ANBP receives financial boost, disarmament takes place in Kandahar

As of yesterday, Wednesday, 29,973 soldiers have been disarmed. That figure is up 337 from the last figure we gave you on Sunday.

Of those disarmed, some 27,100 have begun their reintegration programme. These former soldiers, as you know, can choose from several reintegration options, including teacher training, agriculture, vocational training, de-mining, small business, or joining the Afghan National Army or the Afghan National Police if they qualify.

The reintegration activities have received

The decision to end repatriation for two months after a final day of operations on 26 December reflected the falling numbers of refugees who wish to return to Afghanistan during the harsh winter months. Only 126 individuals went through UNHCR repatriation

ISLAMABAD, 8 December (IRIN) - Bikram Chand Thakuri, 39, a Nepali by nationality, is a UN volunteer working for Afghan refugees in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, capital of North West Frontier Province (NWFP).

Thakuri is among the eight UN Volunteers (UNVs) who have been working with the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) since late 2001 when a flow of some 300,000 Afghans began towards the Pakistani border due to the conflict in Afghanistan.

On Tuesday, the eight UNVs attended the