Security and Development in Afghanistan: A Reality Check
07 May 2008
Sarah Chayes, '', The Peacebuilding, Development and Security Program (PDSP) University of Calgary, 31 March 2008
EXCERPT: "Sarah Chayes, is the author of The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban, and a former U.S. National Public Radio reporter who stayed behind in Afghanistan to help rebuild the war-torn country. She has lived in Kandahar, Afghanistan for...
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NATO Assists Afghanistan To Improve Munitions Stockpile Safety
07 May 2008
'NATO Assists Afghanistan To Improve Munitions Stockpile Safety', News Blaze, 7 May 2008
EXCERPT: "A Memorandum of Cooperation supporting a trust fund project to improve safety and physical security at munitions depots in Afghanistan was signed today at NATO HQ by the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer presided over the ceremony, in the presence...
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Ex-Prince Wants Taliban Brought Into Afghan Govt
07 May 2008
'Ex-Prince Wants Taliban Brought Into Afghan Govt', Reuters, 7 May 2008
EXCERPT: "Afghanistan should set-up a transitional government that includes members of the Taliban once President Hamid Karzai's term ends late next year if it is to escape unending crisis, a grandson of the late former king said on Wednesday [7 May 2008]. Once a prince, Mostafa Zaher now heads a department overseeing conservation issues in Karzai's government,...
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Violence Intensifies After Talks With Taliban Fail
07 May 2008
'Violence Intensifies After Talks With Taliban Fail', CNS News, 7 May 2008
EXCERPT: "Over recent months, various militant organizations have regrouped, with some forming Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (Pakistan Taliban Movement), establishing a strong support basis in the tribal areas and in parts of the neighboring North West Frontier Province (NWFP), both of which border Afghanistan. Pakistan's newly elected Prime Minister Yousaf Raza...
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New General To Take Up Command Of Canadian Troops
07 May 2008
'', The Canadian Press, 7 May 2008
EXCERPT: "The next commander of Canadian troops in Afghanistan hit the ground in Kandahar Wednesday and says he believes the mission will take on a different flavour during his nine month tour. Brig.-Gen. Dennis Thompson says evolving conditions in the war-torn region mean there will be more of an emphasis on the civilian side of...
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Two Iranian Men Detained On Suspicions Of Spying
07 May 2008
'Two Iranian Men Detained On Suspicions Of Spying', Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, 7 May 2008
EXCERPT: " Two Iranian men have been detained in Afghanistan in separate incidents on suspicion of spying near NATO and Afghan military installations. Ghulam Dastagir Azad, the governor of Afghanistan's southwestern province of Nimroz, told RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan that one of the detained men was captured with documents and photographs...
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Drugs Undermine Afghanistan's Efforts To Rebuild
07 May 2008
'', International Herald Tribune, 7 May 2008
EXCERPT: "Jam Bigum, a drug addict in Afghanistan's impoverished northern province of Badakhshan, feeds her three-month-old son opium three times a day to keep him quiet. 'The baby got addicted in my womb. He will die of crying if I don't give him opium. When I give him opium he becomes quiet and sleeps,' she said. The infant had an empty gaze...
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