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
Mar 30, 2010 Abdul Halim Achakzai, a senior research analyst at (CAPS) 16 March 2010 Corruption defined as “the abuse of public position for private gain” is an important and growing challenge in Afghanistan that undermines security, reconstruction and state-building objectives. It is a reality that corruption exists in every country to varying degrees; however,
Mar 30, 2010 Mariam Safi, a research fellow at (CAPS) March 15th, 2010 ‘Afghan leadership, Afghan ownership;’ another rhetoric of the Afghan conflict but one that carries a heavier task placing the burden of state-building upon Afghans for the first time in nine years. The London Conference on Afghanistan, held on 28th January, 2010 witnessed
Mar 30, 2010 The motivations behind Afghan Taliban leaders arrest in Pakistan Saifullah Ahmadzai, a senior research analyst at (CAPS) 15th March 2010 The Christian Science Monitor reported that Pakistani officials had arrested seven out of fifteen Members of the Afghan Taliban leadership council. Among the arrested leaders were, Mullah Abdul Ghani Beradar including many