AFGHANISTAN: Attacks on NGOs rise sharply in 2008 – report
KABUL, 15 April 2008 (IRIN) – Attacks on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and aid workers by anti-government forces, chiefly Taliban insurgents, have risen sharply in the first quarter of 2008, according to a report by the Afghanistan NGO Safety Office (ANSO).
– NGO security incidents attributed to armed opposition groups have doubled from eight in the first quarter of 2007 to 16 in the same period this year, said Nic Lee, the ANSO director in Kabul.
Sixteen of the 29 direct attacks on NGOs across the country, from January to the end of March 2008, were initiated and/or executed by Taliban insurgents and other rebel fighters, the report said.
The remaining 13 were attributed to criminals who attack NGOs mostly for financial gain.
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