Society_and_Culture RSS : Gourt http://regional.gourt.com/Asia/Afghanistan/Society-and-Culture.html en-us Copyright 2007, Gourt.com 2008-10-12T00:41+50:00 rtruog@gourt.com rtruog@gourt.com Society_and_Culture RSS : Gourt hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 Call for new Afghan strategy http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/31b00332-7f99-11dd-a3da-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1 President George W Bush announces 'quiet surge' into Afghanistan http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2712793/President-George-W-Bush-announces-quiet-surge-into-Afghanistan.html Harrowing video film backs Afghan villagers' claims of carnage caused by US troops http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4699077.ece Afghans fed up with government, US http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/sep/05/ap-impact-afghans-fed-up-with-government-us/ NATO officer sees tough winter in east Afghanistan http://africa.reuters.com/energyandoil/news/usnN05520640.html?rpc=401& Afghanistan faces humanitarian crisis: Oxfam http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=238690&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23 Afghanistan: on the cliff-edge http://www.ukwatch.net/article/afghanistan_on_the_cliffedge NATO repeating Soviet mistake in Afghanistan http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20080827/116328437.html Russia takes up US attack in Afghanistan at UNSC http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\28\story_28-8-2008_pg4_16 'Iraq mistakes being repeated in Afghanistan' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\27\story_27-8-2008_pg4_13 Taliban put the squeeze on Kabul http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=238004&version=1&template_id=46&parent_id=26 Afghan cabinet demands review of foreign troops http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=237875&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23 Afghanistan: Hamid Karzai accuses America over civilian deaths http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/2608964/Afghanistan-Hamid-Karzai-accuses-America-over-civilian-deaths.html Afghan President Assails U.S.-Led Airstrike http://www.afghannews.net/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=2996 Afghan response 'underwhelming' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7532335.stm Corruption helps Afghan drug lords evade law: UN http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=232619&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23 End the Occupation of Iraq - and Afghanistan http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/35098 Afghan situation worse in 2008: German FM http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=232225&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23 Karzai 'impeding Afghan drug war' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7523285.stm The Peace Movement Needs a Strategy For Afghanistan http://www.huffingtonpost.com/medea-benjamin/the-peace-movement-needs_b_114707.html The war in Afghanistan is not a noble cause http://www.ukwatch.net/article/the_war_in_afghanistan_is_not_a_noble_cause Afghanistan: The Forgotten War http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/428/index.html Gordon Brown outlines smooth troop withdrawal to focus on Afghanistan http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/jul/22/foreignpolicy.iraq The Pak-Afghan Riddle http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-real-news/the-pak-afghan-riddle_b_113092.html U.S. Eyes More Troops In Afghanistan http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/16/world/main4266424.shtml Karzai Opposes US Use of Afghan Soil Against Iran http://www.truthout.org/article/karzai-opposes-us-use-afghan-soil-against-iran Obama would increase Afghanistan troops http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/17384c46-51f2-11dd-a97c-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1 Afghan 'Winter Of Hell' Threat http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Afghan-Winter-Of-Hell-Threat-By-Al-Qaeda-Escapee-Abu-Yahia-Al-Libi/Article/200807215032311?f=rss Red Cross Afghan Civilian Fatalities Call http://www.armedforces-int.com/news/2008/07/10/red-cross-afghan-civilian-fatalities-call.asp Browne says Afghan challenge surpasses Iraq http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKN1037103720080710?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=401 Northern Afghanistan Struggles With Severe Drought http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jul2008/2008-07-10-01.asp Afghanistan: Security out of control, says leading European MP http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2322283103 Making the water boil in Afghanistan http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/09/stories/2008070955191000.htm Proxy Attack? - How the bombing of Kabul's Indian Embassy could affect the security of the region. http://www.newsweek.com/id/145071?from=rss Kabul: A city where war is never far away http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/06/asia/kabul.4-298698.php Brown rejects plea for Afghan pullout http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.2376397.0.Brown_rejects_plea_for_Afghan_pullout.php Cracking down on the Taliban, possibly http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/03/stories/2008070353301000.htm A Shortage Of Troops in Afghanistan