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Talks held over police mission in southern Kyrgyzstan (24.08.2010)
(Quelle: BBC)
The head of an international police force due to be deployed in southern Kyrgyzstan is in Bishkek for talks to ensure the mission goes ahead. It is still not clear when the small contingent of police officers from the OSCE, the rights and democracy watchdog, will carry out their mission.
Taleban threat to election campaign in Afghan north (24.08.2010)
(Quelle: IWPR)
Candidates and voters in Afghanistan’s upcoming parliamentary election warn that insurgent threats are hampering campaigning and are likely to seriously disrupt the ballot itself. Campaigning should be now in full swing for the September 18 election, when 2,545 candidates, including 410 women, will compete for the 249 seats in the the Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of the Afghan parliament. But even in comparatively peaceful parts of the country such as Balkh province in the north, candidates complain that security problems are hindering their efforts.
The pogroms in Kyrgyzstan – new ICG report (23.08.2010)
(Quelle: International Crisis Group)
Without prompt, genuine and exhaustive measures to address the damage done by the pogroms, Kyrgyzstan risks another round of terrible violence. “The Pogroms in Kyrgyzstan”, the latest report from the International Crisis Group, highlights the risk of spiralling violence in the south of Kyrgyzstan and the central government’s loss of control over the region.
Doubts over new Afghan security strategy (23.08.2010)
(Quelle: Irinnews)
Jobless rural youth are the focus of a new Afghan security plan designed to help defeat Taliban insurgents mostly in the south, east and southeast of the country. … In a donor-funded project, which has already started in some provinces, about 10,000 men will be paid to fight Taliban insurgents in their villages, officials said.
UN anti-crime agency helps Afghanistan combat corruption (20.08.2010)
(Quelle: UN News)
The United Nations anti-crime agency is helping to bolster the justice system in Afghanistan, where reconstruction and development are hampered by corruption and poor governance. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is helping the Afghan Attorney General’s office create and implement a code of ethics and professional standards for prosecutors.
Gen. David Petraeus says Afghanistan war strategy 'fundamentally sound' (18.08.2010)
(Quelle: Washington Post)
In his first six weeks as the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David H. Petraeus has seen insurgent attacks on coalition forces spike to record levels, violence metastasize to previously stable areas, and the country's president undercut anti-corruption units backed by Washington. But after burrowing into operations here and traveling to the far reaches of this country, Petraeus has concluded that the U.S. strategy to win the nearly nine-year-old war is "fundamentally sound."
Afghan president orders private security closures (17.08.2010)
(Quelle: BBC)
Private security companies will have to end operations in Afghanistan in four months, President Hamid Karzai has ordered. He issued the ultimatum to the companies in a decree signed in Kabul.
Probing war crimes in Afghanistan (15.08.2010)
(Quelle: Irinnews)
The rising number of civilian casualties and the leaking of thousands of confidential war papers by whistleblower website Wikileaks have prompted fresh calls to bring alleged war criminals in Afghanistan to book.
Swiss diplomat will head OSCE police advisers in Kyrgyzstan (13.08.2010)
(Quelle: RFE/RL)
Swiss diplomat Markus Mueller has been selected to head a team of 52 police advisers whom the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) plans to send to Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyz activists protest OSCE police deployment (11.08.2010)
(Quelle: RFE/RL)
Dozens of activists have protested in Kyrgyz cities about the planned international police deployment in the south of the country, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports.