Sunday, May 31, 2009

Army fury at refusal to bolster Afghan campaign

Britain's most senior military commanders have warned Gordon Brown that unless he sends more troops to Afghanistan Britain will lose credibility with its American allies, The Independent has learnt. Army fury at refusal to bolster Afghan campaign

Germans uneasy over involvement in Afghanistan
Afghan Valley Offers Test for Obama Strategy. nyt

Greek News - Following the Steps of Alexander in Afghanistan

Washington, D.C. – On May 5, 2009 under the auspices of the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Mrs. Dora Bakoyiannis, the Embassy of Greece in collaboration with the Nooristan Foundation offered a fund-raise dinner to benefit the rural and cultural development of Afghanistan, under the title:“Following the Footsteps of Alexander the Great in Afghanistan”
Greek News - Following the Steps of Alexander in Afghanistan
Events - Nooristan Foundation

Fredrik Hiebert, Archaeologist Information, Facts, News, Photos ...
Afghanistan's Hidden Treasures on Display in D.C. : NPR
Dr. Fredrik Hiebert

Afghan presidential hopeful vows to create PM post

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan presidential hopeful and former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah said he would revise Afghanistan's constitution to install a prime minister and boost the powers of parliament if he wins elections in August. Afghan presidential hopeful vows to create PM post

باج دهي و امتياز بخشي جبهه ي كرزي را پررنگ كرده است - 8 صبح، كابل
ایالات متحده خواهان گزینش رییس اجرايی در کابینه جدید افغانستان

Afghanistan Report: A Ten-Year Framework for the Future Dr. Ashraf Ghani




Extra U.S. troops in Afghanistan by mid-July

KABUL (Reuters) - The majority of the 17,000 extra U.S. troops being sent to fight a growing Taliban-led insurgency in southern and western Afghanistan should be on the ground by mid-July, the U.S. military said on Sunday.

Extra U.S. troops in Afghanistan by mid-July
Obama speech to Muslims key to new U.S. strategy

Hormone therapy lifts lung cancer death risk: study

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Use of menopausal hormone-replacement therapy increases the risk of death from lung cancer by 60 percent after five years, US researchers reported on Saturday.
Hormone therapy lifts lung cancer death risk: study
ASCO: Combined Hormone Therapy Linked to Lung Cancer Mortality MedPage Today
New Warning on Hormone Replacement New York Times
RedOrbit - The Associated Press - Atlanta Journal Constitution

Afghan presidential hopeful says Karzai tried to bribe him

KABUL (AFP) — Abdullah Abdullah said Karzai had offered him a prestigious post in the next government if he was prepared to withdraw from the August 20 election. "He asked me what I thought of the job of secretary general of the government," said Abdullah, referring to a Western proposal for the creation of a powerful post aimed at improving the running of Afghanistan's government. Afghan presidential hopeful says Karzai tried to bribe him
Afghan presidential hopeful says Karzai tried to bribe him - Yahoo ...

حمایت دو حزب عمده از کرزی در انتخابات
کمک ۷۵ میلیون دلاری بانک جهانی به افغانستان
ــــــ فساد در ولسي جرگه ــــــ چه كسي بايد استعفا دهد

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Obama in the Muslim World -- washingtonpost

The Post asked activists, journalists and policy experts what the president should say in his address in Cairo. Obama in the Muslim World

Memories of a Long War
Fighting Around Afghanistan Leaves 50 Dead

Afghan presidential hopeful says Karzai tried to bribe him

Op-Ed: Afghanistan: Help Us or We Leave

WASHINGTON — Just weeks after the attacks of Sept. 11, I met with an architect of America’s post-9/11 response in the Pentagon. The topic was the impending U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. I asked why he expected America to succeed when every foreign invader in history had failed. Op-Ed: Afghanistan - nytimes

Afghanistan Report: A Ten-Year Framework for the FutureDr. Ashraf Ghani
(He is a member of the Atlantic Council’s International Advisory Board. )

Dr. Ghani’s Vision for the Future
Dr. Ghani’s Welcome Message

Taliban's Foreign Support Vexes U.S. - WSJ

WASHINGTON -- Gen. David Petraeus, who oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, said in a recent interview that the Taliban has three main sources of funding: drug revenue; payments from legitimate businesses that are secretly owned by the armed group or that pay it kickbacks; and donations from foreign charitable foundations and individuals.
Taliban's Foreign Support Vexes U.S. - WSJ.com
جنرال دیود پترویس: طالبان از سه منبع مهم تمویل میشوند
فقیر محمد ودان -- افغانستان برای ایالات متحده امریکا

Rambo III explains why Pashtuns feel neglected and victimised ...
Obama Outlines Coordinated Cyber-Security Plan

Jay Leno says thanks and goodbye on 'Tonight Show'

With a touch of emotion in his voice and a bit of dampness in his eyes, Jay Leno on Friday said his final farewell to "The Tonight Show," NBC's top-rated late-night franchise that he hosted for 17 years. Jay Leno says thanks and goodbye on 'Tonight Show'

Leno leaves 'Tonight' much as he found it
Jay Leno Takes Final Bow on 'Tonight Show'

U.S. urges more foreign aid for Afghanistan

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates Saturday urged the international community to give more aid to Afghanistan to build infrastructure, expand its military and police, and ensure security for elections this year. US urges more foreign aid for Afghanistan

US urges Europe, China to step up Afghan help
Prince of the City: Touring New York, Young Harry's First Official Visit...

