Landmine-related Casualties in Afghanistan Down 20 Percent in 2006: Report
15 November 2007
Afghanistan recorded 796 landmine-related casualties in 2006, the second highest in the world after Colombia (1106), according to new report by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. This figure, which is based on reports from the International Committee of the Red Cross, represents a 20 percent drop over 2005's count (996) and the first substantial decrease since 2002.
Despite the overall decrease, the Landmine Monitor 2007 reports...
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The Future of NATO Potentially at Stake in Afghanistan
15 November 2007
, Eurasia Insight, 15 November 2007
EXCERPT: "The United States and its European allies have fundamentally different ideas about what is needed to build a functioning country in Afghanistan ? a rift that could have possibly fatal consequences for NATO, according to an international panel of experts." The discussion, 'NATO's Big Mission: The United...
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Rising Prices Fuel Corruption
15 November 2007
Jon Boone, '', Financial Times, 15 November 2007.
"Life has not been good to Khan Ali, an Afghan civil servant who lost a leg in a rocket attack in his country's civil war. As the bitter Afghan winter sets in, it is about to get a whole lot worse for a disabled man struggling to feed his family of six as soaring prices, particularly for fuel, are fast outstripping his government salary of just $50 a month....
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Polish Soldiers Charged with Murdering Afghan Civilians
15 November 2007
Adam Easton, 'Poles Charged Over Afghan Deaths', BBC News, 14 November 2007
"Seven Polish soldiers have been charged in connection with the deaths of six civilians during an attack on a village in Afghanistan this year. Poland's chief military prosecutor said the troops had not come under attack from insurgents as previously thought. The prosecutor said they violated international law when they opened fire on the village. Women and children...
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