http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/11/our-commitment-in-afghanistan-robert-galbraith/ Where the world comes together Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:33:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/11/our-commitment-in-afghanistan-robert-galbraith/#comment-930 Diana Thébaud Nicholson Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:44:19 +0000 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/11/our-commitment-in-afghanistan-robert-galbraith/#comment-930 (RCI) KANDAHAR: RELIEF WORK IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN SAID FEASIBLE UNICEF Canada President Nigel Fisher says that pursuing development work in southern Afghanistan is not only possible it is in fact being achieved. Mr. Fisher is making his first visit to that country since 2005. While acknowledging security concerns, he contradicts a recent report on the situation by the London-based Senlis Group, which claimed that the Taliban are regaining lost ground and that relief work should be carried out by the military which would accomplish it faster and more efficiently. Mr. Fisher says the real threat to relief operations isn't the insurgency but common criminals. His mission is to evaluate projects for maternal and juvenile health and girls' education. Mr. Fisher says that despite the security situation, it is "very much possible" to work in Kandahar, citing a plan next week to administer polio vaccines to 1.2 million children in the five southern provinces. (RCI) KANDAHAR: RELIEF WORK IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN SAID FEASIBLE
UNICEF Canada President Nigel Fisher says that pursuing development work in southern Afghanistan is not only possible it is in fact being achieved. Mr. Fisher is making his first visit to that country since 2005. While acknowledging security concerns, he contradicts a recent report on the situation by the London-based Senlis Group, which claimed that the Taliban are regaining lost ground and that relief work should be carried out by the military which would accomplish it faster and more efficiently. Mr. Fisher says the real threat to relief operations isn’t the insurgency but common criminals. His mission is to evaluate projects for maternal and juvenile health and girls’ education. Mr. Fisher says that despite the security situation, it is “very much possible” to work in Kandahar, citing a plan next week to administer polio vaccines to 1.2 million children in the five southern provinces.

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