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Karzai: We Are Still Away from Bringing Security and Stability

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Hamid Karzai

8am: “The difficult situation in Afghanistan and the recent terrorist incidents indicate that we are still a long way from establishing lasting peace and strengthening security and stability,” he said. Karzai called the recent attacks in Kunduz, Kandahar, Kabul, and Nangarhar provinces a conspiracy against Afghanistan to perpetuate instability. Click here to read more (external link).

1 US dollar Jumped to 95 afghanis

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8am: This USD price against the national currency is one of the highest prices over the past two decades. The US dollar has risen against the afghani currency which 1 USD costs 95 afghanis. The dollar significantly rose against the national currency today (Sunday, November 14), according to Sarai Shahzada Exchange Market, the biggest exchange currency center in the country. Click here to read more (external link).

The Taliban plans to buy electricity from Iran after Afghanistan’s unpaid bills to other countries left it facing blackouts

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Business Insider: Afghanistan’s national power company plans to import electricity from Iran in the hope of heading off a looming electricity crisis. The country’s power network is in a precarious state since the Taliban ousted the US-backed government in August. Afghanistan imports the majority of its power, and had mounting debts to neighboring countries. Click here to read more (external link).

A surgeon who helps burned Afghan women is now in hiding, afraid for her life

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NPR: At 32 years old, Dr. K is old enough to remember the first time the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 1995. She was 7 when girls were banned from school. “For years, my mother ensured that we continued our studies in secret classes conducted by women teachers in their homes,” she says. Click here to read more (external link).

Girls increasingly at risk of child marriage in Afghanistan

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Ariana: UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said this week she is “deeply concerned by reports that child marriage in Afghanistan is on the rise”. In a statement issued Saturday, Fore said: “We have received credible reports of families offering daughters as young as 20 days old up for future marriage in return for a dowry. Click here to read more (external link).