Friday, May 29, 2009

Bush, Clinton appear on stage together in Canada

TORONTO -- Former President George W. Bush called former President Bill Clinton "his brother" and the two rarely disagreed in their first-ever appearance together on stage.
Clinton, Bush Agreeable Even as They Disagree

Memories of a Long War -- In 1986, the French photojournalist Didier Lefèvre joined a Doctors Without Borders mission to Afghanistan

Obama Says He Will Name National Cybersecurity Adviser

Bush-Clinton Policy Talk Strikes a Congenial Tone

Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton appeared together Friday for the first time as Frank McKenna, a former Canadian ambassador to the United States, moderated a talk on global affairs in Toronto. Bush and Clinton Talk Policy, for a Price
Times Topics: George W. Bush Bill Clinton

Prince Harry, in His Mother’s Footsteps
US: Cluster Bomb Exports Banned, hrw

Kennedy Set to Include Disability Plan in Bill

Wall Street Journal - Sen. Edward Kennedy plans a new disability-insurance program that would automatically enroll all American workers as part of the sweeping health-care bill he is preparing to introduce, aides said Friday. Kennedy Set to Include Disability Plan in Bill
Kennedy Health Plan Would Include Public Insurance Bloomberg
Washington Post - CBS News

Obama Outlines Coordinated Cyber-Security Plan

State Department to encourage green revolution in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (PAN): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the Obama administration is reviving agricultural fortunes of Afghanistan, the war-battered country once considered as the garden of Central Asia.
Pajhwok Afghan News

US Out of Step on Cluster Bomb Ban

(Geneva) - The prohibition on cluster munitions is firmly taking hold as more countries join the new treaty banning the weapon and hold-out states shift their policies in the right direction, says a report jointly released today by Human Rights Watch, Landmine Action, and Landmine Monitor. The 288-page report, "Banning Cluster Munitions: Government Policy and Practice," contains entries on 150 countries.
US Out of Step on Cluster Bomb Ban

US: Cluster Bomb Exports Banned
Twelve Facts and Fallacies about the Convention on Cluster Munitions

Banning Cluster Munitions: Government Policy and Practice
Anti-cluster bomb campaign begins in Geneva

Anti-cluster bomb campaign begins in Geneva

Human rights groups gathered in Geneva to kick off a "week of action" to encourage countries to sign and ratify the treaty to ban cluster bombs.

Within Europe, Germany, Britain and the Netherlands rank among the biggest stockpilers with a combined total of just under 96 million cluster bombs. The country with the most bombs by far, 730 million, is the United States, which has not joined the treaty.
Anti-cluster bomb campaign begins in Geneva

DW-WORLD: Over 100 States Agree on Landmark Cluster Bomb Ban
DW-WORLD: Germany to Back Ban on Cluster Bombs at Conference

Ministry of Defence admits use of controversial 'enhanced blast ... guardian.co.uk,

Amnesty accuses leaders of losing focus on human rights abuse ...

Disaster is brewing and could lead to a humanitarian crisis of poverty, repression and unrest as human rights take a back seat to the global economic downturn, Amnesty International warns in its annual report. Amnesty accuses leaders of losing focus on human rights abuse ...

Interview with Amnesty International on the World Human Rights Report 2009

Pipelineistan goes Iran-Pak‎

The earth has been shaking for a few days now all across Pipelineistan - with massive repercussions for all the big players in the New Great Game in Eurasia. United States President Barack Obama's AfPak strategists didn't even see it coming.

Please see Pakistan, Iran sign gas pipeline deal,
Pipelineistan goes Iran-Pak

The 'peace pipeline'

The 'peace pipeline' -- The National

The Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline, a project subject to intermittent negotiations over the last 14 years, made a significant advance last weekend as Iran and Pakistan signed an accord.
The 'peace pipeline'

Pipelineistan goes Iran-Pak

US to spend $1 billion on embassy expansions in Pakistan ...

Islamabad – The US is embarking on a $1 billion crash program to expand its diplomatic presence in Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan, another sign that the Obama administration is making a costly, long-term commitment to war-torn South Asia, US officials said Wednesday.
US to spend $1 billion on embassy expansions in Pakistan ...
US to spend $1 billion on embassy expansions in Pakistan, Afghanistan

CIA Targets Language Skills -- washingtonpost

Aid expert says only pennies of foreign aid reaching Afghans ...

CALGARY - In a country where government corruption and payoffs are pervasive, only pennies from each aid dollar being sent to Afghanistan are actually reaching the people who need help, an international aid expert said Thursday.

"You've got 15,000 foreigners, primarily westerners, based in Kabul - a lot of overlapping, poor co-ordination - and it seems a battle between the NGOs (non-government organizations) in terms of territoriality and a battle of egos," Vicenzino said at a gathering hosted by the United States Consulate in Calgary. Aid expert says only pennies of foreign aid reaching Afghans ...

Metro - Aid expert says only pennies of foreign money reaching Afghans

Thursday, May 28, 2009

UN expert: US failing to properly probe war crimes

GENEVA -- An independent U.N. human rights investigator said Thursday that the United States is failing to properly investigate alleged war crimes committed by its soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq.
UN expert: US failing to properly probe war crimes
The Associated Press: UN expert: US failing to properly probe war ...

U.S., UN Officials Urge Crackdown On Afghan Drug Lords, Corrupt Officials

From the Pentagon to the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime, there appears to be growing recognition that Afghanistan's counternarcotics strategy is failing. --- They say it is time to crack down on the handful of powerful drug lords who have made Afghanistan the source for 90 percent of the world's illegal opium, spreading instability along the way. US, UN Officials Urge Crackdown On Afghan Drug Lords, Corrupt ...

Change Of Tune In Battle Against Afghan Opium
MinnPost - Afghan hearts and minds: Is the U.S. military all talk?
Pipelineistan goes Iran-Pak

Amnesty calls for new deal on human rights

Group urges a new global deal where world leaders "invest in himan rights as purposefully as they are investing in the economy" guardian.co.uk
Downturn 'harming human rights'

Afghanistan Human Rights Reports, News Articles & Campaigns ...
Amnesty International - Afghanistan
سږکال دبشري حقونو حالت لاخراب دی
عفوبين المللي: درافغانستان معافيت ازبازخواست ومجازات درتمام سطوح اداري وجود دارد

Amnesty - economic crisis fuels rights "time bomb"

LONDON, May 28 (Reuters) - The global economic downturn has aggravated human rights violations and distracted attention from abuses, Amnesty International said on Thursday.
Amnesty - economic crisis fuels rights "time bomb" Reuters

Downturn 'harming human rights'
Amnesty: Economic troubles heighten rights abuses CNN International
AFP - guardian.co.uk - Times Online - GulfNews