http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/02/AR2008070202010.html?nav=rss_world/mideast U.S. Deaths Rise in Afghanistan http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/01/AR2008070103070.html Afghanistan suffers under food crisis http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?202705 Bush signs $162 billion bill for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/30/america/NA-GEN-US-Bush-War-Funds.php Iraq and Afghan costs 'to double' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7287525.stm Afghanistan: 2001-2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/08/afghanistantimeline.afghanistan US Loses War on Afghanistan http://www.conspiracyplanet.com/channel.cfm?channelid=80&contentid=4972 Muslim troops help win Afghan minds http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7318731.stm Army aims to boost Afghanistan force in Helmand with 600 troops http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/22/wafg222.xml Afghanistan: a soldier's view http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/men/article3569402.ece Former Blair aide: UK should talk to al-Qaeda, Taliban http://www.mathaba.net/rss/?x=585650 Lost in Afghanistan http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/alan_johnson/2008/03/lost_in_afghanistan.html Taxpayers' burden for Afghanistan and Iraq doubles in a year to £3bn http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3525241.ece UN reports "serious challenges" in Afghanistan's political transition http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/11/content_7761795.htm American lust for oil fuels Afghan mission http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/296063 Afghan journalist sentenced to death for distributing paper 'against Islam' http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20080122-1125-afghan-journalist-deathpenalty.html Canada weighs exit from Afghanistan http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22791838/ Prostitution Thrives in Afghanistan http://www.iwpr.net/?p=arr&s=f&o=341998&apc_state=henparr U.S. considers 3,000 more troops for Afghanistan http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/10/AR2008011000712.html Success in Iraq and Afghanistan? http://www.ukwatch.net/article/success_in_iraq_and_afghanistan Can tribes take on the Taleban? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7155500.stm Meeting the Taliban: row over talks exposes divide http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foreignaffairs/story/0,,2232355,00.html Oxfam slams US-led efforts in Afghanistan http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Pakistan+%26+Sub-Continent&month=November2007&file=World_News2007112105148.xml Afghan civilian deaths alarm UN http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7104804.stm Afghanistan trailing badly on development: study http://www.afghannews.net/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=2506 UK 'may increase Afghan troops' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7055377.stm Japan Halts Indian Ocean Mission http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/110107T.shtml PM urges more Nato troops for Afghanistan http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2199438,00.html 'Politics, not military will improve Afghanistan' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C10%5C26%5Cstory_26-10-2007_pg4_14 Girls wear burqa after warning by Taliban http://www.dawn.com/2007/11/21/top13.htm The Afghan tunnel 168E0358-F1F5-4CBD-9B77-CCA965C316D6 Unearthing Anguish In a Troubled Land http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/12/AR2007081201382.html?hpid=topnews Despite public anger, the army still see Afghanistan as a cause worth dying for http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2157393,00.html High risks on Afghan battleground http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6962926.stm General warns of 'deadly' new Afghan phase http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/28/niraq428.xml Afghan failure will destroy America's credibility: LA Times http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\08\28\story_28-8-2007_pg7_52 Army chief predicts a 'generation of conflict' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2337285.ece?EMC-Bltn Our intervention in Afghanistan has nothing to do with jingoism http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2155274,00.html U.K. troops in Afghanistan get "super weapon" http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/24/stories/2007082454261800.htm UK's Afghan mission at turning point, says Browne http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,,2149620,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=11 Afghanistan becomes main focus for UK http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2143910,00.html The Taliban & Afghan Women: Background http://www.feminist.org/afghan/facts.html Iran not supplying Taliban with weapons: Ahmadinejad http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070814/wl_mideast_afp/afghanistanirandiplomacysupportus How the 'good war' in Afghanistan went bad http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/11/asia/kabul.1-113301.php Afghan elders don't want Nato troops http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Pakistan+%26+Sub-Continent&month=August2007&file=World_News2007081105127.xml Record crop of heroin poppies hits anti-drug effort in Afghanistan