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Afghan NGO workers in the firing line

Attacks on NGOs have increased significantly in 2008.
    KABUL

    In the first nine months of 2009, 18 Afghan NGO employees have been killed and six wounded in security incidents, according to a report by the Afghanistan NGO Safety Office (ANSO). Eight were killed in 42 incidents from July to September.



    “Criminal murders, IED [improvised explosive device] attacks, and ambushes by armed opposition groups are the leading cause of casualties among NGO workers this year,” said the 6 October report.



    Taliban and other armed opposition groups were responsible for 70 percent of the attacks, the remainder being carried out by criminal gangs, it said.



    ANSO, which is funded by the European Commission, Norway and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, provides security information to NGOs operating in Afghanistan.



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