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Rise in crime, kidnapping, top Afghans’ worries

Posted in Articles, Security on Nov 25th, 2008

Western forces target the Taliban, but for many Afghans the biggest threat comes from criminals and complicitous police
by Mark Sappenfield and Anand Gopal
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - Hajji Habib Lal is a successful businessman in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, importing fine ceramic plates from Germany [...]

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Afghan doctors protest new security threat: gangs

Posted in Afghan Life, Articles on Mar 21st, 2008

Residents of the western city of Herat say ‘Enough’ to the rise of criminal activity
Kabul, Afghanistan - When a criminal gang abducted a prominent doctor’s 12-year-old son last week off the streets of Herat, residents of the western Afghan city decided they had had enough.
Doctors, [...]

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