Islamic University in Jalalabad Hit by Bomb Attack
09 February 2011
Afghan Insurgents Target Moderate Islamic University, The Guardian, 9 February 2011
EXCERPT: "An Islamic university in eastern Afghanistan established by Cambridge University's Muslim chaplain has been bombed by insurgents, in an apparent attempt to snuff out its efforts to provide a moderate religious education to young Afghans. The Jamiyat'al-Uloom'al-Islamiya in the once peaceful city of Jalalabad was attacked on Tuesday...
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US Designates Two al Qaeda, Haqqani Network Leaders as Terrorists
09 February 2011
US Designates al Qaeda, Haqqani Network Leaders as Terrorists [blog], The Long War Journal, 9 February 2011
EXCERPT: "The US Treasury Department has targeted senior leaders of al Qaeda and the Haqqani Network, designating them as global terrorists. The al Qaeda commander ran a training camp in Pakistan, while the Haqqani Network commander is a brother of the leader of the Haqqani Network who has helped raise funds for the terror group...
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At CIA, Grave Mistakes, then Promotions: AP In-depth Investigation
09 February 2011
, The Associated Press, 9 February 2011
EXCERPT: "[...] The AP investigation of the CIA's actions revealed a disciplinary system that takes years to make decisions, hands down reprimands inconsistently and is viewed inside the agency as prone to favoritism. When people are disciplined, the punishment seems to roll downhill, sparing senior managers involved in mishandled operations. [...] For...
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Afghan Govt Expands Reach, but Gains Fragile
09 February 2011
, The Canadian Press, 9 February 2011
EXCERPT: "[...] 'Instead of going to the Taliban and saying 'Give us justice,' they are talking to government officials,' said Pressman, a U.S. State Department employee working in Kandahar province, the spiritual birthplace of the Taliban insurgency. The scene described by Pressman is...
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NATO Appoints British Envoy to Iran as Civilian Representative in Kabul
09 February 2011
British Envoy to Iran to Take over NATO Kabul Role, AlertNet, 9 February 2011
EXCERPT: "NATO appointed Britain's current ambassador to Iran as its new civilian representative in Kabul on Wednesday. Simon Gass will replace Mark Sedwill, another Briton, who has served in the post for a year. He will formally take up the position at an April 14-15 meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Berlin, the military alliance said in a statement....
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Afghan Conflict Killed Two Children Daily in 2010: Report
09 February 2011
Afghan Toll 2 Children Daily in 2010: Report, AlertNet, 9 February 2011
EXCERPT: "An average of two children per day were killed in Afghanistan last year, with areas of the once peaceful north now among the most dangerous, an independent Afghan rights watchdog said on Wednesday. The Afghanistan Rights Monitor (ARM) said in a report that, of the 2,421 civilians the group registered as killed in conflict-related security incidents in 2010,...
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