Afghanistan – Afghanistan: IoS readers have their say (Independent)
Afghanistan: IoS readers have their say (Independent)
IoS readers: ‘I am distraught at the loss of soldiers, the cost and the lack of an exit strategy’
Taliban lays down conditions for talks as wire leaks speaks of “strategic reconciliation” (People’s Daily)
by Abdul Hadi Mayar As a new intelligence leaks speaks of strategic reconciliation between Hamid Karzai government and Taliban, the latter have laid fresh conditions for holding talks with Afghan government. “There are possibilities for peace if Taliban are convinced that their objectives can be met through peaceful talks,” Wakil Ahmad Mutawakkil, the Foreign Minister of ousted Taliban regime …
Militants attack anti-Taliban mayor in Pakistan (AP via Yahoo! News)
More than a dozen militants opened fire on the house of an anti-Taliban mayor in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, but security guards repelled the attack, killing three assailants who had disguised themselves by wearing women’s burqas, police said.
Future of the army lies in counter-insurgency, not peacemaking: General (Coast Reporter)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Counter-insurgency operations will eventually displace the army’s traditional peacemaking capabilities as it prepares for life after the Afghan mission, says the general in charge of Canada’s land forces.
Broaching Birth Control With Afghan Mullahs (New York Times)
Afghanistan s fertility rate of 6 children per woman is the highest in Asia, and the country is second only to Sierra Leone in maternal mortality rates.
Two Afghan drug peddlers caught with heroin in Amritsar (New Kerala)
Amritsar, Nov.14 : Indian police arrest two Afghan nationals with two kilograms of heroin from Amritsar district.
Nato braced for attack as President Hamid Karzai is sworn in (Times Online)
Nato forces in Afghanistan are expecting a Taliban offensive this week as foreign ministers gather in Kabul for the swearing-in of President Hamid Karzai for his second term in office.
Karzai’s Biggest Threat May Be Corruption (CBS News)
Afghan President Must Clean Up Government
Afghanistan: British troops in Helmand kill 80 Taliban in 10 days of fighting (Daily Telegraph)
British troops in Helmand kill up to 80 insurgents in 10 days of bloody fighting The Sunday Telegraph can disclose.
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