13 May 2008
'Call For Food Aid From Conflict-Hit Helmand Province', Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) / Reuters AlertNet, 13 May 2008
EXCERPT: "A provincial emergency response commission in insurgency-torn Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, has asked UN agencies and international aid organisations to provide food and non-food humanitarian relief to 4,200 families displaced by military operations in Garmsir District since the end...
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Canadians Still Oppose Afghan Mission Extension
13 May 2008
'Canadians Still Oppose Afghan Mission Extension', Angus Reid Global Monitor, 13 May 2008
EXCERPT: "Many adults in Canada believe the House of Commons should not have extended the country's military mandate in Afghanistan until the end of 2011, according to a poll by Angus Reid Strategies. 54 per cent of respondents disagree with the decision. When asked if the Canadian government should actively negotiate with the Taliban if this helps...
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13 May 2008
Lieutenant-Colonel Michel-Henri St-Louis, CD, '', The Canadian Army Journal, Volume 10 Number 4, Winter 2008
EXCERPT: "As John F. Kennedy observed of the Vietnam War in 1962, this type of warfare is again at the centre of the present and future operating environment. The Canadian Forces (CF) in Afghanistan are attempting to bring stability to the country...
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13 May 2008
Captain Nils N. French, '', The Canadian Army Journal, Volume 10 Number 4, Winter 2008
EXCERPT: "In the final days of 1979, the Soviet Union, under the direction of the Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, invaded Afghanistan. Soviet Special Forces and KGB agents assaulted Tajbeg Palace and executed President Hafizullah Amin the evening of December 27th as Soviet...
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Learning On The Run: Company Level Counter-Insurgency In Afghanistan
13 May 2008
Major Jason T. Adair, '', The Canadian Army Journal, Volume 10 Number 4, Winter 2008
EXCERPT: "Unlike its principal allies, Great Britain and the United States, Canada has relatively little experience in fighting irregular enemies. Although Canada did engage in conflict with the Boer guerrillas at the turn of the 20th Century, the first half of the century saw Canada...
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Canadian Armour In Afghanistan
13 May 2008
Major Trevor Cadieux, CD, '', The Canadian Army Journal, Volume 10 Number 4, Winter 2008
EXCERPT: "By deploying tanks and armoured engineers to Afghanistan in October 2006 and supporting the acquisition of the Leopard 2, the leadership of the Canadian Forces (CF) has acknowledged the importance of maintaining heavy armour in a balanced force. While the continued development of sensors and technology will...
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13 May 2008
'', The Canadian Press, 12 May 2008
EXCERPT: "Prime Minister Stephen Harper unveiled his government's plan to spend $30 billion on the military, in a long-term vision statement that was swiftly criticized Monday [12 May 2008] for being behind schedule and scant on detail. In 2006, the Conservatives called for expanding the Canadian Forces by adding 70,000 regular members and...
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Trans-Afghan Pipeline: New Geopolitics In Old Style
13 May 2008
Dr. Vakhtang Maisaia, 'Trans-Afghan Pipeline: New Geopolitics In Old Style', The Georgian Times, 13 May 2008
EXCERPT: "Recently, the Trans-Afghan gas pipeline (TAP) project has been given new momentum, as Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan are pressing for the TAP project to go forward even though everyone concerned recognizes that fighting in Afghanistan casts serious questions over the entire project. Nevertheless, the project is now...
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Afghan Turmoil Makes Waves In Islamabad
13 May 2008
'Afghan Turmoil Makes Waves In Islamabad', DAWN News Pakistan, 13 May 2008
EXCERPT: "An international seminar on 'Afghanistan: Unabated Turmoil' held here by the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) on Monday [12 May 2008] produced the turbulence that the title suggested. It started with IRS president Maj-Gen (retired) Jamshed Ayaz announcing that the crisis in the ruling coalition had prevented Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi...
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Pakistan's Elected Govt Unable to Deal With Taliban Groups
13 May 2008
'Pakistan's Elected Govt Unable to Deal With Taliban Groups', Inter Press Service, 13 May 2008
EXCERPT: "Allah Hussain Mahsud has little hope in Pakistan's newly elected government's ability to negotiate with the ragtag Taliban militia and end militancy in the country's tribal regions bordering Afghanistan. A refugee from militancy-stricken Waziristan, Hussain does not even believe that talks are possible with the militant groups that...
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