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Joint approach to stabilise and rebuild Afghanistan (02.03.2010)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
Australia's military, police and civilian agencies are taking a joint approach to stabilise and rebuild Afghanistan.
US aims to shift strategy to combat Afghan opium (01.03.2010)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
The United States is shifting its strategy on opium production in Afghanistan from eradication of crops to a broader focus involving interdiction and alternative agriculture, an official said Monday.
German parliament votes to extend, boost Afghan mission (26.02.2010)
(Quelle: RFE/RL)
Germany's parliament has voted to send up to 850 more troops to Afghanistan and extend the mission by one year.
UN chief details recruiting problems in Afghanistan (24.02.2010)
(Quelle: RFE/RL)
A memo from the head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) to his staff describes the poor recruitment rate months after a deadly attack on the UN compound in Kabul, RFE/RL reports.
NATO probing possibility of Russian arms assistance for Kabul (24.02.2010)
(Quelle: Eurasianet)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Russia are probing a deal under which Moscow could provide the Afghan military with helicopters and possibly others forms of assistance. In return, Russia might gain a voice in the shaping of international security policy for Afghanistan, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told EurasiaNet.
Top UN envoy to Afghanistan calls for greater political effort to end conflict (23.02.2010)
(Quelle: UN News)
The outgoing United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today warned that – on its own – the massive United States-led military push in Taliban strongholds in southern Helmand province will not bring peace and stability to the country.
Former commanders give up their weapons for development (23.02.2010)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
Former mujahideen commanders continue to lay down their arms in the hope to get more development in their area. … The district of Kahmard, in the north of Bamyan, was declared as a peaceful district or a district free of illegal arms through the DIAG (Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups) campaign.
Dutch PM: troops to leave Afghanistan this year (21.02.2010)
(Quelle: RFE/RL)
Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende has said Dutch troops are likely to leave Afghanistan this year. He was speaking a day after his government collapsed when a coalition partner insisted the Dutch troops leave in August as planned.
Afghanistan Taliban 'using human shields' - general (17.02.2010)
(Quelle: BBC)
Taliban militants are increasingly using civilians as "human shields" as they battle against a joint Afghan-Nato offensive, an Afghan general has said.
U.N. rejects ‘militarization’ of Afghan aid (17.02.2010)
(Quelle: New York Times)
Senior United Nations officials in Afghanistan on Wednesday criticized NATO forces for what one referred to as “the militarization of humanitarian aid,” and said United Nations agencies would not participate in the military’s reconstruction strategy in Marja as part of its current offensive there.