30/1/08

Afghanistan: Women protest to support kidnapped aid worker
??? – Italy
It was not clear whether the Taliban was responsible for the kidnapping, but kidnappings are common in Afghanistan. Media reports said up to 600 women, …
www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.1825748657

Copper project tests Afghanistan’s resources
Financial Times Deutschland – Germany
The debris left over from previous attempts to extract some of Afghanistan’s colossal mineral wealth can be found just 35km south-east of Kabul. …
www.ftd.de/karriere_management/business_english/:Bus
iness%20English%20Copper%20Afghanistan/309766.html

Remember Afghanistan
Newsday – Long Island,NY,USA
The sense of growing alarm is evident in recent White House actions: deploying additional Marines to Afghanistan with plans for more, …
www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-v
pafgh305556520jan30,0,3625125.story

US aid worker’s abduction spurs protest in Afghanistan
Philadelphia Inquirer – Philadelphia,PA,USA
By Noor Khan AP KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – About 500 Afghan women gathered in a rare mass protest yesterday against the kidnapping of a US aid worker.…
www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20080130_U_S__
aid_workers_abduction_spurs_protest_in_Afghanistan.html

Afghanistan risks ‘failed state’
BBC News – UK
Afghanistan risks turning into a failed state and becoming a forgotten war, a study led by a US diplomatic and military team has concluded. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7216833.stm

Missile Strike Kills 12 in Pakistan
The Associated Press –
Authorities in both the US and Afghanistan have denied knowledge of such operations. President Pervez Musharraf, who returned home Tuesday after a weeklong …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jIE0IUn4WI
iaMBpjG8SI_6H5RXzgD8UFVISG0

Germany, US reject more troops for Afghanistan but press NATO to …
The Canadian Press –
OTTAWA – Germany’s ambassador to Canada says he’s optimistic NATO will be able to meet the conditions for a continued Canadian combat role in Afghanistan …
canadianpress.google.com/article/AL
eqM5hgKAfdcgNYN3QzrOGgciREpk7xcQ

Canada takes fewer prisoners in Afghanistan: report
AFP –
OTTAWA (AFP) — Canada’s military in Afghanistan has been taking fewer prisoners and releasing them quicker after it stopped turning them over to Afghan …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iH49PLDvPPwxBG4JI0hgMWlClRIg

US forces seek to build a future for Afghanistan
Financial Times – London,England,UK
Robert Gates, the US defence secretary, wanted to know during a visit in December how it could be replicated across Afghanistan. It is a strategy that has …
www.ft.com/cms/s/a942acae-ced4
-11dc-877a-000077b07658.html

Cda pullout from Afghanistan won’t harm NATO
Canada.com – Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Canadians have every right to debate the future of Canada’s “key” military role in Afghanistan that has led to a disproportionately high number of Canadian …
www.canada.com/globaltv/national/story.html?
id=33c9fcad-eb23-42f4-a747-139c2b0b1686

Senator Kerry leads Discussion on “Saving Afghanistan”
By Staff
Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee John Kerry (D-MASS) kicked off a hearing today to discuss strategies aimed at stabilizing Afghanistan. He began by reemphasizing the threats posed by al-Qaida and the Taleban in …
talkradionews.com/2008/01/senator-kerry
-leads-discussion-on-saving-afghanistan/

Think tank: Surge now needed in Afghanistan
By VFA
The American Enterprise Institute, the think tank that came up with the“surge” strategy for Iraq, has just completed a re-evaluation of US strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan and concluded that another surge of US forces is required, …
www.veteransforamerica.org/2008/01/30
/think-tank-surge-now-needed-in-afghanistan/

US Report Urges More Troops for Afghanistan
A report set to be issued on the 30th January highlights the risk of Afghanistan becoming a failed state, and of the war there being “forgotten” – a situation brought about by a decline in international support, and mounting violence …
www.armedforces-int.com/news/2008/01/30/
us-report-urges-more-troops-for-afghanistan.asp

Military Expert Criticizes Proposed German Force for Afghanistan
By Human Security Report Project
EXCERPT: “A day after it was officially confirmed that NATO had made a request to the German Defense Ministry to provide 250 combat troops to a Quick Reaction Force in northern Afghanistan, former NATO Chief of Staff Harald Kujat warned …
www.afghanconflictmonitor.org/2008/01/military-expert.html

