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Afghanistan declares H1N1 emergency, shuts schools |
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Reuters Afghanistan declared a health emergency on Monday to help the government prevent the rapid spread of H1N1 and ordered schools closed for three weeks as part of measures against the deadly virus. The government has also advised the public against gatherings such as weddings in enclosed areas, after Afghanistan had its first death attributed to the virus last week. Nearly 350 positive cases of H1N1 have been detected among foreigners and Afghans and several hundred more people are suspected to be infected, a public health ministry spokesman said. |
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Six arrested over U.N. Afghan guest house attack |
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Reuters  Afghan security officials said on Saturday they had arrested six militants linked to the Taliban and al Qaeda over an attack on a Kabul guest-house in which five foreign U.N. staff were killed. The Taliban claimed responsibility for Wednesday's attack on the guest-house, saying it was launched because of the United Nations' role in helping organize next week's presidential run-off vote. |
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Japan to fund Afghan infrastructure |
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AFP  Japan will fund a programme costing up to five billion dollars to help build roads and boost agriculture in conflict-torn Afghanistan, a newspaper reported on Saturday. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has outlined the proposal, which would include water control and irrigation technology, the Nikkei business daily reported. The five-year programme, starting next year, would also help provide job training for former Taliban with stipends of 100-200 dollars a month, while giving time with Japanese companies in Japan, the newspaper said. |
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U.S. contemplating new program to pay those Taliban who renounce violence |
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Xinhua  U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Wednesday said the United States is ready to do business with what she called good Taliban who agree to join "a peaceful and democratic process." "We view extremists and terrorists as a syndicate. But not everyone who picks up a gun is a terrorist. We are determined to root out their leadership. But we are also open to those who change their mind and agree to a view, which is peaceful and democratic in manner," she told a joint press conference with her Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mahmud Qureshi, in Islamabad. |
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Obama warns Karzai to focus on tackling corruption |
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New York Times President Obama on Monday admonished President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan that he must take on what American officials have said he avoided during his first term: the rampant corruption and drug trade that have fueled the resurgence of the Taliban. As Mr. Karzai was officially declared the winner of the much-disputed presidential election, Mr. Obama placed a congratulatory call in which he asked for a "new chapter" in the legitimacy of the Afghan government. |
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