Germany And Canada Promote The Reconstruction Of The Technical High School In Kandahar
30 April 2008
'Germany And Canada Promote The Reconstruction Of The Technical High School In Kandahar', ReliefWeb / Government of Germany, 29 April 2008
EXCERPT: "Germany is intensifying its commitment to vocational training in Afghanistan. In order to visibly increase the German civilian engagement in the south and east of the country, the Federal Foreign Office is funding the reconstruction of the Technical High Schools in Kandahar and Khost....
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Pentagon Officials May Strengthen Command Role In Afghanistan
30 April 2008
'', 'Associated Press, 30 April 2008
EXCERPT: "Pentagon officials are quietly considering a significant change in the war command in Afghanistan to extend U.S. control of forces into the country's volatile south. The idea is partly linked to an expectation of a fresh infusion of U.S. combat troops in the south next year. Taliban resistance has stiffened in the south since NATO...
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Afghans Struggle Amid Food Emergency
30 April 2008
'Afghans Struggle Amid Food Emergency', CTV News, 30 April 2008
EXCERPT: "Of all the nations in Asia put at risk by rising food prices, Afghanistan is among the most vulnerable. This is a country that already gets huge amounts of help from the United Nations. There's a 'food for going to school' program and a 'food for going to work' program, and now the increase in prices has created another food emergency. With an emergency fund of...
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The Rise of Afghanistan's Insurgency: State Failure and Jihad
30 April 2008
Seth G. Jones, '', International Security, Spring 2008 Volume 32 No. 4, p. 7-40
EXCERPT: "In 2002 Afghanistan began to experience a violent insurgency as the Taliban and other groups conducted a sustained effort to overthrow the Afghan government. Why did an insurgency begin in Afghanistan? Answers to this question have important theoretical and policy implications. Conventional...
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No Sign Until the Burst of Fire: Understanding The Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier
30 April 2008
Thomas H. Johnson & M. Chris Mason, '', International Security, Spring 2008 Volume 32 No. 4, p. 41-77
EXCERPT: "The Pakistan-Afghanistan border area has become the most dangerous frontier on earth, and the most challenging for the United States' national security interests. Critically, the portion of the border region that is home to extremist groups...
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Canada's Fortune In Kandahar Depends On Action In Kabul
30 April 2008
'', The Canadian Press, 30 April 2008
EXCERPT: "In Kandahar, a poverty-racked city of mud walls and thatch roofs, suicide bombers prowl and a charismatic young governor derided by critics as corrupt and immoral has lost the confidence of both his constituents and the Canadian military. Five hundred kilometres away in the gridlocked metropolis of blaring horns and outstretched hands...
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Czech Republic To Send 100 Special Troops To Afghanistan
30 April 2008
'Czech Republic To Send 100 Special Troops To Afghanistan', Ceske Noviny, 30 April 2008
EXCERPT: "The Czech Republic will send 100 soldiers from a special forces unit in Prostejov, south Moravia, to Afghanistan as the Chamber of Deputies approved the mission today [30 April 2008]. The Senate supported the government's proposal last week. The vote on the mission was dramatic as three deputies from the junior government parties, Olga Zubova,...
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US Apache Helicopters In Korea May Be Deployed In Afghanistan
30 April 2008
'US Apache Helicopters In Korea May Be Deployed In Afghanistan', The Korea Times, 30 April 2008
EXCERPT: "The United States is considering pulling a battalion of Apache attack helicopters out of the Korean Peninsula to deploy it to Afghanistan on an anti-terror mission, a senior diplomat said Wednesday [30 April 2008]. The plan could create a possible security vacuum in South Korea as the high-tech U.S. attack helicopters are key assets...
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Afghan Stability Will Take A Generation: US General
30 April 2008
'Afghan Stability Will Take A Generation: US General', Reuters, 29 April 2008
EXCERPT: "Stabilizing Afghanistan will need an international commitment lasting a generation, the general who has just spent more than a year commanding U.S. forces there said on Tuesday [29 April 2008]. Maj. Gen. David Rodriguez, commander of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, said Afghan and international organizations had to work together closely to...
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Afghan Intel: Pakistan Behind Attack On President Karzai
30 April 2008
'Afghanistan Intelligence Says Pakistan Behind Attack On President Karzai', AHN News, 30 April 2008
EXCERPT: "Afghanistan's Intelligence chief has alleged that Pakistan had helped Taliban militants in planning the attack on president Hamid Karzai on Sunday [27 April 2008]. Amrullah Saleh, Afghan Intelligence Chief told the Associated Press, 'We have no evidence whether..the operation has had any mercy or go-ahead from the government of...
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