Oct 16, 2010 On 7th August, 2010 President Hamid Karzai during his visit to the Civil Service Institute in Kabul announced that he will soon dissolve both national and international Private Security Companies (PSCs) operating in Afghanistan. President Karzai’s argument in favor of his decision was the existence of private security companies as being against
July 29, 2010 Abdul Halim Achakzai Introduction The parliamentary election in Afghanistan is scheduled to take place on 18th September 2010. It will be the second time Afghans will have the opportunity to go to polling stations and elect their candidates to represent them in Wolesi Jirga (lower house of the parliament). The Afghan constitution
Aug 12, 2010 July 29, 2010 Saifullah Ahmadzai Abstract: The first part of this paper will briefly explain the history of state building practices in Afghanistan, focusing primarily on various attempts at introducing national reform programs. The second part of this paper will briefly focus on explaining the state building process in Afghanistan, mainly focusing
Aug 12, 2010 Outcomes of the Kabul International Conference The Afghan government and the international community held a historic conference in Kabul on 20th July 2010, to pave the way forward for the initiatives presented in the London Conference. The Kabul Conference saw more than 70 countries and international and local organizations come together to
Jul 21, 2010 By Hekmat Karzai Published in The Hill, on 07/20/10 04:42 PM ET Recently, there has been a rather tense dialogue between the Afghan government and the U.S. administration on creating a force at the village level, which can help in bringing peace and security. Creating such a force is one of the
Jul 06, 2010 Abdul Halim Achakzai As the security situation escalates in Afghanistan with the passage of each day, International forces in coordination with the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) are set to start a series of operations against the Taliban in southern provinces where the insurgency is most active. Thus, Kandahar province is going
Jul 06, 2010 Muhammad Ajmal Khan Karimi Released on 31st March 2010, the first survey on cannabis cultivation conducted in Afghanistan by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) indicated that in addition to being the world’s biggest opium producer, Afghanistan had now become a major supplier of cannabis as well. It is
Jul 06, 2010 Saifullah Ahmadzai When the U.S. and it is allies dismantled the Taliban regime in 2001, it gave the people of Afghanistan hope for peace, stability and prosperity. However, eight years into the conflict their aspirations for stability have begun to diminish. Afghanistan is in need of cooperation from the international community, particularly
Jul 06, 2010 Abdulhadi Hairan On 21st March 2010, the spokesmen for both the Afghan government and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hizb-e-Islami (HIA) militant group confirmed that a delegation from Hizb had been sent to assume peace talks with President Karzai. The delegation was led by Qutbuddin Hilal, a close aide to Hekmatyar, and included Daud Abidi,
Mar 30, 2010Abdulhadi Hairan, a research analyst at (CAPS) 16 March 2010 Pakistani officials and many other sources quoted by the international media believe that Hakimullah Mehsud, the 30 year old aggressive leader of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), was killed as the result of a successful drone attack on 14th January 2010 in Shatkoi village between North and