US Commitment to Afghan Women: The US-Afghan Women's Council
11 June 2008
'US Commitment to Afghan Women: The US-Afghan Women's Council', United States Department of State, 4 June 2008
EXCERPT: "In January 2002, President George W. Bush and President Hamid Karzai announced the creation of the U.S.-Afghan Women's Council. The Council promotes public-private partnerships between U.S. and Afghan institutions and mobilizes private sector resources to help Afghan women. Specifically, the Council seeks to identify...
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Afghanistan Needs More Than Money
11 June 2008
Caroline Wadhams & Colin Cookman, 'Afghanistan Needs More Than Money', Center for American Progress, 11 June 2008
EXCERPT: "More than 80 countries and organizations will participate in the International Conference in Support of Afghanistan in Paris tomorrow to shore up political and financial support for Afghanistan. At the conference, Afghan President Hamid Karzai will publicly present the Afghanistan National Development Strategy,...
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Growing Qawm: An Evidence-Driven Declarative Model Of Afghan Power Structures
11 June 2008
Armando Geller & Scott Moss, '', World Scientific Journal, Volume 11 Issue 2 (April 2008), p. 321-335
EXCERPT: "By means of evidence-driven and declaratively implemented social simulation, we grow qawm ? solidarity networks in Afghanistan. The study of qawm lends insight into the structural and processual dynamics of Afghan society. In particular, we concentrate...
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Applying Iraq's Lessons In An Afghan Village
11 June 2008
'', The New York Times, 10 June 2008
EXCERPT: "United States marines pushed the Taliban out of this village and the surrounding district in southern Helmand Province so quickly in recent weeks that they called the operation a 'catastrophic success.' Yet, NATO troops had conducted similar operations here in 2006 and 2007, and the Taliban had returned soon after they left. The marines, drawing...
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Pakistan Rejects Report On Elements Aiding Afghan Insurgents
11 June 2008
'', International Herald Tribune, 11 June 2008
EXCERPT: "Pakistan has denied and denounced a report from a U.S. think tank alleging that elements within the country's security and intelligence forces help insurgents fighting in neighboring Afghanistan. A statement from Pakistan's military called the U.S. Defense Department-funded RAND Corp. ...
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Afghanistan Unraveling
11 June 2008
'', Washington Independent, 10 June 2008
EXCERPT: "In the middle of a consuming presidential election, the American public is focused on the faltering economy first and the Iraq war second. So it's easy to forget that there's another, older war going on in Afghanistan -- one that's shown alarming signs of deterioration in recent months, according to many experts. But national attention focused on Afghanistan this...
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Paris Donor Conference Should Prioritize Human Rights
11 June 2008
'Afghanistan Aid Must Be Tied to Tackling Abuses, Group Says', Human Rights Watch, 11 June 2008
EXCERPT: "The Afghan government and international donors should place human rights at the center of discussions at the June 12 donors? conference in Paris, Human Rights Watch said in a public letter today. Human Rights Watch identified women's rights, freedom of expression, impunity, transitional justice, judicial reform, and abolition...
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Alleged Terrorist Leader Angry At Canada
11 June 2008
'', The Canadian Press, 11 June 2008
EXCERPT: "The leader of an alleged homegrown terrorist plot was apparently angry at Canada's intervention in Afghanistan. An RCMP informer testified in court in Brampton, Ont., today that the man was also unhappy with the country's security and political alliance with the United States. As a result, he decided Canada...
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Afghanistan Plans "New Kabul" Oasis Development
11 June 2008
'Afghanistan Plans "New Kabul" Oasis Development', France 24, 11 June 2008
EXCERPT: "A narrow tar road, a petrol station and a few mud houses are the only signs of development in Dehsabz, an arid patch of desert 20 kilometers (12 miles) northeast of Kabul. As sheep graze in silence, a military convoy speeds off to the US military base at Bagram. It is dry and barren, hot and inhospitable. But the government has grand plans...
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11 June 2008
'', Agence France Presse, 11 June 2008
EXCERPT: "US President George W. Bush headed on Wednesday [11 June 2008] for Rome, where he is expected to press his longtime ally Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for a more robust Italian role in Afghanistan. For his part, Berlusconi was expected to seek Bush's full backing for Italy's drive to be included in negotiations with Tehran over its...
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