Obama drops into California for political money

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Barack Obama painted an upbeat vision of the economy Wednesday as he addressed Californians who gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to aid Democratic campaigns in other states. Obama drops into California for political money

Stars Come Out for LA Fundraiser Washington Post
FOXNews - Los Angeles Times - New York Times

Getting It Right on Afghanistan -- DONNA F. EDWARDS

The May 17 editorial "Mr. Obama's War?" implied incorrectly that my opposition to the supplemental appropriations bill was because I believe we should abandon Afghanistan and ignore the threats the region poses to the United States. Getting It Right on Afghanistan

Obama aide: Too soon to say if Afghan plan working
NATO and Afghan troops kill 34 Taliban

Up to 30 Killed In Pakistan Blast: Police, Intelligence Officers Among Dead

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

No exception on Israeli settlement: Clinton

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said there must be no exceptions to President Barack Obama's demand that Israel stop its settlement activity. US call to Israel on settlements
Israeli Settlement Growth Must Stop, Clinton Says
Israel rebuffs US call for total settlement freeze
Suicide -- npr

کلینتون: توقف شهرک سازی توسط اسرائیل باید بدون استثنا باشد
وضعیت حقوق بشر
قانون مبارزه علیه مواد مخدر در افغانستان تصویب شد
آینده مشترک اسلام و غرب

30 killed in attack on Pakistani secret service

At least seven officers serving with the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the country’s main spy agency, were among the dead. 30 killed in attack on Pakistani secret service

At Least 23 Die in Huge Bombing in Pakistan -- nytimes

Dems say new Afghan strategy working

Afghan gov't destroys books it says insult Sunnis

KABUL -- The Afghan government quietly dumped more than 1,000 Shiite texts and other books from Iran into a river after a local governor complained that their content insulted the country's Sunni majority. Afghan gov't destroys books it says insult Sunnis

Afghan Gov't Destroys Books It Says Insult Sunnis -- AP
Iran's Spending Spree in Afghanistan - TIME

یازده عنوان کتاب در افغانستان به آب انداخته شد
آینده مشترک اسلام و غرب
میلیبند: ایران و غرب زندانی تاریخ خود نباشند

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

State Dept. has few who speak language of area where Taliban operates‎

WASHINGTON — Complicating the Obama administration's plan to ramp up civilian aid to Pakistan and Afghanistan, the State Department employs just 18 foreign service officers who can speak the language of the region where the Taliban insurgency rages, according to records and interviews. State Dept. has few who speak language of area where Taliban operates

3 Americans and a Civilian Die in Afghanistan Attack, nytimes

Afghanistan Report: A Ten-Year Framework for the Future
Dr. Ashraf Ghani

INTERVIEW - If you can take the heat, invest in Afghanistan ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Isolated by poverty and war from the global recession and heavily dependent on expensive imports, Afghanistan can offer healthy profits to investors with a strong stomach for risk, one of the country's first fund managers says.
INTERVIEW - If you can take the heat, invest in Afghanistan ...

TheHill.com - Dems say new Afghan strategy working

Afghan was taken to Guantanamo aged 12-rights group‎

KABUL, May 26 (Reuters) - An Afghan who has spent over six years at the U.S. military's Guantanamo Bay prison was only around 12 years old when he was detained, not 16 or 17 as his official record says, an Afghan rights group said on Tuesday.
Afghan was taken to Guantanamo aged 12-rights group

Picking up the pieces from Afghanistan's war International Reuters
PAKISTAN: Pakhtuns Open Their Doors to Uprooted Civilians

Pakhtuns Open Their Doors to Uprooted Civilians

PESHAWAR, May 26 (IPS) - For Pakistan’s Pakhtuns, hospitality is part of an old tradition that assures even strangers a warm welcome into their homes.

The Pakhtuns are called Pashtuns in Afghanistan. In both countries they are divided in many tribes and clans, which have never been united but they are characterised by the use of the Pashto language and a strong traditional code of honour that includes hospitality.
PAKISTAN: Pakhtuns Open Their Doors to Uprooted Civilians

New U.S. Commander In Afghanistan To Be Tested

The man selected to take charge of the war in Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, 54, is an Army Ranger and the former leader of a secretive counter-terrorism force. He now faces the challenge of moving from the clandestine world of military black operations to the very public role running U.S. and NATO war efforts. New U.S. Commander In Afghanistan To Be Tested

U.S. Envoy To Afghanistan Has Seen War Up Close
Suicide bomber kills 3 American troops in Afghanistan -- latimes

White House merging national and homeland security

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama announced Tuesday he is combining White House staffs dealing with international and homeland security, predicting the change will make Americans safer. White House merging national and homeland security

Obama puts homeland security into NSC Boston Globe
Report: Obama to name cybersecurity czar this week Computerworld
Washington Post - Atlantic Online

Obama Nominates First Hispanic to Supreme Court

"I have decided to nominate an inspiring woman who I believe will make a great justice, Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the great state of New York!" he said.
Obama Nominates First Hispanic to Supreme Court

Rights Group: 97 Afghan Civilians Killed in US Strikes
د امرېکا په بمباری کې '٩٧ ملکی افغانان ووژل شول'
فلم مستند مزرعه شوم

How Afghanistan's Little Tragedies Are Adding Up

There are large-scale civilian deaths in Afghanistan that make headlines, and then there are the small incidents that are barely noticed at all. That was the fate of 12-year-old Benafsha Shaheem. How Afghanistan's Little Tragedies Add Up - TIME

Iran's Spending Spree in Afghanistan

Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, Press Conference 23 May

How Green Was My Valley -- Azhar Masood

The majority of these Pashtuns came into Swat from Dir and Bajour, others from Kailash and Chitral. Their ancestry, some historians claim, is Greek. To an extent Kailash-Chitral, neighboring Swat, gives credence to this claim. --- Kailash is a rock-locked valley where one of the generals of Alexander the Great once lost his garrison. One can trace the semblance of Greek within the Kalasha language. How Green Was My Valley

Battle for Afghanistan a fight for young minds - The Globe and Mail

German Export Plunge Sparked Record Economic Slump

May 26 (Bloomberg) -- German exports and company spending plunged in the first quarter, dragging Europe’s largest economy into its deepest slump on record.
German Export Plunge Sparked Record Economic Slump

