Afghanistan "Worst Place to be a Mother": Report
03 May 2011
Afghanistan is the worst place in the world to be a mother and Norway is the best, with stark differences in conditions for women and children in the two countries, a report released Tuesday says. In Afghanistan and the nine other countries at the bottom of the Mothers' Index, compiled by the nonprofit group Save the Children, mothers and their children endure "grim conditions," with one in six kids dying before age five and one in three suffering...
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Afghan Forces Kill, Wound Twenty-five "Foreign Fighters" near Pakistan Border
03 May 2011
Twenty-five foreign fighters were killed and wounded by Afghan security forces after they crossed the border from Pakistan, a government official said, the first sign of retaliatory attacks in Afghanistan after al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed. Bin Laden, the architect of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, was killed by U.S. forces in a dramatic raid north of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, on Monday, sparking fears...
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Afghan Taliban's Response to bin Laden's Death Muted; Claim Al-Qaeda "Unimportant"
03 May 2011
Considering how closely tied their histories have been, the Taliban in Afghanistan have yet to release a statement on the death of Osama bin Laden. The group isn't being uncommunicative; it just doesn't quite know what to say for now. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told TIME: "We have not received any word from our leadership on Osama's death. I can't confirm that he is dead or alive. Because of some security problems, the Taliban has not had...
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Quarterly Report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
03 May 2011
SIGAR completed three audits this quarter addressing critical issues related to U.S. efforts to grow the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and to build Afghan governing capacity through direct assistance. SIGAR announced four new audits, bringing the number of ongoing audits of reconstruction contracts and programs to 16. SIGAR is continuing work on its forensic reviews of data on about $39.65 billion of transactions related to three funds used...
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