http://www.uk.oneworld.net/article/country/4/ en_GB_uk Afghanistan http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/86007 Avoiding failure in Afghanistan means embracing its patronage politics—bribes and all, argues Alex De Waal. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85992 Seventy per cent of Afghans surveyed see poverty and unemployment as the major cause of the conflict in their country, according to new research by an international aid agency and a group of Afghan organisations. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85955 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown jhas been asked to undertake an investigation into the death of Afghan journalist Sultan Munadi, the New York Times reporter killed during a British military operation that rescued reporter Stephen Farrell from Taliban captors. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163895/1/ Iraq remains the top country of origin of asylum applicants (13,200 claims) in industrialised countries for the fourth consecutive year, according to the UN refugee agency. Afghans (12,000) and Somalis (11,000) are the next largest groups as security conditions continue to deteriorate in large parts of their home countries. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85867 Afghanistan’s next government must urgently devote greater resources to building up to 6,000 new schools, training upwards of 5,000 new midwives and professionalising the police, say aid agencies. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85823 Four actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated - Afghanistan, Bosnia, Guinea and Uganda - in September and none improved, according to the International Crisis Group. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163632/1/ The Afghan government is urged to free two writers accused of blasphemy, following the pardon of a man convicted of distributing a translated article about the role of women in Islam without the accompanying Arabic script. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85672 Afghans are complaining that last week’s elections were marred by serious fraud, in contrast to the international community’s assessment that voting was fair. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85648 Too few ordinary Afghans are benefiting from international aid efforts in their country, with a third of the population at risk of hunger, an international aid agency warned today, on the eve of elections. + Afghan children tell their leaders what they want http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85627 A revised controversial Shia family law - which allows men to withhold food and basic provisions from wives who refuse sexual demands - has been published in Afghanistan. + Law Curbing Women’s Rights Takes Effect http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85576 Conflicts in Afghanistan, China, Chechnya and Nigeria deteriorated in July 2009 and the situation in Guinea-Bissau improved, according to the International Crisis Group. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85505 Harry Rud finds ten reasons to feel guilty about his two years as an aid worker in Afghanistan. Harry Rud http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/162833/1/ The Tricycle has not only put itself on the theatrical map with The Great Game: it has also put Afghanistan more firmly on the British map. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85154 The planned troop surge in Afghanistan could see more Afghans suffering in the conflict unless international military forces prioritise the safety of civilians in all their operations, say leading aid agencies. + Only the aid agencies seem convinced of the efficacy of international aid http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/162540/1/ The Great Game: Afghanistan Film Festival is a programme of features, shorts and documentaries - including nine premieres and many Q&A sessions – that gives a celluloid glimpse into the joys, sorrows and adventures of everyday life in Afghanistan.