Germany Confirms 3.8% GDP Drop Wall Street Journal
Record German GDP contraction led by export collapse guardian.co.uk
Forbes - Telegraph.co.uk

U.S. Senate Praises Bravery of Afghan Schoolgirls

"We have come a long way in improving the life of Afghan women and girls," said Ambassador Jawad. "However, Afghan women still need your continued partnership to end gender-based domestic and community violence, improve literacy rates and expand access to education and healthcare. There remains a great deal of work to be done toward achieving gender equality, full political participation and the social and economic empowerment of the brave Afghan women," stated the ambassador. mailto:newsletter@embassyofafghanistan.org
www.embassyofafghanistan.org

Afghan Girls, Scarred by Acid, Defy Terror and Embrace School (NYT)

Afghan 'civilian surge' sparks concern, debate

KABUL (AFP) - Reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan need a radical rethink, some politicians and officials here have warned, as the country prepares for an influx of hundreds of foreign civilian specialists. Afghan 'civilian surge' sparks concern, debate - Yahoo! Canada News

U.S. soldiers' options limited to protect Afghans from Taliban ...
Security turnaround in Afghanistan in 18 months a must: Mullen

پاکستانيها هنوز هم خطر طالبان را جدي نمي گيرند

Afghan floods kill 94, make thousands homeless‎

KABUL (Reuters) - Heavy flooding and landslides have killed 94 people and left thousands of families homeless in northern Afghanistan since May 20, the United Nations said on Monday.
Afghan floods kill 94, make thousands homeless

UN wants 'flood of drugs' in Afghanistan to devalue opium

United Nations officials in Afghanistan are attempting to create a "flood of drugs" in the country intended to destroy the value of opium and force poppy farmers to switch to legal crops such as wheat.

The governor of Herat province, Ahmad Yusef Nuristani, said young people in the border areas had no choice but to join the drug smugglers to survive. "They were trading areas that kept people busy with legitimate businesses so they would not be tempted into employment by the drug traffickers," Nuristani said.
UN plan to devalue Afghan opium

Monday, May 25, 2009

Iran Hosts Regional Summit Meeting

CAIRO — Iran hosted its first three-way summit meeting on Sunday with Pakistan and Afghanistan to discuss cooperation on regional issues, the latest sign of Iran’s emergence as the regional power.
Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, Press Conference 23 May
روز معلم که نه روز دارد و نه روزی

متن مسوده توافق ميان خليلزاد و كرزي، كميسيون اجرايی ملي ايجاد ميشود؟
روزنامه های کابل: ۴ جوزا، نشست سه جانبه تهران
کابل شهر ائتلاف‌هاي سیاسی -- ویسا
مشروعیت نظام، در خطر معاملات سیاسی
يوناما: ' سېلاب ځپلي نوره مرسته غواړي '

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Gates rules out reconciliation with Taliban fighters

WASHINGTON (PAN): US Defence Secretary Robert Gates Friday ruled out any reconciliation with Taliban insurgents till the US-led international forces gained a decisive edge over them in the war against terrorism. Gates rules out reconciliation with Taliban fighters

Eikenberry urges Karzai to curb graft
Gates defines success in Afghanistan

Ghani: Karzai, Don't Create Conflict

Presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai accuses the Afghan President for creating political conflict in Kandahar ---- Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, Press Conference 23 May

Afghanistan Report: A Ten-Year Framework for the Future
Dr. Ghani’s Vision for the Future
Dr. Ghani’s Welcome Message

Ahadi vows support to Karzai in election

Defending Gen. McKiernan

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Since the sudden announcement by Defense Secretary Robert Gates that the United States was changing commanders in Afghanistan, much has been written about the "inadequacies" of the departing commander, Gen. David McKiernan.
Defending Gen. McKiernan

Afghanistan's reconstruction outpaces oversight

Afghanistan's reconstruction outpaces oversight

WASHINGTON -- The job of rebuilding Afghanistan is shaping up as an ominous sequel to the massive, mistake-riddled U.S. effort to get Iraq back on its feet.

A U.S. government watchdog to oversee the American tax dollars pouring into projects throughout Afghanistan wasn't even created until 2008 _ seven years after U.S. troops invaded the country to hunt down al-Qaida members and oust the Taliban.
Afghanistan's reconstruction outpaces oversight

Clinton links Afghan problems to US policy

Dynamite sticks and gem stones -- BBC

It all felt a bit ominous. With a rucksack packed with five litres of water I was struggling my way up the Hindu Kush mountain range, thousands of feet above sea-level.

Sticks and stones, Hunting for Afghan emeralds in the Panjshir valley

Iran leader hosts regional summit

The presidents of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan have held a rare summit to discuss security, drug trafficking and other issues. Iran leader hosts regional summit
کرزی در تهران: افغانستان سی سال است در آتش می سوزد
کرزی برای شرکت در نشست سه جانبه به ایران رفت

روز معلم در افغانستان؛ 'این چراغ دیگر نمی سوزد'
آمریکا دو کنسولگری در افغانستان تاسیس می کند

Saturday, May 23, 2009

German president wins re-election -- BBC

German President Horst Koehler has been re-elected for a second five-year term.
German president wins re-election

Profile: German President Horst Koehler

'Record' Afghanistan drugs bust

International and Afghan troops have killed 60 militants and made a record drugs haul in an operation in southern Afghanistan, the US military has said. 'Record' Afghanistan drugs bust
هلمند کې ٩٢ ټنه نشه يي توکي نيول شوي
در ادامه عملیات در هلمند، '۳۹ شورشی' کشته شدند

فلم مستند مزرعه شوم -- VOA

Public millions fail to provide wells, schools and clinics in Afghanistan

Millions of pounds in taxpayers’ money have been wasted on failed reconstruction projects in Afghanistan, according to an internal assessment by the Department for International Development.
Public millions fail to provide wells, schools and clinics in ...

