Person: Stephanie Bunker

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UN doubles Darfur death toll to 180,000

The UN now estimates that about 180,000 people have died in Sudan’s western Darfur region as a result of violence, disease or malnutrition since October 2003 – ,more than twice the previous estimate.

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Northern Alliance butchers more than 100 Taliban troops

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Taliban troops 'hiding in residential areas'

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Taliban battling to keep control of city

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UN's Afghan staff beaten by Taliban

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Aircraft 'free to bomb Afghanistan 24 hours a day'

Taliban threaten to murder UN workers

The Taliban have threatened to execute any UN workers who use key equipment in their offices in Afghanistan, a move that has nearly shut down the remaining relief work being done in the country.

Tue, 25 Sep, 2001

Cholera epidemic kills 45 in single day in Afghanistan

45 people, many of them children, died of cholera in northern Afghanistan in a single day last week.

Wed, 18 Jul, 2001