Afghanistan’s oldest man had 200 grandsons
By bhounshell@ceip.org (Blake Hounshell)
Afghanistan’s oldest man, Khudai Birdy, has died at the ripe old age of 117:. According to his 15th son Khan Mohammad, Khudai, believed to be the oldest man in Afghanistan, had married four times and left behind 40 children and 200 …
blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/7976

29/1/08

12 Taliban militants killed in Pakistan
Hindu – Chennai,India
It was not immediately clear from which direction the missile was fired though local residents claimed it could have been fired from Afghanistan.…
www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200801300342.htm

Rice fears deepening war in Afghanistan
NEWS.com.au – Australia
By Geoff Elliott in Washington US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice fears a deepening conflict in Afghanistan without an urgent solution to differences …
www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23129504-2,00.html

US homes in on militants in Pakistan
Asia Times Online – Kowloon,Hong Kong
By Syed Saleem Shahzad KARACHI – Another piece of the United States’ regional jigsaw is in place with the completion of a military base in Afghanistan’s …
www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JA30Df02.html

Security gains in Iraq are stressed
Boston Globe – United States
WASHINGTON – President Bush portrayed the bloody five-year war in Iraq last night as finally turning a corner, citing a dramatic reduction in attacks since …
www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/
2008/01/29/security_gains_in_iraq_are_stressed

10 militants killed in Pakistan
Guardian Unlimited – UK
The attack took place after midnight in Torkhali, a village in North Waziristan, a tribal region bordering Afghanistan, near the town of Mir Ali. …
www.guardian.co.uk/pakistan/Story/0,,2248663,00.html

ANALYSIS-Bush understates challenges in Iraq, Afghanistan
Reuters – USA
By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) – US President George W. Bush offered relatively upbeat assessments of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that …
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN28515281

No word on US aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan
Reuters UK – UK
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s government said it had no information on Tuesday about the fate of a kidnapped US female aid worker, but added a search was …
uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKSP16354720080129

Afghanistan’s Die-Hard Governor
CBS News – New York,NY,USA
Arsala Jamal of eastern Afghanistan’s Khost Province (center, black jacket), a close ally of the US, cuts a ceremonial ribbon to mark the opening of a new …
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/
01/29/terror/main3763116.shtml

German Defense Minister to visit Afghanistan
Xinhua – China
Germany has 3155 troops serving within the framework of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) to stabilize security in Afghanistan. …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/29/content_7516771.htm

Afghanistan: Troops Fight To Protect Islamic “Holy Fascism”
By Giraldus Cambrensis
The Taliban took control of Kabul on September 27, 1996, though it would take them more than a year to control the whole of Afghanistan. The battle to remove the Taliban was one of the first priorities of Operation Enduring Freedom …
www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/003958.html

Afghanistan: Lord Ashdown Steps Down
By Adil Nurmakov
Afghanistan Watch reports that Lord Paddy Ashdown has withdrawn his name from consideration as the UN envoy to Afghanistan, after President Hamid Karzai and other officials expressed opposition last week, concerned about the extent of …
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/29/
afghanistan-lord-ashdown-steps-down/

Canada Demands Help In Afghanistan
By forums@www.military-quotes.com (Team Infidel)
Seattle Times January 29, 2008 By Rob Gillies, Associated Press TORONTO — Canada will extend its military mission in Afghanistan only if another NATO country puts more soldiers in the dangerous south, the prime minister said Monday, …
www.military-quotes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52688

FSM on Afghanistan
By Asher Abrams
On Tuesday January 22nd last week, a 23-year-old student of journalism was sentenced to death at a court in Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh province, in the north of Afghanistan. A panel of three judges sentenced Sayad Parwez Kambaksh, …
asher813.typepad.com/dreams_into_
lightning/2008/01/fsm-on-afghanis.html

Promised Land – Afghanistan
Dec 2007 – British troops morale vid to the Elvis song Promised Land. (27 CS Regt, 7 CS SQN RLC, OP HERRICK)
www.liveleak.com/view?i=687_1201589739