"Poppy Free" Provinces: A Measure Or A Target?
01 June 2009
David Mansfield, '"Poppy Free" Provinces: A Measure Or A Target?', Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), 31 May 2009
EXCERPT: "This report focuses on the concept of 'poppy free' provinces? an increasingly important metric by which performance in counter-narcotics in Afghanistan is currently being judged. It is based on the fourth consecutive year of fieldwork conducted in the provinces of Nangarhar...
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NGOs Win NATO Concession On Vehicle Markings
01 June 2009
'Aid Agencies Win NATO Concession On Vehicle Markings', IRIN News, 1 June 2009
EXCERPT: "International forces under NATO command in Afghanistan will stop using white vehicles from 1 June in response to calls from NGOs for clearer markings to distinguish between civilian and military vehicles. 'All NATO-owned vehicles that are coloured white only are to have that colour changed? to a degree sufficient to render the...
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The Haqqani Network Conducted High-Profile Assaults
01 June 2009
'The Most Deadly US Foe In Afghanistan', The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2009
EXCERPT: "The assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai, which took place in April 2008 during a military parade, nearly succeeded. The president escaped, but three people died. The fighters in this video had detailed intelligence of the area. They knew how to slip by police checkpoints, and they had people in the Afghan government telling...
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UN Trains 35,000 Officers Ahead Of Elections
01 June 2009
'UN Trains 35,000 Officers Ahead Of Elections', UN News Centre, 1 June 2009
EXCERPT: "The first batch of Afghan police wrapped up a training programme today that will eventually reach tens of thousands of officers in preparation for this year's presidential and provincial council elections, announced the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Some 25 police officers have completed a two-day course in Kabul...
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