Kyrgyzstan Says Islamist Groups Sparked Violence
25 June 2010
, The Associated Press, 25 June 2010
EXCERPT: "Kyrgyzstan's security agency claimed Thursday that relatives of the toppled president colluded with the Taliban and other Islamic militant movements to provoke the ethnic violence that has destabilized the Central Asian nation. The agency provided no evidence and there was no way of independently confirming the claim. Former President...
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Poland Reveals 2012 Deadline for Afghan Exit
25 June 2010
, Financial Times, 24 June 2010
EXCERPT: "The likely victor of Poland's forthcoming presidential election said the nation should pull its troops out of Afghanistan by 2012, adding to the list of nations readying early withdrawals from the Nato mission. In a move that increases growing international unease over the future of the war, Bronislaw Komorowski, acting president, said Poland should inform...
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Security Council Wraps Up Visit with Pledge of Sustained Support
25 June 2010
Security Council Wraps Up Visit with Pledge of Sustained Support, UNAMA, 24 June 2010
EXCERPT: "Members of the Security Council wrapped up their visit to Afghanistan today, voicing their continued support for the country's efforts to build a lasting peace and stressing the need for free and fair elections, improved governance and the upholding of human rights. The visit comes during an important period, Mr Apakan noted, taking place as it...
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Drug Production and Trafficking, Counterdrug Policies and Security and Governance in Afghanistan
25 June 2010
Jonathan P. Caulkins, Mark A.R. Kleiman, and Jonathan D. Kulick, , Center for International Cooperation - New York University, 24 June 2010
EXCERPT: "This report by Jonathan Caulkins, Mark Kleiman, and Jonathan Kulick contributes to the ongoing debate about counter-narcotics policies in Afghanistan, and in relation to counter-insurgency...
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