http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article2231556.ece Afghanistan: Attacks on schools on the rise http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?185564 UK is losing as many troops to Afghanistan uprising as in Iraq http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1583612.0.0.php Nato mulls 'smaller Afghan bombs' http://www.afghannews.net/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=2212 UK might have to send more toops to combat the Taliban http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=471105&in_page_id=1770&ito=newsnow UK, Karzai target Afghan corruption in Taliban fight http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?rpc=401&storyId=L25401475 Failure of Nato countries to 'pull their weight' undermes Afghan campaign http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/foreign/display.var.1552187.0.0.php Afghan opium crop sets record, U.S. warns http://www.cnbc.com/id/19812145/for/cnbc/ Surely now America and the West see why intervention is doomed http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/233547 UK reports Taliban growing stronger http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKL1716322420070718 Afghan troops call backed by Browne http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6787502,00.html Hunter-Killer robot planes launched in Afghanistan http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23404592-details/Hunter-Killer+robot+planes+launched+in+Afghanistan/article.do?ito=newsnow& £2.2bn Army boot sale funds Iraq and Afghanistan wars http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=466781&in_page_id=1770 Kabul fires governor after government was criticised; 'All political parties are now drifting away' http://version2.arabtimesonline.com/client/pagesdetails.asp?nid=2866&ccid=11 $360 Million Pledged for Afghanistan http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6755802,00.html Australian troops to stay in Afghanistan for years: FM http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?182904 Afghan Violence Numbers http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6750565,00.html Civilian Bloodshed Clouds Afghan Effort http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6750430,00.html Nato faces Afghanistan 'problems' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6903403.stm Taliban's Afghan Insurgency Surges http://www.forbes.com/leadership/careers/2007/06/15/taliban-afghanistan-wardak-biz_cx_0618oxford.html Afghanistan: low level, high impact http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflicts/global_security/afghanistan_low_level_high_impact Can the war in Afghanistan be won? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6756125.stm Britain feared US would 'nuke' Afghanistan: ex-diplomat http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070618/wl_asia_afp/britainpoliticsmilitaryafghanistanus;_ylt=A0WTcUYe73VGOG8BzRNvaA8F Gates links Tehran to arms entering Afghanistan http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL1350261020070613?feedType=RSS Assessing ISAF: A Baseline Study of NATO's Role in Afghanistan (PDF) http://www.basicint.org/europe/NATO/afghanistan.pdf Retiring U.S. envoy decries Afghan radicalism http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18964625/ France has no plans to pull out of Afghanistan: prime minister http://www.afghannews.net/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=2054 UN 'outraged' after assassination attempt on Karzai http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/11/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-Violence.php Playing with fire in Afghanistan's north http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/DHRV-7435JX?OpenDocument Bloodshed Is Spreading Across Afghanistan, Warn Aid Workers http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060607R.shtml No evidence Iran supplying Taliban-NATO general http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?rpc=401&storyId=SP321984 Return of the Taliban http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/hamida_ghafour/2007/06/return_of_the_taliban.html U.S. show of force in Gulf alarming: Afghan paper http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070526/ts_nm/afghan_iran_usa_dc;_ylt=Anv.iZiHqcLTvekx4wIZmTVZ.3QA Unsuitable, unsustainable - When Afghan children are forced to eat mud, it is clear we have squandered billions of dollars of aid http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2088604,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12 The Iraq Effect: War Has Increased Terrorism Sevenfold Worldwide http://www.motherjones.com/news/featurex/2007/03/iraq_effect_1.html?welcome=true Feminists Yanar Mohammed of Iraq and Dr. Sima Samar of Afghanistan on the Dire Situation for Women Under U.S. Occupation and Rising Fundamentalism http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/14/1426259 Afghan deployment 'beyond 2009' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6636113.stm NATO Chief says military is not only solution to Afghan problem http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0705085636164944.htm Overstretched Army officers consider quitting http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/04/narmy104.xml Heroin is "Good for Your Health": Occupation Forces support Afghan Narcotics Trade Multibillion dollar earnings for organized crime and Western financial Institutions http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20070604&articleId=5514