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![[Afghanistan] Afghanistan's only internet cafe stands empty.](/s3/files/styles/media_list_2x/public/images/207045.jpg.webp?itok=sB95rFsh "Several 'blogs' have been blocked for days now.")
![[Afghanistan] Displaced girls waiting for food in Maslakh camp, near Herat March 2001.](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/media_list_2x/public/images/2621.jpg.webp?itok=wfcsuCoN "These girls are some of the 90,000 people who fled Kandahar province in September 2006.")
![[Afghanistan] The minister’s car was riddled with bullets, ISAF soldiers.](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/media_list_2x/public/images/207082.jpg.webp?itok=S83sQ_BN "The troops should stick to providing security and battling insurgents, not aid work, say many NGOs in Afghanistan")
![[Afghanistan] Turks settle into lead ISAF role.](/s3/files/styles/media_list_2x/public/images/20703.jpg.webp?itok=HCaNgsJF "Turkish ISAF troops on the streets of Kabul")
![[Pakistan] New repatriation goal of 850,000 set by UNHCR. "The repatriation drive has exceeded expectations"](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/media_list_2x/public/images/20513.jpg.webp?itok=QP7JsOFU "UNHCR has suspended the return of IDPs in the north")
![[Afghanistan] A returned refugee is checked in at Pule-e-Chakri reception centre outside Kabul.](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/media_list_2x/public/images/206266.jpg.webp?itok=npIya5Hj "A new arrival registers at Pol-e Charki returnee centre in Kabul")
![[Afghanistan] Mass female participation in a polio eradication programme](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/media_list_2x/public/images/205273.jpg.webp?itok=dMfa7Cw5 "The poliovirus has been eradicated all over the world except in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Nigeria, according to the WHO")
![[Afghanistan] Dr Anwar-ul-Haq Ahmady.](/s3/files/styles/media_list_2x/public/images/20624.jpg.webp?itok=8SfqPlPC "Dr Anwar-ul-Haq Ahmady has a tough task ahead - reconstructing Afghanistan's banking system")
![[Afghanistan] Aid workers neglect local dress codes. "Haji Ghulam Hazrat finds aid workers clothing inappropriate"](/s3/files/styles/media_list_2x/public/images/20621.jpg.webp?itok=DuxOHvRN "Haji Ghulam Hazrat finds aid workers' outfits inappropriate")
![[Afghanistan] ISAF patrol.](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/media_list_2x/public/images/204083.jpg.webp?itok=q3i9Z6oM "Security remains a major concern in Kabul")
![[Afghanistan] Karzai announces cabinet.](/s3/files/styles/media_list_2x/public/images/20620.jpg.webp?itok=RBQsVHwp "Karzai addressing the Loya Jirga Wednesday evening")
