Nations Team Up to Train Afghan Doctors
18 November 2008
'Nations Team Up to Train Afghan Doctors', Media Newswire, 17 November 2008
EXCERPT: "Medical professionals from the United States, Egypt and Korea have partnered to train Afghan doctors. The 90-day course, which began in early November, is the first of its kind in Afghanistan, said U.S. Army Maj. Paul R. Brezinski, Task Force Med plans and programs officer. Five physicians from Kapisa province have enrolled in the course so...
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Afghan Air Force Takes Off, Slowly
18 November 2008
'Afghan Air Force Takes Off, Slowly', The Christian Science Monitor, 18 November 2008
EXCERPT: "Lt. Col. Bryan Harris was not surprised that the Afghan Army's helicopters were punctured by the odd bullet hole. These Soviet-made Mi-17 transports had been the workhorses of more than two decades of unceasing war. What surprised him was the remedy ? not industrial rivets, as American mechanics would use, but old bottle caps. For...
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Invest In Afghan Returns Or Risk Further Displacement: UNHCR
18 November 2008
'Invest In Afghan Returns Or Risk Further Displacement', AlertNet, 18 November 2008
EXCERPT: "Afghan returnees need more support to settle back home, or could be uprooted again, warned UN refugee agency chief Ant?nio Guterres as he started a five-day visit to Afghanistan this week. The High Commissioner arrived in Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan on Monday and met with former Afghan refugees who had returned from Pakistan. At...
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NATO Troops Fire At Insurgents In Pakistan
18 November 2008
'NATO Troops Fire At Insurgents In Pakistan', PBS Newshour, 18 November 2008
EXCERPT: "NATO forces based in Afghanistan fired 20 artillery rounds at insurgent fighters within Pakistan in an attack coordinated with the Pakistani government, NATO officials said Tuesday. Fighting in both countries has left at least 25 people dead, including seven killed when Taliban militants in northwest Pakistan ambushed pro-government tribal elders,...
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