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Thursday, February 09, 2012, 6:27 p.m.

U.N. sets workers’ Afghan exit

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE PRESS SERVICES

The United Nations is sending about 600 foreign staff members out of the country or into secure compounds because of the deadly Taliban attack on U.N. workers, warning the Afghan government Thursday that international support will wane unless it cracks down on corruption fueling the insurgency.

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Photographs by GEMUNU AMARASINGHE / AP

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  • Headline: U.N. sets workers’ Afghan exit
  • Publication: Front Section, Pages 9 on 11/06/2009
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