| AFGHANISTAN: New report highlights people’s thirst for peace |
 KABUL, 18 November 2009 (IRIN Asia) - Over two million Afghans have been killed or wounded in armed conflicts and violence over the past three decades but the desire for peace and stability has always been strong, nine NGOs say in a report published today.
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PAKISTAN: South Waziristan IDPs move further from conflict zone |  KARACHI, 17 November 2009 (IRIN Asia) - As temperatures get closer to freezing in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal agency near the border with Afghanistan, some people affected by fighting between government troops and militants have begun to move further from the conflict zone.
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In Brief: Hundreds flee attack in east Kenyan town |  ISIOLO, 17 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Hundreds of people have fled their homes in Isiolo, eastern Kenya, following an attack by armed men that left 11 people dead in Kisima locality, the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) said.
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AFGHANISTAN: Over 2,000 civilians killed in first 10 months of 2009 |  KABUL, 12 November 2009 (IRIN Asia) - Armed conflict in Afghanistan claimed the lives of over 2,000 civilians from January to October 2009, and the numbers are rising, according to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
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CAMBODIA: Coming to terms with a violent past |  SVAY KHLEANG, 11 November 2009 (IRIN Asia) - Cambodia marked a milestone in its history when the first of a series of UN-backed trials began in February to hold five Khmer Rouge leaders accountable for crimes during their rule (1975-79).
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In Brief: Afghan Red Crescent condemns NATO operation at its office |  KABUL, 10 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) has denounced a NATO-led military operation at its office in Qalat, capital of the southern province of Zabul, on 7 November.
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In Brief: Darfur groups flouting arms embargo - new report |  NAIROBI, 10 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Armed groups in Sudan's Darfur region have continued to violate a UN arms embargo as well as international humanitarian and human rights law, a new report by a UN panel of experts has said.
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PAKISTAN: Bomb-blast victims lack trauma care, counselling |  PESHAWAR, 9 November 2009 (IRIN Asia) - The huge bomb blast in the western Pakistani city of Peshawar on 29 October which left 117 people dead, many more injured and an unknown number of trauma victims was the most deadly this year.
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AFGHANISTAN: Displaced Pakistani families hosted in Kunar Province |  JALALABAD, 9 November 2009 (IRIN Asia) - Military operations in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of northwestern Pakistan have forced hundreds of households to abandon their homes and seek refuge in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
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AFGHANISTAN: “We feel exposed to greater risks now” - local aid workers |  KABUL, 9 November 2009 (IRIN Asia) - Local NGOs and Afghans working for international agencies have voiced concern about their security after hundreds of UN international staff were temporarily relocated outside Afghanistan for security reasons.
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