Rural Reconstruction Projects in Ghazni and Herat Profiled
11 March 2008
'Turning The Tide of Disaster: Agro-Industrial Assistance in Post-Crisis Environments', United Nations Industrial Development Organization, 11 March 2008
EXCERPT: "After more than a quarter-century of war and civil strife, rural communities in Afghanistan are returning to their villages and people are eager to rebuild their lives. Among the daunting adversities they face is a widespread lack of tools and skills needed to resume or initiate...
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1,000 More NATO Troops "Bare Minimum" For Canada to Extend Mission
11 March 2008
'Manley panel: Don't expect firm deadline for mission', CTV News, 11 March 2008
EXCERPT: In testimony before the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, John Manley -- -- said Canada "should expect a bare minimum of 1,000 extra NATO soldiers in Kandahar, if it wants to continue operations in the war-torn country until 2011.
"He said the...
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States Can't Pick And Choose Afghan Tasks: NATO Boss
11 March 2008
'States Can't Pick And Choose Afghan Tasks: NATO Boss', Reuters, 11 March 2008
EXCERPT: "NATO countries cannot pick and choose what tasks they carry out in Afghanistan, the alliance's chief said in Germany on Monday, in a veiled criticism of Berlin's reluctance to send its troops to Afghan hotspots. Germany has resisted pressure from its NATO allies to deploy forces in the more treacherous south of Afghanistan to help battle Taliban...
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Taliban Urge Factions To Fight Foreign Forces
11 March 2008
'Taliban Urge Factions To Fight Foreign Forces', Reuters, 11 March 2008
EXCERPT: "Afghanistan's Taliban Islamic movement has urged the war-torn nation's former mujahideen factions to join it in their campaign to drive out foreign forces from the country. The Taliban appeal follows complaints by some mujahideen leaders about being sidelined from President Hamid Karzai's government they brought to power by helping U.S.-led forces with the...
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Afghanistan Conflict Death Toll Over 8,000 in 2007: UN
11 March 2008
Matthew Weaver, 'Afghan death toll soars to 8,000 last year', The Guardian, 11 March 2008
EXCERPT: "The United Nations has delivered a grim assessment of the conflict in Afghanistan, reporting that violence increased sharply last year and resulted in the deaths of more than 8,000 people, at least 1,500 of them civilians.
"In a report to the security council, the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, said the number of violent incidents...
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