25 April 2008

'', United States Agency for International Development (USAID) / Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS), 24 April 2008

EXCERPT: "Below-average levels of rain and snow during the 2007/08 wet season, high food prices, and low regional cereals supplies are likely to lead to increased levels of food insecurity for small-scale farmers, rain-fed agriculturalists, pastoralists, and poor households in urban...

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25 April 2008

'', InterAction, February 2008

EXCERPT: "This report offers international agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the media and the public an overview of the humanitarian and development assistance being provided to the people of Afghanistan by InterAction member agencies. The 21 member organizations that submitted information for this...

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25 April 2008

'Afghan Government Considering Banning Jeans & Makeup', Cleveland Leader, 24 April 2008

EXCERPT: "Amidst fears that the country is falling back into Taliban-style rules and conservative power, the Afghan government is now considering a law that would ban men's jeans, long hair, makeup, and couples talking in public. This follows the government's recent attempts to ban popular Indian soap operas, and a recent high court decision...

25 April 2008

'', The Canadian Press, 24 April 2008

EXCERPT: "Soldiers who are exposed to explosions in countries such as Afghanistan might be suffering a mild brain injury without even realizing it, says an American doctor. Harriet Zeiner, a clinical neuropsychologist with the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Healthcare System in California, spoke Thursday at a conference on military trauma. 'It's...

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25 April 2008

'Czech Senate Approves Special Military Mission To Afghanistan', Ceske Noviny, 25 April 2008

EXCERPT: "The Czech Senate today approved the government's plan to send another one hundred soldiers to Afghanistan where they might take part in the Enduring Freedom operation. The soldiers from the Prostejov, south Moravia, special unit are to operate in Afghanistan from May to the end of the year, fulfilling combat task under the U.S. command,...

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25 April 2008

'German Intelligence Probed For Monitoring Journalist In Afghanistan', The Earth Times, 24 April 2008

EXCERPT: "Germany's foreign intelligence service came under pressure Thursday [24 April 2008] following revelations it had monitored the e-mail correspondence of a German journalist reporting on Afghanistan for Der Spiegel news magazine. Ernst Uhrlau, the president of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), responded to questions from...

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25 April 2008

'', Agence France Presse, 25 April 2008

EXCERPT: "French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed Thursday [24 April 2008] that he would not hold talks with Taliban militia in Afghanistan, Hamas in the Palestinian territories nor Iran's president. Signalling a tough stance on some of the world's troublespots and defending his decision to send extra troops to Afghanistan, Sarkozy said that if France...

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25 April 2008

'New Terror Tactics For a New Year', The Strategy Page, 25 April 2008

EXCERPT: "This year's Taliban 'Spring Offensive' has gotten off to a slow start. This is largely because Taliban recruiting efforts have not produced as many recruits as last year. Most Pushtun tribesmen many be illiterate, but they can count. And over the Winter they counted far fewer of their friends who had joined the Taliban last year. The smart bombs and UAVs,...

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25 April 2008

'Big Advance In War On Afghanistan Poppy', The Telegraph, 25 April 2008

EXCERPT: "Opium production in Afghanistan is expected to fall significantly this year, with British and Afghan anti-drug efforts finally taking hold following record harvests. Afghan officials said they expected that an increased number of the country's 34 provinces would be declared 'opium poppy free'. More than 90 per cent of the heroin consumed in Britain originates...

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