Aid rules make little sense in Afghanistan

U.S. Relies More on Aid of Allies in Terror Cases

WASHINGTON — The United States is now relying heavily on foreign intelligence services to capture, interrogate and detain all but the highest-level terrorist suspects seized outside the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, according to current and former American government officials. U.S. Relies More on Aid of Allies in Terror Cases

U.S. Pullout a Condition in Afghan Peace Talks

The Federal Republic of Germany Turns 60

The year 2009 is a big one for Germany. This weekend marks 60 years since the postwar founding of German democracy. SPIEGEL ONLINE has collected a series of photos documenting Germany's rise out of the ashes of war, and some of the hurdles along the way.
The Federal Republic of Germany Turns 60

David Brooks: Cheney Lost to Bush -- DAVID BROOKS

President Obama and Dick Cheney conspired on Thursday to propagate a myth.
David Brooks: Cheney Lost to Bush

President’s Detention Plan Tests American Legal Tradition
AFP - CBS News - Washington Post

Friday, May 22, 2009

Pakistani Press Suspicious that Government Made up Swat Campaign against Taliban

There is something fishy about the Pakistani military's reporting of its campaign against the Taliban in Swat, according to the Pakistani press.

Also suspicious is the report that Taliban in parts of Lower Dir are offering voluntarily to withdraw, in negotiations with local tribal chieftains.

Informed Comment: Pakistani Press Suspicious that Government Made ...

The Latest AfPak War -- The Pashtun's and the Puppet Regimes

The June, 2002, National Assembly (Loya Jirga) held in Afghanistan to select the head of state was rigged by the Bush administration, forcing the former king, who had majority support among the delegates, to withdraw from consideration*.

The decision to sideline the king aggravated the disenfranchisement and oppression of the Pashtun tribes (the majority political element in Afghanistan) occasioned by U.S. support for the Northern Alliance and other warlords. Northern Afghanistan, for example, has been brutally ethnic-cleansed of Pashtuns since 2001--another fact that has remained almost completely unreported.

It is sufficient to take a look at a map of the insurgency to see that it is practically the same as an ethnic map of Pashtun areas (including the Pashtun areas of Pakistan). -- This is why throwing more military forces into the cauldron, and killing more Pashtuns, is not the best solution--and it is hardly a freedom and self-determination solution. It will perpetuate and, indeed, exacerbate a disastrous internal contradiction in U.S. policy. --- The Pashtun's and the Puppet Regimes

Heavy Hand of US Sparks Anger in Kabul - Security Council - Global ...
US Military Expansion and Intervention in Afghanistan - Empire ...
UN Involvement in Afghanistan - UN Security Council - Global ...

More Information on Afghanistan

Bush: It's 'Liberating' to Be Out of Office

ARTESIA, N.M. (AP) -- 'I no longer feel that great sense of responsibility that I had when I was in the Oval Office. And frankly, it's a liberating feeling,'' he told seniors from Artesia High School.
Bush: It's 'Liberating' to Be Out of Office

U.S. Envoy To Afghanistan Has Seen War Up Close

The new U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan is a retired Army general who used to be the top military commander in that country. In his first interview since becoming the top U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan, Eikenberry told NPR that his change of clothes — and roles — has caused some confusion among Afghans.
U.S. Envoy To Afghanistan Has Seen War Up Close
New Afghan Force Joins Fight Against Taliban

Elusive democracy in Afghanistan
Refugees Candid About Pakistan's Problems

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Obama and Cheney in a duel for hearts and minds

Speeches by the president and former vice president represent the latest round in a large and fast-changing fight for the public's confidence on national security.
Obama and Cheney in a duel for hearts and minds
Wall Street Journal - Washington Post - New York Times - The Associated Press

US Senate approves $91.3 bln war funds bill Reuters

WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a $91.3 billion measure that President Barack Obama sought to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, meeting some of his priorities but leaving out funding to close the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
US Senate approves $91.3 bln war funds bill Reuters

Senate Approves $91 Billion Funding Bill for Iraq, Afghan Wars
US Senate Approves Funding For Wars In Afghanistan, Iraq Voice of America
Wall Street Journal - The Associated Press - AFP -

Arming the Enemy in Afghanistan‎ -- Slate

The New York Times leads with a look at how Afghan insurgents may be using ammunition that was intended for government forces. The NYT's C.J. Chivers was allowed to examine weapons collected from dead insurgents and found that from a total of 30 rifle magazines, "at least 17 contained cartridges, or rounds, identical to ammunition the United States had provided to Afghan government forces." This could mean that Afghan forces are helping arm the insurgents, either inadvertently or through corrupt networks. Arming the Enemy in Afghanistan

U.S. Rejects Afghan Tally for Much Lower Civilian Death Toll ...

Obama Mounts Defense of Detainee Plan

WASHINGTON — In an impassioned speech, President Obama said that it was essential to stand by the country’s basic principles in the fight against terrorism.
Text: Obama’s Speech on National Security
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Obama’s Blueprint and America’s Enemies

Text: Cheney's Speech on National Security (pdf)

Text of President Obama's speech on national security

Text of President Barack Obama on Thursday, as provided by the White House.
Text of President Obama's speech on national security

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در فلم مستند مزرعه شوم: -- VOA

نشانه های وجود دارد که افغانستان از تاریکی بیرون شده و بسوی دموکراسی گام نهاده است. اما اینکشور هنوز از داخل به محاصره میباشد: جنگ با شورشیان طالب، فساد شدید اداری، افزایش رقم اعتیاد در بین زنان و اطفال، و رونق تجارت غیرقانونی چندین میلیارد دالری مواد مخدر. اینها همه در فلم مستند جدید: مزرعه شوم که آنرا در هفت بخش درین ضفحه میتوانیذ بیبینید
فلم مستند مزرعه شوم

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Senate set to approve Obama war funding request

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is likely to get a sweeping bipartisan endorsement when the Senate votes on his request for continuing military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Senate set to approve Obama war funding request

Edwards Takes a Lonely Stand on War
Obama in political box over closing Guantanamo

