Study on Second-Generation Afghans in Neighbouring Countries
07 January 2008
Mamiko Saito, 'Second-Generation Afghans in Neighbouring Countries, ?From mohajer to hamwatan: Afghans return home"', Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, December 2007
ABSTRACT: "This report is the final in a series of three country case studies of second-generation Afghan refugees ? those living in neighbouring countries Pakistan and Iran, and those who have returned Afghanistan. This research project, Second-Generation...
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NATO Lacks a Coherent Strategy for Afghanistan
07 January 2008
Peter Dahl Thruelsen, 'NATO Lacks a Coherent Strategy for Afghanistan', Danish Institute for International Studies, 2 January 2008
ABSTRACT: "This report explores the complexity of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan. The actual conduct of operations in Afghanistan is measured against the principles of NATO Peace Support Operations. The report analyses the different aspects of operations...
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U.S. Considers Strikes Within Pakistan; Pakistanis Overwhelmingly Opposed
07 January 2008
Steven Lee Myers, David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt, '', New York Times, 6 January 2008
President Bush's senior national security advisers are debating whether to expand the authority of the Central Intelligence Agency and the military to conduct far more aggressive covert operations in the tribal areas of Pakistan. The debate is a response to intelligence reports that Al Qaeda and the Taliban...
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U.S. Military Prison in Afghanistan Under Scrutiny
07 January 2008
Tim Golden, '', International Herald Tribune, 7 January 2008
"As the Bush administration struggles for a way to close the military prison at Guant?namo Bay, Cuba, a similar effort to scale down a larger and more secretive American detention center in Afghanistan has been beset by political, legal and security problems, officials say. The American detention center, established at the...
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BBC: 'Little Hope for Afghans in 2008'
07 January 2008
'Little hope for Afghans in 2008', BBC News, 30 December 2007
"After two years in which the violence in Afghanistan has become worse, it is hard to see signs of hope in 2008. The detailed new international commitments, and promises of more money, put forward at the London Conference in January 2006, made little headway as the war against the Taleban went into a new phase.
"In the south, mainly and forces...
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Dutch Still Opposed to Afghan Mission Plan
07 January 2008
'Dutch Still Opposed to Afghan Mission Plan', Angus Reid Global Monitor, 6 January 2008
EXCERPT: "The views of adults in the Netherlands on their country's participation in Afghanistan have not changed, according to a poll by Maurice de Hond. 51 per cent of respondents disagree with the continuation of the military mission in Uruzgan, and 59 per cent believe Dutch troops will not withdraw from Afghanistan two years from now.
"In...
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