Afghanistan": Afghan Women's Rights Activist

Stephen de Tarczynski, IPS News. July 17, 2009.

"The situation is like hell in most of the provinces," says Malalai Joya. "Women haven't gained even the limited rights they had in the 70s and 80s."

Afghan Bomb kills 11, Including Children: Police

Agence France Presse July 17, 2009.

A Taliban bomb attack killed 11 civilians, including children and toddlers, going to a shrine in Afghanistan on Friday, police said following a surge of attacks ahead of key elections.

Bombs Will Kill Women in Afghanistan

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Foundation. July 8, 2009.

Brave New Foundation explores the disproportionate hardships of war on women and their families, and how you can help.

Why Isn't This on CNN? Afghan Refugee Describes Recent US Bombings

ZP Heller, Brave New Foundation. June 11, 2009.

Exclusive footage inside a refugee camp in Afghanistan following US airstrikes.

90 Afghan Schoolgirls Poisoned in 'Taliban Gas Attack'

Jerome Starkey, Independent UK. May 13, 2009.

The incident is the third attack on a girls' school in three weeks, raising fears about increasingly vicious methods to terrorize girls.

Local Probe Challenges U.S. Military Account of Killings in Afghanistan

Institute for War and Peace ReportingApril 17, 2009.

The U.S. military insists forces stormed a militant stronghold in Kunduz. But locals, including the mayor, strongly dispute this version of events.

Afghanistan Alert: Robert Greenwald Witnesses Security in Kabul

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Foundation. March 25, 2009.

The face of the Afghanistan conflict brought home.

Killing of Aid Workers in Afghanistan Exposes the Dangers of Escalation

Ann Jones, AlterNet. August 18, 2008.

The murder of four humanitarian aid workers in Afghanistan should temper talk about sending more troops there.