Means to What End? Policymaking and State-Building in Afghanistan: Analysis
25 November 2010
[pdf], Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit via the Human Security Gateway, 21 November 2010
EXCERPT:"This study describes a number of national-level policymaking processes, seeking to provide insight into the broad patterns and recurring issues that characterise such processes in post-9/11 Afghanistan. Findings are drawn primarily from a cross-case analysis of...
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Arrests Made over Alleged Election Fraud; Karzai Urges Calm
25 November 2010
Afghan Leader Urges Losing Candidates to Avoid Violence, BBC News, 25 November 2010
EXCERPT: "Afghan President Hamid Karzai has urged unsuccessful candidates in September's parliamentary elections not to resort to violence, but instead lodge complaints with the judiciary. The attorney-general says he has arrested eight people in connection with alleged fraud during polling. They are believed to include senior officials from the country's...
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Into Taliban Territory: A Look at a Start of a Local Militia
25 November 2010
Into Taliban Territory: The Beginnings of the Tarbuz Guzar Militia, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 23 November 2010
EXCERPT: "[...] the Taliban's decision to shut down schools was one among many other factors that led Nadir and his fellow villagers to stand up to the increasing influence of the Taliban in Tarbuz Guzar. Villagers said they had felt the presence of the Taliban very soon after Char Dera fell under control of the militants....
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"UK-based Taliban" Spend Months Fighting NATO in Afghanistan
25 November 2010
UK-based Taliban Spend Months Fighting NATO Forces in Afghanistan, The Guardian, 24 November 2010
EXCERPT: "British-based men of Afghan origin are spending months at a time in Afghanistan fighting Nato forces before returning to the UK, the Guardian has learned. They also send money to the Taliban. A Taliban fighter in Dhani-Ghorri in northern Afghanistan last month told the Guardian he lived most of the time in east London, but...
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Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran Strengthen Anti-drug Trafficking Initiative
25 November 2010
Afghanistan, Pakistan Agree on Coordinated Anti-drug Raids, Reuters, 25 November 2010
EXCERPT: "Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed on Thursday to coordinate their efforts against drug traffickers, officials said, a sign of growing ties between the two neighbours fighting Islamist insurgencies on their borders. The agreement was clinched at an annual meeting of the Triangular Initiative facilitated by the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)...
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