Attacks kill 39 as Pakistan election campaign ends
Radio Netherlands – Netherlands
The blast in Parachinar, a town in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan, came on the last day of campaigning before Monday’s general election. …
www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5645
646/Attacks-kill-39-as-Pakistan-election-campaign-ends

Civilian wounded by Canadian in Afghanistan: report
Canada.com – Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — An Afghan civilian was reportedly injured by a Canadian bullet in Kandahar city Saturday morning, after a soldier …
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?id=e8e4a7bd-d458-4637-bf03-59ba77bc6bf0

Bomb kills 27 at election office in Pakistan
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
Nearly 100 were injured in the explosion in the northwestern tribal town of Parachinar bordering Afghanistan a day after casualties were avoided during a …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?
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Afghanistan’s coldest winter kills over 900
Reuters UK – UK
KABUL, Feb 16 (Reuters) – The death toll from Afghanistan’s harshest winter in recent living memory has hit 926, an official said on Saturday, …
uk.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis
/idUKSP10925._CH_.242020080216

Afghanistan: Analysts Mixed On Pakistani Elections’ Impact On …
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty – Prague,Czech Republic
That’s a big concern across the border in Afghanistan, where some worry that flawed elections in Pakistan on February 18 might exacerbate a security …
www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2008/02
/96d49208-e81d-4a7f-a9ee-1256a7f21fbe.html

14 dead in Pakistan election blast
The Press Association –
The attack in Parachinar, an area bordering Afghanistan, came two days before parliamentary elections considered crucial to restoring democracy after eight …
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Afghanistan establishes Disease Early Warning System
Xinhua – China
16 (Xinhua) — Afghanistan has established Disease Early Warning System (DEWS) to further improve the country’s health sector, said a statement of Afghan …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/16/content_7615863.htm

PM urged to accept Liberal stance on Afghanistan
CTV.ca – Canada
OTTAWA — Stephane Dion has written the prime minister appealing to him to bend to the Liberal position on Afghanistan. In an open letter today, …
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Liberals seek to sway PM on Afghan role
Toronto Star – Ontario, Canada
OTTAWA-Stéphane Dion has appealed to Prime Minister Stephen Harper to back the Liberal position on Afghanistan. In an open letter yesterday, …
www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/304196

Almost 1000 dead from cold snap in Afghanistan: official
AFP –
KABUL (AFP) — Nearly 1000 people have died in heavy snowstorms and severe cold during the harshest winter to hit Afghanistan in 30 years, the disaster …
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Almost 1000 dead from Afghanistan winter
Nearly 1000 people have died in heavy snowstorms and severe cold during the harshest winter to hit Afghanistan in 30 years, the disaster authority says.
www.weatherzone.com.au/news/almost-
1-000-dead-from-afghanistan-winter/8647

Roughest Winter Ever in Afghanistan, Pakistan, China — Thousands …
By John E. Carey
Carey Peace and Freedom The worst winter cold and snow on record has caused widespread suffering through Afghanistan, Pakistan and China. Officials in Pakistan say 1000 people have died from exposure. In war ravaged Afghanistan, …
www.nowpublic.com/world/roughest-winter-ever
-afghanistan-pakistan-china-thousands-die-exposure

AFGHANISTAN GENOCIDE:NEW AUSCHWITZ
By assadleon
Afghanistan has led to as many as 6.6 million unnecessary deaths. According to Washburn University law professor Liaquat Ali Khan, the“crime of genocide applies to the intentional killings that NATO troops commit on a weekly basis in …
assadleon.wordpress.com/2008/02/
16/afghanistan-genocidenew-auschwitz/

Love is tough in Afghanistan
By asianwindow
The red scarves were a sign known only to this group of friends whose brush with foreigners introduced them to Valentine’s Day — an event largely unknown in Afghanistan, where love outside of marriage is taboo. …
asianwindow.wordpress.com/2008/
02/16/love-is-tough-in-afghanistan/