Mapping The Human Terrain In Helmand, Part I
15 October 2008
Nathan Hodge, 'Mapping The Human Terrain In Helmand, Part I', Wired, 14 October 2008
EXCERPT: "After over a month of heavy fighting in Garmsir district, southern Helmand province, Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit settled down to the tedious routines of counterinsurgency. They carried out a census in the surrounding villages ? 'mapping the human terrain,' they call it ? and started conducting security patrols....
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Afghan Army Still Rife With Problems
15 October 2008
'', The Canadian Press, 15 October 2008
EXCERPT: "Canada's military exit strategy from Afghanistan sprawls on tarps spread out over the desert dust just outside this village southwest of Kandahar. Some clean their weapons; some sip sweet, apple-flavoured tea by garbage-fuelled fires. A few wrestle playfully like wolf cubs and at the far end of the camp,...
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India Ask UN For Strong Measures To Fight Al-Qaeda, Taliban
15 October 2008
'India Ask UN For Strong Measures To Fight Al-Qaeda, Taliban', The Hindu, 15 October 2008
EXCERPT: "India has strongly advocated implementing robust measures within Afghanistan to fight the 'barbarity' of resurgent Al-Qaeda and Taliban elements while expanding 'politico-military efforts' beyond the country. 'We need to go much further in realising the well established objective of degrading the ability of the...
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Pakistan's Ex-Spymaster Outlines Taliban Demands
15 October 2008
'Pakistan's Ex-Spymaster Outlines Taliban Demands', Adnkronos International, 15 October 2008
EXCERPT: "The Taliban will agree to peace talks if they are recognised as a political force, if a date is set for the withdrawal of international forces, and if Taliban prisoners are released, according to Pakistan's former spy chief, Retired Lt. General Hamid Gul. Gul a former head of Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence...
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