Pakistan Looting Stops Food Aid Convoys To Afghanistan
14 November 2008
'Pakistan Looting Stops Food Aid Convoys To Afghanistan', AlertNet, 14 November 2008
EXCERPT: "The U.N. food aid agency has halted relief convoys transporting urgently needed winter supplies into Afghanistan from northwest Pakistan after two looting incidents in the past three weeks. The temporary suspension could prevent the World Food Programme (WFP) from positioning adequate food stocks in Afghanistan ahead of the winter...
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UN: High Food Prices Help Afghans Drop Opium Crop
14 November 2008
'', The Associated Press, 14 November 2008
EXCERPT: "High food prices are encouraging many Afghan farmers to switch from opium poppies to wheat and other legal crops, a top U.N. official said Friday. An oversupply of opium has pushed prices down 20 percent a year over the last four years, said Antonio Maria Costa, executive director of the Vienna-based U.N. Office on Drugs and...
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"Extra UK Troops" For Afghanistan
14 November 2008
'"Extra UK Troops" For Afghanistan', BBC News, 14 November 2008
EXCERPT: "Up to 2,000 extra British troops are likely to be sent to Afghanistan next year, the BBC has learned. Ministers are considering sending reinforcements to Afghanistan to meet an expected request from Barack Obama, when he becomes US president next year. In talks, Afghan leaders told Gordon Brown more troops were needed as it emerged two Royal Marines...
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CIA Chief Says Qaeda Is Extending Its Reach
14 November 2008
'', The New York Times, 13 November 2008
EXCERPT: "Even as Al Qaeda strengthens its hub in the Pakistani mountains, its leaders are building closer ties to regional militant groups in order to launch attacks in Africa and Europe and on the Arabian Peninsula, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency said Thursday. The director, Michael V. Hayden, identified North Africa and Somalia...
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