U.N. pulls out foreign staff from Afghanistan
Posted on 05. Nov, 2009 by Editorial Dept in Asia
The United Nations said on Thursday it would evacuate hundreds of its international staff from Afghanistan for several weeks due to deteriorating security, a sharp blow for Western efforts to stabilise the country. (more…)
The Achilles Heel in the Afghan War
Posted on 29. Oct, 2009 by Editorial Dept in Blog
Back in 2002 during a reporting assignment in Afghanistan, a U.S. helicopter pilot told me that it was important to send a message early on that “we own the skies, night or day”. So at any given point of time if you were at the Bagram air base, north of Kabul, you could see aircraft, mostly choppers taking off, landing or simply idling in the skies above in what became the region’s busiest airfield. (more…)
Karzai rival sets ultimatum ahead of Afghan run-off
Posted on 26. Oct, 2009 by Editorial Dept in Asia
President Hamid Karzai’s rival in a Nov. 7 run-off presidential vote demanded on Monday that Afghanistan’s chief election official be sacked, laying out a ultimatum that could complicate the pre-election process. (more…)
Afghanistan in focus at trilateral meet in India
Posted on 26. Oct, 2009 by Editorial Dept in Asia
The foreign ministers of Russia, India and China will meet on Tuesday with the threat of rising Taliban violence in Afghanistan and ways to rebuild the war-torn country expected to be major topics.
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