U.S. Pullout a Condition in Afghan Peace Overture

American officials insist they are not participating in any talks. “The U.S. would support such efforts only if Taliban are willing to abandon violence and lay down their arms, and accept Afghanistan’s democratically elected government,” said Ian Kelly, a State Department spokesman.
U.S. Pullout a Condition in Afghan Peace Overture

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

A neo-con Yankee in Karzai's court -- M K Bhadrakumar

The neo-conservatives have all but been vanquished. But the Barack Obama administration in the United States is making a solitary exception in the case of Zalmay Khalilzad. He is back on the Washington circuit, repeating an amazing trapeze act which has few parallels in the chronicles of political opportunism.
Ex-US Envoy Says He's Not Looking For Afghan Post - CBS News
Ex-US envoy says he's not looking for Afghan post -- washingtonpost
U.S. seeks Afghan executive post: Karzai spokesman Reuters

Pentagon Confirms Iran Missile Test, Calls It 'Consistent' with Concerns

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has confirmed that Iran has tested a medium range ballistic missile that can reach Israel, southeastern Europe and U.S. bases in the Middle East.
Pentagon Confirms Iran Missile Test, Calls It 'Consistent' with Concerns

US Senate Votes to Block Transfer of Guantanamo Detainees to US Soil
Obama: US Must Lead In Reducing Nuclear Weapons Spread
ISI engaged in 'strategic hedging' in Afghanistan: Pentagon ...

Sleep Science: The Mystery of Dreams and Dreaming

Everyone dreams. But only some people remember their dreams. Transcript of radio broadcast:

People have been trying to decide what dreams mean for thousands of years. Ancient Greeks and Romans believed dreams provided messages from the gods. Sometimes people who could understand dreams would help military leaders in battle.
Sleep Science: The Mystery of Dreams and Dreaming

Iran test fires missile capable of reaching US bases or Israel

Iran test-fired a solid-fuel missile capable of reaching Israel or US bases in the Middle East today, drawing rebukes from western governments and forcing the abrupt cancellation of a diplomatic mission by Italy's foreign minister. guardian.co.uk
AFP - The Associated Press - Iran launches long-range missile Aljazeera.net
Clinton Warns of ME Arms Race if Iran Gets Nukes

Obama: US Must Lead In Reducing Nuclear Weapons Spread
Obama: Iran Facing Stronger Sanctions

Clinton Pledges More Aid to Pakistan

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced the new package, which includes tents, radios and emergency generators, as well as money to buy grain from Pakistani farmers, at a White House briefing. Clinton Pledges More Aid to Pakistan - NYTimes.com

Clinton Announces Emergency Aid for Pakistan - washingtonpost.com
Sec. Clinton Announces $110 Million In Aid To Pakistan - Political ...

Musharraf blasts Karzai for double game

WASHINGTON (PAN): Former Pakistani president Gen. Pervez Musharraf, once a close ally of the United States in the war on terror, has accused Afghan leader Hamid Karzai of playing a double game with his country. Musharraf blasts Karzai for double game

Urgent need to set up more camps for Pakistan’s displaced, says UN agency

Military burns unsolicited Bibles sent to Afghanistan

(CNN) -- Military personnel threw away, and ultimately burned, confiscated Bibles that were printed in the two most common Afghan languages amid concern they would be used to try to convert Afghans, a Defense Department spokesman said Tuesday.
Army burns unsolicited Bibles sent to Afghanistan - CNN.com

Military burns Bibles sent to Afghanistan - UPI.com

Ex-US Envoy Khalilzad Says He's Not Looking For Job In Government Of His Native Afghanistan

(AP) A former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and Afghanistan says he is not looking for a post in the Afghan government. "Obviously I care about Afghanistan," Khalilzad told The Associated Press. "I've always said that I would help. That shouldn't be taken that I was a candidate for president or a candidate for the CEO job."-- Ex-US Envoy Says He's Not Looking For Afghan Post - CBS News
U.S. seeks Afghan executive post: Karzai spokesman Reuters

نیویارک تایمز: سمت خلیل زاد در افغانستان و حملات فراه

امریکا تعدادی از متخصصین ملکی را برای کمک به افغانستان اعزام میدارد


Ex-U.S. Envoy May Take Key Role in Afghan ..., nytime

Khalilzad Said to Be in Talks With Karzai

Former U.S. Envoy Reportedly Seeking Key Advisory Role in Afghan Government
Khalilzad Said to Be in Talks With Karzai: Former U.S. Envoy Reportedly Seeking Key Advisory...
Former US envoy may get high-level Afghan job

Democrats' Assault On the CIA -- Michael Gerson
(the CIA had linked up with the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan and begun preparations to remove the Taliban. )

U.S. Eyes Financial Watchdog

The Obama administration is actively discussing the creation of a regulatory commission that would have broad authority to protect consumers who use financial products as varied as mortgages, credit cards and mutual funds, according to several sources familiar with the matter.
U.S. Eyes Financial Watchdog

Bill Clinton Named U.N. Envoy To Haiti

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday named former President Bill Clinton as the United Nations special envoy to Haiti. Bill Clinton Named U.N. Envoy To Haiti

Assassinations On The Rise In Afghanistan
Arms From U.S. May Be Falling Into Taliban Hands, nytimes

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Ex-U.S. Envoy May Take Key Role in Afghan Government

WASHINGTON — Mr. Khalilzad met with Mr. Karzai about the job when Mr. Karzai visited Washington two weeks ago, and they discussed the proposal then. During his visit to Washington, Mr. Karzai also outlined his plan to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Richard C. Holbrooke, the special representative to the region, the officials said.
Ex-U.S. Envoy May Take Key Role in Afghan ...
نیویورک تایمز:خلیلزاد به دنبال نقشی در دولت افغانستان
Afghanistan says no plan to put ex-envoy in charge International ... -- (Reuters)

Times Topics: Afghanistan

U.S. Ambassador Vows to Cut Afghan Civilian Deaths

KABUL, Afghanistan — In a face-to-face meeting Tuesday with the Afghan survivors of a recent bombing in the western province of Farah, the new American ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl Eikenberry, promised that the coalition forces would change their tactics in order to prevent civilian casualties in the future. U.S. Ambassador Vows to Cut Afghan Civilian Deaths

Ex-U.S. Envoy May Take Key Role in Afghan ...

