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Canada’s Afghan intervention—three probes launched into prisoner abuse In response to mounting public pressure, three separate investigations were announced last week into the reported abuse of prisoners by Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel in Afghanistan. These inquiries may also include a broader review of the routine transfer of CAF detainees into the hands of the notoriously brutal Afghan police....
Posted: Fri, Feb 16, 2007 6:30am PST
Canadian Senate Report on Afghanistan: Excerpted The Committee was impressed by the optimism of Canadian troops and their leaders ... but ... we found it hard to square that with reality.
Anyone expecting to see the emergence in Afghanistan within the next several decades of a recognizable modern democracy ... is dreaming in Technicolor.
Chris Alexander (former Ambassador to Afghanistan) said it would take 5 generations of effort to make a difference in Afghanistan....
Posted: Thu, Feb 15, 2007 9:42am PST
Musharraf Rejects US Afghan Demands ISLAMABAD — Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has rejected a package of demands from his long-time ally the United States over the troubled and porous borders with neighboring Afghanistan, well-placed sources told IslamOnline.net Tuesday, February13 ....
Posted: Wed, Feb 14, 2007 6:48am PST
Nato strike targets Taliban leader A Nato air strike has destroyed a compound housing a Taliban leader responsible for a wave of violence across southern Afghanistan, according to the alliance's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)....
Posted: Wed, Feb 14, 2007 6:23am PST
Afghanistan under occupation: An assessment More than five years after the US and its allies invaded Afghanistan, promising a brighter post-Taliban future, average life expectancy across the country is now just 44 years—at least 20 years lower than in neighbouring Central Asian countries. Afghanistan now officially ranks 173rd out of 178 countries on the United Nations Human Development Index. All five countries ranked lower are in sub-Saharan Africa....
Posted: Wed, Feb 14, 2007 6:12am PST
Taliban seize second district Nato has confirmed to Al Jazeera that the Taliban has seized a second district in Afghanistan's Helmand province....
Posted: Tue, Feb 13, 2007 9:22am PST
Afghanistan: Helmand Heads for Record Poppy Harvest Provincial officials say 2007 could be the biggest year yet for opium production in the war-torn province....
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2007 6:52am PST
German cabinet agrees to deploy Tornado fighter planes in Afghanistan “Germans must learn how to kill,” ran the headline in the newsweekly Der Spiegel at the end of last year, describing the public debate about extending Germany’s military involvement in Afghanistan. A representative of the Bush administration made the demand to Karsten Voigt, the official in Berlin responsible for German-American relations....
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2007 6:24am PST
Helmand 'seeing insurgent surge' The governor of Helmand province in Afghanistan says up to 700 insurgents have crossed over from Pakistan and are preparing to fight British forces....
Posted: Sun, Feb 11, 2007 10:48am PST
Britain hands over Afghanistan to US Britain has handed over the Nato command in Afghanistan to the United States as the country enters what is expected to be a decisive round of fighting in the war with the Taliban....
Posted: Mon, Feb 5, 2007 7:37am PST
Taliban Fortifying Afghan Positions KANDAHAR — Taliban fighters controlling the Afghan town of Musa Qala in the southern province of Helmand appeared to be fortifying their positions Saturday, February3 , NATO officials said....
Posted: Sat, Feb 3, 2007 7:34am PST
Taleban forces retake Afghan town Taleban forces in southern Afghanistan have taken control of a town which British troops had pulled out of after a peace deal with local elders...
Posted: Fri, Feb 2, 2007 6:34am PST
UN, Afghans Blast Blanket Amnesty KABUL — The UN and Afghanistan's top rights body on Thursday, February1 , criticized a bill passed by the warlord-filled parliament giving immunity to those accused of rights abuses during the past 25 years of bloody conflict....
Posted: Fri, Feb 2, 2007 6:17am PST
New Film Opens Old Wounds in Afghanistan Actor flees Afghanistan after “Kabul Express” creates uproar....
Posted: Fri, Feb 2, 2007 6:13am PST
Karzai offers talks with Taliban Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's president, has offered peace talks with the Taliban after the bloodiest year since the group was driven from power in 2001....
Posted: Mon, Jan 29, 2007 8:28pm PST
Afghan Officials Steal Foreign Aid Up to half of all foreign aid allocated to help improve deplorable living standards of ordinary people in war-torn Afghanistan has been siphoned off by corrupt government officials and tribal leaders, The Sunday Telegraph reported on January28 ....
Posted: Sun, Jan 28, 2007 10:08am PST
Inside Afghanistan: The battle for Kajaki The war in the open spaces of Afghanistan is very different from the one being waged by the Americans in the streets of Baghdad. But for British Royal Marines engaged in daily firefights with the Taliban, it is no less dangerous...
Posted: Sun, Jan 28, 2007 9:03am PST
One year on, Helmand is a bloody failure The explosion tore the suicide bomber apart and set alight parked cars. The guard who had shot him was seriously injured as were some Afghans on their way to the mosque for Friday prayers. Terrified women clutching their children fled as ambulances and police cars arrived....
Posted: Fri, Jan 26, 2007 6:30pm PST
US to boost Afghan troop numbers The United States military has said it will extend the tours of 3,200 troops in Afghanistan in order to counter an expected spring offensive by Taliban fighters....
Posted: Thu, Jan 25, 2007 6:21pm PST
Brutal Winter Adds to Afghan Hardships CAIRO — Winter is the time that exposes the West's failure and broken promises in war-torn Afghanistan, with tens of thousands, including in the capital Kabul, struggling to survive in teeth-chattering temperatures as they already lack the minimum of infrastructure and amenities that could have helped them cope with the elements or stay alive, The Washington Post reported Monday, January22 ....
Posted: Tue, Jan 23, 2007 8:54am PST
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