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Much will depend on how it reorients and dedicates itself to the welfare of the common Afghan

Initiated through an open call earlier in the year by the Serendipity Arts Foundation and Les Rencontres d'Arles, supported by the French Institute in India, the grant Jury has shortlisted 10 applications from hundreds received

The UNAMA said that the anti-government elements are responsible for the majority of civilian casualties which stands at 58 per cent.

No group has claimed responsibility, but fighting between the Taliban and government has surged in recent weeks.

"The international community's response to global food insecurity has been dangerously inadequate."

Prosecutors said they would have recommended a harsher sentence for Yeo, who pleaded guilty to acting as an agent of a foreign government, but for his cooperation.

At the time, such changes were considered controversial, but not nearly as controversial as the plan to put the calendar back into sync with the seasons.

The United States first intervened in Afghanistan following the September 11, 2001 attacks and dislodged the Taliban regime, which had welcomed Al-Qaeda.

At least 15 people were killed and 42 others got injured in a car bombing outside a district office in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday.

Provincial police spokesman Farid Khan said most of the victims were Afghan security force members but several civilians were also among the dead.