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FOR THE RECORD 2003 (8745 words) |
 | The Transitional Administration has urged donor Governments to meet the level of pledges made in Brussels by increasing the level of their contributions to the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund, the primary channel for donor funding to the national development budget. |
| Afghan women are keenly aware that their participation in the upcoming political processes of the Constitutional Loya Jirga and national election is critical. |
| The Transitional Administration is aware that in order to further extend its authority it needs to send a strong signal to the effect that insubordination and corruption within its ranks will not be tolerated and that its officials will be held accountable for their actions. |
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Foreign Policy In Focus Policy Report: The War In Iraq Is Not Over and Neither Are The Lies To Justify It (8517 words) |
| The purpose of DDR in the Afghan context is not to remove the gun from Afghan society, an unrealistic goal, but, as Japan's special representative for DDR, Kenji Isezaki, has stated, to oversee the "deconstruction of military formations" (Institute for War and Peace Reporting, August 27, 2003). |
| Afghan officials, eager not to be seen as too critical of the new U.S. approach, have insisted that Khalizad must not have the same sweeping powers accorded to Paul Bremer in Iraq. |
| Millions of Afghan children, including girls, have returned to school; 2.32 million Afghan refugees have been repatriated, one of the largest voluntary refugee influxes in history; a new currency, the Afghani, has been established and remains remarkably stable; and the economy has grown by 28%. |
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