Afghans Name Karzai "Most Trusted": Poll
22 June 2009
'Afghans Name Karzai, "No One" As Most Trusted', Gallup, 22 June 2009
EXCERPT: "Presidential candidates began campaigning last week ahead of Afghanistan's second democratic presidential election since the fall of the Taliban. A Gallup Poll conducted in December 2008 asked Afghans to name who they thought was the most trusted figure in their country. President Hamid Karzai topped the list, but the 25% who named Karzai...
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Taliban Chief Extends Control Over Insurgency
22 June 2009
'Taliban Chief Extends Control Over Insurgency', The Wall Street Journal, 22 June 2009
EXCERPT: "Mullah Omar, supreme leader of the Taliban, is reasserting direct control over the militant group's loose-knit insurgency in Afghanistan, ordering attacks and shuffling field commanders in preparation for the arrival of thousands of additional U.S. troops, according to U.S. officials and insurgents in Afghanistan. Until recently,...
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IDPs Leave Camp From Insecurity, Lack of Aid
22 June 2009
'Insecurity, Lack Of Aid Prompt IDPs To Leave Camp', IRIN News, 21 June 2009
EXCERPT: "Over 1,000 families in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Kandahar Province, southern Afghanistan, have opted to return to their home areas in the north and northwest of the country because of worsening insecurity and lack of aid at the camp. Zherai Dasht camp, about 25km west of Kandahar city, was home to hundreds of thousands...
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US "To Limit Afghan Air Strikes"
22 June 2009
'US "To Limit Afghan Air Strikes"', BBC News, 22 June 2009
EXCERPT: "The new US commander in Afghanistan is expected to issue new orders limiting the use of air strikes to reduce civilian casualties, officials say. Gen Stanley McChrystal is due to tell troops to break off from fire fights with the Taliban rather than call in air strikes that might kill civilians. The UN says US, Nato and Afghan forces killed 829 civilians...
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