Crisis Brewing over Election Results: Afghan Official
13 December 2010
Afghan Official: Crisis Brewing Over Election, CBS News, 12 December 2010
EXCERPT: "The head of Afghanistan's election commission warned Sunday that a push by the attorney general to challenge the results of September's parliamentary vote could spark a national crisis. Final results from the Sept. 18 vote were announced on Dec. 1 but uncertainty has continued to surround the poll because of charges by Attorney Gen. Mohammad Ishaq...
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Karzai Signs Deal on Regional Gas Pipeline Project
13 December 2010
Afghanistan's President Karzai Signs Deal on Gas Pipeline Project, Los Angeles Times, 12 December 2010
EXCERPT: "Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with regional leaders Saturday to sign an agreement for a massive energy project that could eventually net his country billions of dollars in revenue: a 1,000-mile natural gas pipeline whose proposed route cuts through the heartland of the Taliban insurgency. As if to highlight...
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Taliban Hit Afghan Saffron Venture, Instill Fear in Farmers
13 December 2010
Afghan Saffron Venture Hit by Taleban, Institute for War and Peace Reporting, 10 December 2010
EXCERPT: "Farmers taking part in an internationally-backed saffron-growing project in Herat province in western Afghanistan say they are being targeted by Taleban militants who want them to cultivate opium poppies instead. [...] Bashir Ahmad Ahmadi of Herat's agriculture department described what happened, 'The Italian Provincial Reconstruction...
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US Intelligence Reviews Paint Bleak Afghan, Pakistan Picture
13 December 2010
, The Washington Post, 10 December 2010
EXCERPT: "New U.S. intelligence reports paint a bleak picture of the security conditions in Afghanistan and say the war cannot be won unless Pakistan roots out militants on its side of the border, according to several U.S. officials who have been briefed on the findings. The reports, one on Afghanistan, the other on Pakistan, could complicate the Obama...
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Afghanistan Violence Flares Up as US Conducts Strategy Review
13 December 2010
Attacks Kill Afghan Civilians ahead of Obama Review, Reuters, 11 Decemeber 2010
EXCERPT: "Violence in Afghanistan killed more than a dozen civilians and a reported 40 insurgents as U.S. President Barack Obama prepared to unveil a review of strategy in the near decade-long war. [...] In southern Afghanistan, a roadside bomb killed 15 civilians and a car bomb wounded five police. In the north a suicide bomber driving a police car wounded...
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