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How U.S. dollars disappear in Afghanistan
To understand the failure -- and fraud -- of reconstruction in Afghanistan, you have to take a look at the peculiar system of U.S. aid for international development. http://tinyu rl.com/ll7nj From Information... ...
Afghanistan mehr denn je ein "failed state"
Das von der US-Regierung einst als Modell für ihre Befreiuungspolitik angepriesene Afghanistan versinkt weiter im Chaos, während eine Opium-Rekordernete eingefahren wurde; deutsche Soldaten sind für anstehende... ...
Afghan opium production makes new record with 50-pct rise
Opium production in Afghanistan has reached a new high of 6,100 tons this year, witnessing a rise of nearly 50 percent year-on-year, said a senior UN anti-drug official on Saturday, who asked the Afghan... ...
Public 'not told of real risk to troops in Afghanistan'
In an unusually candid assessment, the official conceded that the former Defence Secretary had "insufficiently communicated" the risks soldiers would face in the lawless Helmand Province. http://tinyurl.com/q8j7f From... ...
Why It's Not Working in Afghanistan
Ann Jones writes: "Remember when peaceful, democratic, reconstructed Afghanistan was advertised as the exemplar for the extreme makeover of Iraq? In August 2002, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was... ...
Afghan president orders inquiry into U.S. raid
Afghan President Hamid Karzai ordered an investigation Friday into the deaths of eight people in eastern Afghanistan during a raid that U.S. forces claimed targeted al Qaeda members, according to a government... ...
Losing Afghanistan
The New York Times writes: "Reclaiming Afghanistan from the Taliban remains a crucial element in America's global struggle against terrorism. So it should be setting off alarm bells in Washington that... ...
Afghan opium cultivation hits a record
Opium cultivation in Afghanistan has hit record levels — up by more than 40 percent from 2005 — despite hundreds of millions in counternarcotics money, Western officials told The Associated Press. http://news.yahoo. com/s/ap/20060816/ap_on_re _as/afghan_opium_boom Fr om... ...
Terror 'may force freedom curbs'
The UK might have to modify its freedoms in the short term in order to prevent their "misuse and abuse" by terrorists, John Reid has said. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/ hi/uk_news/politics/525751 8.stm British... ...
An International Force Can Never Impose Peace
Today is the official date for the handover of responsibilities from the US coalition to NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, where Taliban incursion and coalition failure to keep aid promises complicate... ...