i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. violent demonstrations broke out in haiti this week over allegations of fraud in the recent presidential election. this on top of the growing cholera epidemic. several relief organizations say the unrest has been preventing them from treating the thousands of haitians suffering from the illness. more than 2,000 people have died and more than a hundred thousand have become sick. our managing editor kim lawton has been talking to relief workers in haiti. kim, what do they tell you? >> reporter: well they're telling me that the situation is a lot more difficult than many people here may realize the political unrest, protests in the streets, sometimes violent clashes have really created a situation where it's hard for people to get around. many of the relief groups and the faith-based groups have been on lockdown for several days in port au prince but also in other cities around haiti. >> lockdown meaning they don't go anywhere? >> reporter: they are told don't go anywhere. don't go on th

i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. the administration this week released its one-year review of u.s. strategy in afghanistan. at a press nference on thrsda presiden obama said ile the war mas a difficult endeavor, progress is being made. >> in many places, the gains we've made are still fragile and reversible. but there is no question we are clearing more areas from taliban control and more afghans are reclaiming their communities. humanitarian aid groups, however, have voiced serious concerns over increased violence. reto stocker, head of the red cross in afghanistan said his workers are facing some of the wor secity ndions they've seen in 30 years. he said there are many areas they can no longer enter. referring to the conflict, stocker said, "it is spreading. there's no end in sight." more than 100 relief workers have been killed in afghanistan this year, including several who worked with religious charities. >>> in haiti, tensions remain high after last week's political protests in the streets forced relief workers

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