اېکن بيري: امريکا به د افغانانو ژوند ته پام وکړي
کرزی و سفیر آمریکا از بازماندگان قربانیان فراه دلجویی کردند

US audit faults security spending in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON -- The nation's top military officer warned Monday that the deaths of Afghan civilians caught up in U.S. combat operations could cripple President Barack Obama's revamped strategy for the seven-year-old war. "I believe that each time we do that, we put our strategy in jeopardy," Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said. "We cannot succeed ... in Afghanistan by killing Afghan civilians." Mullen: 2 years to turn tide in Afghanistan

US audit faults security spending in Afghanistan
Joint Chiefs Chairman Criticizes Afghan Air Strikes, nytimes

U.S. to give Pakistan $110 million humanitarian aid

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday it would give Pakistan $110 million to help the estimated two million people who have fled fighting between the Pakistani army and the Taliban in the Swat Valley.
U.S. to give Pakistan $110 million humanitarian aid

Pakistani army commander briefs NATO commanders

Afghanistan says no plan to put ex-envoy in charge

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan president Hamid Karzai has no plan to install former U.S. ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad as "chief executive" of his country, a spokesman said on Tuesday, denying a report in the New York Times. A spokesman for Karzai said the report was false.
Afghanistan says no plan to put ex-envoy in charge International ...
Afghanistan says no plan to put U.S. ex-envoy in charge - Yahoo ...

Ex-U.S. Envoy May Take Key Role in Afghan ... nytimes

New US General Vs. Taliban, Pashtuns
Oversight of U.S. Programs in Afghanistan Faulted - washingtonpost.com

The gap between the US and Israel -- BBC

The Israeli prime minister emphasised repeatedly that his top priority was to deal with the threat Iran poses because of its nuclear programme and insisted that progress on the peace track went hand in hand with tackling Iran. Netanyahu pressed over two-state plan

Obama Tells Netanyahu He Has an Iran Timetable New York Times
Washington Post - Los Angeles Times - BBC News - Christian Science Monitor

Monday, May 18, 2009

Why Do Afghans Have a Life Expectancy of Only 44 Years? Huffingtonpost

According to the CIA World Factbook, an Afghan's life expectancy is merely 44 years.

The war in Afghanistan did not start in 2001 with the US invasion. It began 30 years ago in December 1979, when the former Soviet Union invaded the country. The human toll of the conflict is staggering: more than a million Afghans have been killed and 3 million maimed.

There is no law and order in most of Afghanistan. Government barely exists in Kabul. Former warlords are the leaders.

Almost two generations of Afghan children have grown up seeing nothing but war, bombing, homelessness and hunger. They are an easy target for those who want to play Afghans against each other, through money, drugs and guns.

In seven years of US occupation of Afghanistan, the government of Hamid Karzai and American influence have remained limited to Kabul and a few other smaller areas. Now it is not just the Americans, NATO and Pakistan which are playing their cards, but India, Russia and Iran also have increased embassy staff and active participation in carving a realm of power in Afghanistan.
Abdul Malik Mujahid: Why Do Afghans Have a Life Expectancy of Only ..., Huffingtonpost

Rumsfeld 'Bible texts' criticised -- BBC

Former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has been accused of using quotes from the Bible in his briefings to George W Bush during the Iraq War.

President Bush was criticised for using the word "crusade" to describe the US "war on terror". Critics said he risked giving Muslims the impression that the war was a clash between Christianity and Islam. Rumsfeld 'Bible texts' criticised

US 'failure', Afghan Media
Congress Win Likely To Boost Regional Stability

Pakistan Is Rapidly Adding Nuclear Arms, U.S. Says

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress have been told in confidential briefings that Pakistan is rapidly adding to its nuclear arsenal even while racked by insurgency, raising questions on Capitol Hill about whether billions of dollars in proposed military aid might be diverted to Pakistan’s nuclear program. Pakistan Is Rapidly Adding Nuclear Arms, U.S. Says

Number of uprooted in north-west Pakistan tops 1 million – UN refugee agency
OpEdNews » Bombs for Pashtoons and Dollars for Punjab

افغانستان به آوارگان پاکستانی کمک می رساند

Mullen: 2 years to turn tide in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON -- The nation's top military officer warned Monday that the deaths of Afghan civilians caught up in U.S. combat operations could cripple President Barack Obama's revamped strategy for the seven-year-old war.
Mullen: 2 years to turn tide in Afghanistan
Pakistan will defeat Taliban and ensure peace: PM

German Army Can't Protect Afghan Girls' Schools

Resuming the schooling of Afghanistan's girls became a much-celebrated post-Taliban achievement for the international community, but that success is now at risk. Six schools in the northern region of Kunduz closed following Taliban threats in recent weeks. The German army says it can't protect them.
German Army Can't Protect Afghan Girls' Schools

Karzai brother 'survives attack' -- BBC

Ahmad Wali Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president, says he has survived an ambush on his convoy in the east. Karzai brother 'survives attack'
احمد ولي کرزی له وسله وال بريده روغ ووت
سوء قصد ناکام به جان برادر رئیس جمهوری افغانستان
سازمان ملل: مانع کمک به نیازمندان افغان نشوید
عفو بین الملل خواستار کمک به بیجاشدگان افغان شد

Netanyahu: I'm Ready To Resume Peace Talks

Israeli Prime Minister Meets With President Obama, Says Palestinians Need To Accept Israel's Right To Exist Netanyahu: I'm Ready To Resume Peace Talks

US pressures Israel on two-state plan -- BBC

Bob Gates, America's Secretary Of War

60 Minutes: Secretary Of Defense Robert Gates Talks About Iraq, Afghanistan And His Job
Bob Gates, America's Secretary Of War

Karzai opponent says in talks to field single ticket

Former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani told Reuters he had no plans to withdraw from the race himself, but was in talks with former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah about joining forces.

