Afghanistan Drills Oil for First Time in North
26 August 2010
Afghanistan Drills Oil for First Time in North, Reuters, 26 August 2010
EXCERPT: "Afghanistan, believed to be sitting on top of billions of dollars worth of minerals and energy sources, has extracted oil for the first time and plans to pump a modest 800 barrels a day, officials said on Thursday. Afghanistan's Mines Ministry plans to open bidding soon for contracts to refine the oil from the rugged Sar-i-Pul province in the north....
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Australian Troops Will Stay in Afghanistan Beyond 2014
26 August 2010
We Will Stay in Afghanistan Beyond 2014 Says Australian Chief of Defence, The Herald Sun, 26 August 2010
EXCERPT: "Australian troops will stay in Afghanistan well beyond the 2014 deadline set by the Government, the nation's top military commander says. Chief of Defence Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston said Diggers would remain in Oruzgan Province after the two to four-year mission to train local Afghan security forces had expired. 'We...
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Afghan Campaign Workers "Kidnapped"
26 August 2010
Afghan Campaign Workers "Kidnapped", Al Jazeera, 26 August 2010
EXCERPT: "At least 10 people working for a female candidate running in Afghanistan's forthcoming parliamentary election have disappeared. Six campaign workers for Fawzia Gilani and four of her relatives were kidnapped in the western province of Herat on Wednesday afternoon, Gilani told the Kabul-based Tolo News website Thursday. The group was travelling between the districts...
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Key Karzai Aide in Corruption Inquiry is Linked to C.I.A.
26 August 2010
, The New York Times, 25 August 2010
EXCERPT: "The aide to President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan at the center of a politically sensitive corruption investigation is being paid by the Central Intelligence Agency, according to Afghan and American officials. Mohammed Zia Salehi, the chief of administration for the National Security Council, appears to have been on the payroll for...
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