Integrating Gender in Afghanistan's National Policy
10 March 2008
Anna Wordsworth, 'Moving to the Mainstream: Integrating Gender in Afghanistan's National Policy', Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 29 February 2008
ABSTRACT: "This paper contends that gender mainstreaming as the government's principal strategy for promoting gender equity in Afghanistan is not being implemented substantively. In spite of considerable emphasis in the Interim Afghanistan National Development Strategy (I-ANDS) and...
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Focus on Canada's Wounded Afghan Veterans
10 March 2008
Siri Agrell, 'The Working Wounded', The Globe and Mail, 7 March 2008
EXCERPT: "Since Canada's mission in Afghanistan began in 2002, more than 280 service people have been wounded in action, suffering shrapnel wounds, nerve damage and amputated limbs and, in many cases equal damage to their identities as soldiers. It is the first time in decades that Canada has found itself with a military population with permanent disabilities, one that...
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Pew Poll Result Shows Support for Afghanistan Operations Still Strong
10 March 2008
'Iraq, Afghanistan and Terrorism', Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, March 2008
EXCERPT: "Compared with Iraq, many more Americans say that the U.S. made the right decision in using military force in Afghanistan (65%, vs. 38% for Iraq). And while opinion on keeping troops in Iraq is divided, a solid majority (61%) favors keeping U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan until the situation has stabilized. The percentage...
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Britain's Cost Of Afghanistan And Iraq Operations Soars
10 March 2008
'Cost Of Afghanistan And Iraq Operations Soars', The Guardian, 10 March 2008
EXCERPT: "Britain's spending on military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan has nearly doubled to more than three billion pounds (six bln dollars, 3.95 bln euros), lawmakers said Monday, voicing surprise. Costs for the current financial year - which ends March 31 - are forecast to run to 3.297 billion, a 94 percent increase on last year's total of 1.698 billion,...
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United States Army Report on Mental Health of Soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq
10 March 2008
'', United States Army Mental Health Advisory Team (MHAT) V, March 2008
EXCERPT: "This US Army report, produced by the fifth Mental Health Advisory Team, discusses the mental health and morale of soldiers deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq in fall, 2007.
"Central Findings from OEF (Operation Enduring Freedom) in Afghanistan:
a. Mental Health. Soldiers...
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Afghanistan Opium Poppy Cultivation Highlighted in UNODC Annual Report 2008
10 March 2008
'', United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 10 March 2008
EXCERPT: "The situation in Afghanistan is blighting an otherwise improving drugs picture. The production of opium, the raw material for heroin, soared in 2007, rising 34 per cent from the already record levels of 2006, according to the Afghanistan Opium Survey 2007 of UNODC. Production reached 8,200 tons,...
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EU Offers To Bolster Afghan Police Mission
10 March 2008
'', Yahoo! News, 10 March 2008
EXCERPT: "The European Union offered Monday to boost its police training mission to Afghanistan, amid US-led calls for thousands of instructors to be sent to the conflict-torn country. The EU "expresses its readiness to consider further enhancement of EU engagement, particularly in the field of police and wider rule of law," the bloc's foreign ministers...
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Sharp Rise In Reported Cases Of Violence Against Women: UN
10 March 2008
'Sharp Rise In Reported Cases Of Violence Against Women', Integrated Regional Information Networks, 8 March 2008
EXCERPT: "Registered cases of physical violence against women and girls in Afghanistan have increased by about 40 percent since March 2007. UN agencies involved in women's development efforts in Afghanistan say a dramatic increase in the number of reported cases of violence against women does not necessarily imply that gender-based...
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The Changing Face of Local Governance: Community Development Councils in Afghanistan
10 March 2008
'The Changing Face of Local Governance: Community Development Councils in Afghanistan', Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, February 2008
EXCERPT: "Since 2004 the Government of Afghanistan (GoA) and its international partners have become increasingly aware that issues and challenges surrounding subnational governance in Afghanistan will be crucial to national development, stability, and security. This period has also been a...
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Afghan Clashes Up In 2008, But In Fewer Places-NATO
10 March 2008
Jon Hemming, 'Afghan clashes up in 2008, but in fewer places-NATO ', Reuters AlertNet, 10 March 2008.
EXCERPT: "NATO forces in Afghanistan have clashed more times with Taliban insurgents in the first two months of 2008 compared to last year, though fighting has occurred in fewer places, the alliance-led force said on Monday.
"NATO says it is making progress against the Taliban, but analysts say there is stalemate on the ground...
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