When Karzai speaks of transparent government, "that's my language that he borrowed from me because I wrote all his speeches," he added.
Karzai opponent says in talks to field single ticket - Yahoo! News UK
Karzai opponent says in talks to field single ticket Reuters

Dr. Ghani’s Vision for the Future
مطبوعاتي اعلاميه
اشرف غني احمد زی

Ahmadzai says he ignored Karzai request

KABUL (PAN): Former finance minister and presidential hopeful Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on Saturday said President Hamid Karzai 'is trying to convince him to withdraw from the presidential race, but he will not. Ahmadzai says he ignored Karzai request
Dr. Ghani’s Vision for the Future

INTERVIEW-Karzai rival vows to stay in race for presidency Reuters
POLITICS: What Happened to the Afghan Elections?

Karzai opponent says in talks to field single ticket - Yahoo! News UK

Deadly Strike Heightens Tensions In Western Afghanistan

Morning Edition, May 18, 2009 · American and Afghan officials will probably never agree on what happened in a remote village in western Afghanistan earlier this month, when up to 140 civilians were killed by what many in that country say were U.S. airstrikes.
Deadly Strike Heightens Tensions In Western Afghanistan

Study: Acupuncture Helps Ease Back Pain

Acupuncture certainly isn't a cure-all. But there is gathering evidence to suggest that it can be beneficial.
Study: Acupuncture Helps Ease Back Pain

To Keep Your Brain Nimble As You Age, Stretch It

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Changes: Energy, health care 2 areas Obama cites

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says agreement on an energy bill and a promise by interest groups to squeeze trillions of dollars in savings from the health care system show that change has come to Washington.
Changes: Energy, health care 2 areas Obama cites, Associated Press

Is French health system a model for US?

Obama to warn Israel's PM, Benjamin Netanyahu: 'No more blank cheques' -- Telegraph

Barack Obama is to deliver a blunt warning to Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that the era of the blank US cheque is over. --- A senior State Department official said the US wants Israel to sign the nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty and commit to disarmament.
Obama to warn Israel's PM, Benjamin Netanyahu: 'No more blank cheques' -- Telegraph.co.uk

King Abdullah II of Jordan warns world faces war if Middle East peace talks break down

Saturday, May 16, 2009

A Conversation with Barack Obama -- By Jon Meacham

In a 30-minute interview aboard Air Force One en route from Washington to Phoenix last Wednesday, President Obama talked with NEWSWEEK's Jon Meacham about Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Dick Cheney—and Star Trek. Edited excerpts:
From the Editors (1) Q&A: Obama on Dick Cheney, War and

Meacham: A Conversation With Obama -- newsweek

' بشرضد مجرمينو ته ټاکنو کې حق مه ورکوئ '

Obama: Early to mull more troops in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says he needs to see how fast Afghanistan can be stabilized and led toward a more democratic government before deciding whether more troops are needed. Obama: Early to mull more troops in Afghanistan
A Conversation with Barack Obama -- Newsweek

Mr. Obama's War?: No. Like it or not, it's America's war.
Rumsfeld's renegade unit blamed for Afghan deaths - Asia, World ...

Sec. Gates: I Have A Painful Job

(CBS) -- The segment, videotaped mostly in Afghanistan where Gates is refocusing America's war there, will be broadcast on 60 Minutes this Sunday, May 17, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Sec. Gates: I Have A Painful Job

U.S. Commander In Afghanistan Ousted

Pakistan to attack Taliban in Bin Laden’s lair

“We need to develop our capability and we need much more support,” said Zardari. “We need much, much more than the $1 billion [military aid] we’ve been getting, which is nothing. We’ve got 150,000 troops in [the tribal areas] - just the movement of that number would cost $1 billion.” Times Online
Pakistani army closes in on Taliban stronghold in Swat
New York Times - Voice of America
Sens. Lugar, Kerry: Investment In Pakistan Crucial -- NPR

OpEdNews » Bombs for Pashtoons and Dollars for Punjab
OpEdNews » Trade on Dead bodies of Pashtoons

India's baton of power may soon pass to Rahul Gandhi

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Congress Party's victory in India's general election may see the baton of power soon passed to Rahul Gandhi, a son of India's most famous political dynasty and now tipped as a future prime minister. India's baton of power may soon pass to Rahul Gandhi
India's Congress to pick allies after election win

Communists crumble in India election, bastions lost
guardian.co.uk - Xinhua - Times Online

Obama on Iran: All options on table

Ahead of Netanyahu's visit, US president tells Newsweek 'we want to offer Iran an opportunity to align itself with international norms and international rules,' but stresses he is 'not naïve about the difficulties of such a process.' On possibility of unilateral Israeli strike: I understand very clearly that Israel considers Iran an existential threat
Obama on Iran: All options on table - Israel News, Ynetnews
U.S. says all options on table to deal with Iran Reuters
Netanyahu is good for Obama Ha'aretz

U.S. Journalist Freed From Iran Arrives In Austria -- NPR

Dr. Ghani’s Welcome Message

I firmly believe that the historic moment has come for us to lay the foundation for a new Afghanistan and become the founding fathers of the nation. --- I envision Afghanistan as an independent, democratic, tolerant, diverse, harmonious Muslim society, where every individual is guaranteed a dignified life, and which stands tall alongside other countries to fulfill its duty among the community of nations. Dr. Ghani’s Welcome Message
Dr. Ghani’s Vision for the Future

مطبوعاتي اعلاميه
اشرف غني احمد زی

QAZI KHAN MOHAMMAD, CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE

Qazi Khan Mohammad Malikbaba was the Secretary Of The Provincial Council for Nangrahar, Afghanistan. He was assassinated on 7th February 2009, by two hired hitmen.

He was widely popular and a highly respected local leader the people's favourite to win the next local elections.

شهید قاضی خان محمد (ملک بابا)
دننګرهار او دره نور دخلکو له پلوه

French Minister Pledges 9m Euro for Afghanistan

"The money will be spent to provide more facilities to the French Medical Institute for Children in Kabul," Foreign Minster Bernard Kouchner said. The French hospital in Kabul is one of most well-equipped with professional medical team hospitals providing free treatment to needy Afghan citizens.
quqnoos.com - French Minister Pledges 9m Euro for Afghanistan
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Dr. Ghani’s Welcome Message