Karzai renews call for Taliban to desert insurgency (CTV.ca)
Afghanistan’s president appealed to Taliban fighters Sunday to put down their weapons and accept Afghan laws as the government and its international allies push a program to entice militants away from the insurgency.
Draft Defense Department budget avoids weapons cuts, adds aircraft (Washington Post)
The Obama administration’s 2011 defense budget avoids the controversial weapons cuts of last year, according to a draft copy, and continues to shift modest amounts of money to weapons programs such as helicopters, unmanned planes and Special Operations units that are in heavy use Afghanistan and…
Terrorism, insurgency need to be tackled with firm hand: PM (New Kerala)
New Delhi, Feb 1 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday emphasised that ‘terrorism, insurgency and extremism need to be tackled with a firm and yet sensitive hand’ as a requirement for rapid economic growth.
Terrorism, insurgency need to be tackled with firm hand: PM (Calcutta News)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday emphasised that ‘terrorism, insurgency and extremism need to be tackled with a firm and yet sensitive hand’ as a requirement for rapid economic growth.
US general in Turkey to discuss Kurdish rebels (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The top US general in Iraq flew into Turkey Tuesday for talks on Kurdish rebels holed up in the Iraqi north, stressing that Washington wants to cooperate with Ankara and Baghdad to end the violence.
Guns and poppies: Afghan drug trade fuels insurgency (Dawn)
Afghan farmers work on a poppy field in the Grishk district of Helmand province in this April 18, 2009 file photo. Reuters MIRWAIS BASE, Afghanistan: From the watchtower at an Afghan outpost, the Dutch soldiers can follow the growth of the pretty poppies that may one day pay for the weapons that kill them or their comrades.
Focus on improving communication in insurgency-hit areas: Pilot (New Kerala)
Guwahati, Feb 2 : While the Centre is keen to improve telephone connectivity in remote areas of NE to usher in infrastructure development, it is also aware of the dangers posed by militants misusing the facilities and has strict punitive measures for any lapses.
Afghan drug trade fuels insurgency (AFP via Yahoo! News)
From the watchtower at an Afghan outpost, the Dutch soldiers can follow the growth of the pretty poppies that may one day pay for the weapons that kill them or their comrades.
Thailand can quash insurgency by year-end: minister (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said Tuesday that his government is capable of quashing insurgency violence in the country’s restive south by year-end.
Pilot promises telecom upgrade in insurgency-hit northeast (Calcutta News)
The central government has decided on a massive plan to upgrade and boost telecommunications facilities in insurgency-hit and border areas in the northeast, a sharp contrast to New Delhi’s earlier stand of not diversifying communication facilities in such areas.
