Russia Not Agree To NATO Military Transit To Afghanistan: Report
22 January 2009
'', China View, 22 January 2009
EXCERPT: "Moscow did not permit NATO and the United States to carry military supplies to Afghanistan across its territory, the Itar-Tass news agency reported Thursday, citing Russia's military representative to NATO. 'No official documents were submitted to Russia's permanent mission in NATO certifying that Russia had...
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India Hands Over Strategic Highway To Afghanistan
22 January 2009
'India Hands Over Strategic Highway To Afghanistan', The Hindu, 22 January 2009
EXCERPT: "Reflecting its determination to carry on development work in war-ravaged Afghanistan, India on Thursday handed over the strategic Delaram-Zaranj highway built by it braving Taliban attacks in which some Indians were killed. Built at a cost of Rs.600 crore, the 215-km long highway, a symbol of India's developmental work in this country,...
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Taliban Fill NATO's Big Gaps In Afghan South
22 January 2009
'', The New York Times, 21 January 2009
EXCERPT: "The Taliban are everywhere the soldiers are not, the saying goes in the southern part of the country. And that is a lot of places. For starters, there is the 550 miles of border with Pakistan, where the Taliban's busiest infiltration routes lie. 'We're not there,' said Brig. Gen. John W. Nicholson, the deputy commander...
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UNAMA Raps New Report By Rights Watchdog
22 January 2009
'UNAMA Raps New Report By Rights Watchdog', AlertNet, 22 January 2009
EXCERPT: "A spokesman of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has dismissed recommendations to the UN and other international actors by the Afghanistan Rights Monitor (ARM), a new Kabul-based rights watchdog, as 'superficial and deeply uninformed'. The ARM report criticises the UN and international aid agencies for their alleged inability to reach and assist...
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