23 December 2009

Politics of Aid Leaves many Afghans Cut off from Humanitarian Assistance, Doctors Without Borders, 21 December 2009

EXCERPT: "As the war in Afghanistan escalated in 2009, Afghan civilians endured increasing levels of violence throughout the country. The insecurity has damaged an already beleaguered health-care system, leaving only a few poorly functioning hospitals and clinics in provincial capitals. Afghans in need of any health care...

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23 December 2009

Fighters "Sent to Afghan Taliban", Al Jazeera, 23 December 2009

EXCERPT: "A senior Pakistani Taliban commander has said he has sent thousands of fighters into neighbouring Afghanistan to counter the rising level of US troops. Waliur Rehman's comments, made to the Associated Press, came in a report released on Wednesday. 'Since [Barack] Obama [the US president] is also sending additional forces to Afghanistan, we sent...

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23 December 2009

How Do Afghans Tick?, Foreign Policy // The AfPak Channel, 16 December 2009

EXCERPT: "The following is the translation of an interview given by late Dr Bernt Glatzer to a Berlin daily newspaper in 2008. He talks about how he himself became involved in Afghanistan, gives his opinion about current events and covers the ethics of ethnologists in war. More than six years ago, the Taleban regime in Afghanistan was toppled, the war started...

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23 December 2009

Anti-Drug Push in Afghanistan Lacks Strategy, Report Says, The New York Times, 23 December 2009

EXCERPT: "The United States-led counternarcotics effort in Afghanistan, which is critical to hopes of cutting off the flow of money to the Taliban and curtailing rampant corruption in the central government, lacks a long-term strategy, clear objectives and a plan for handing over responsibility to Afghans, the State Department inspector general...

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23 December 2009

Afghan Police Hunting Insurgent Kill Parliament Member Instead, Los Angeles Times, 23 December 2009

EXCERPT: "Police hunting for a wounded insurgent commander mistakenly ambushed a vehicle carrying a member of the Afghan parliament, killing him and his son, provincial officials said today. President Hamid Karzai ordered an investigation into the incident, which took place overnight in Baghlan province, in Afghanistan's north. . ....

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