Focus on German Development Assistance
05 November 2007
Hannelore B?rgel, 'Small Successes', Development and Cooperation, November 2007.
ABSTRACT: "Afghanistan needs to develop from the bottom up, but the process takes more time than many donors would like. Unless local communities become actively involved in projects, however, reconstruction ? whether sponsored by large national programmes or local development funds ? will not succeed. First signs of progress are visible, for example,...
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An Afghan Dilemma: Education, Gender and Globalisation in an Islamic Context
05 November 2007
Pia Karlsson and Amir Mansory, 'An Afghan Dilemma: Education, Gender and Globalisation in an Islamic Context', Stockholm University, November 2007.
ABSTRACT: "Afghanistan has a long history of Islamic education while Western type of education (maktab) is of more recent date. The latter type of education has expanded rapidly recently. However, girls? enrolment remains low, around 35 per cent. The present study examines children's, particularly...
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South Korea to Withdraw Troops from Afghanistan
05 November 2007
'S. Korea to complete withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan next month', Yonhap News, 5 November 2007.
The Defense Ministry said Monday it will complete the pullout of the 210 South Korean troops in Afghanistan before South Korea's presidential election in mid December. 'The soldiers will be withdrawn before the Dec. 19 presidential election,' a Defense Ministry official said on the condition of anonymity... The withdrawal is one of the pledges...
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The German Mission to Afghanistan
05 November 2007
Sebastian Merz, ',' Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, November 2007.
ABSTRACT: "This paper examines how the German military contribution to the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF) -- the country's largest deployment abroad -- is shaped in response to domestic and foreign policy agendas. The author argues that the circumstances...
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