Afghanistan: facing up to the facts and figures
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- Key Issues for Congressional Oversight. Dodaro, Gene L. // GAO Reports;4/21/2009, preceding p1
The article highlights the effort of the international community to provide reconstruction assistance to Afghanistan. Despite U.S. presence around the country, it indicates that the overall security has not improved. It also examines the plan of the government to deploy over 21,000 additional...
- SOUTH ASIA AFTER AFGHANISTAN. Ehteshami, A. // Contemporary Review;Jul86, Vol. 249 Issue 1446, p8
The article focuses on the conditions of South Asia in Afghanistan. In the Summer of 1853 Karl Marx put forward a view about the non-industrialized and colonized world seemingly in total opposition to his contribution to liberating radical movements and thought in Europe. Writing at the height...
- Cultures--and Their Differences Matter. Wilson, Scott // Army Magazine;Sep2011, Vol. 61 Issue 9, p32
The article shares the author's analysis of the social and cultural environment in Afghanistan. The author emphasizes the importance of politeness and cordiality when interacting with the locals. He adds that American soldiers deployed in Afghanistan suffered a culture shock. He believes that...
- OUR MAN IN KANDAHAR. Aikins, Matthieu // Atlantic Monthly (10727825);Nov2011, Vol. 308 Issue 4, p84
The article discusses brigadier general Abdul Raziq, the acting chief of police in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan and U.S. ally in the Afghan war against the Taliban religious group, focusing on whether he is guilty of mass murder. Topics include Raziq's drug trafficking, corruption, and...
- Targeted for Violence, Schools Still Making Strides in Afghanistan. Honawar, Vaishali // Education Week;6/20/2007, Vol. 26 Issue 42, p17
The article reports on the rebuilding of Afghanistan's school system, which struggled historically and crumbled under an extremist Islamic Taliban regime. Since the war there in 2001, improvements have continued, and there are more schools in 2007 and more students attending them, including...
- Return to Kabul. Hall, Tarquin // New Statesman;3/12/2007, Vol. 136 Issue 4835, p48
This article presents the author's perspective on Afghanistan during a trip to its capital, Kabul. The author is dismayed at the lack of progress in the country since NATO forces pushed out the Taliban. Poverty and corruption are rampant and she feels the population is weary of waiting for...
- A Violent Wake-Up Call. Moreau, Ron; Yousafzai, Sami; Cochrane, Joe; Hussain, Zahid // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);6/12/2006, Vol. 147 Issue 24, p28
The article focuses on how the recent resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan is affected the political strength of President Hamid Karzai. A brief reviews of Karzai's tenure as president is presented. According to the author, many Afghans have begun to criticize the president's cautious...
- Suicide Offensive. Yousafzai, Sami; Moreau, Ron // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);5/14/2007, Vol. 149 Issue 20, p38
The article discusses suicide bombing in Afghanistan. The residual Taliban in Afghanistan are turning to suicide bombing in an attempt to drive U.S. forces out of the country. Taliban leader Mullah Dadullah Akhund claims to have 1800 suicide bombers willing to die. Suicide bombing was previously...
- Afghanistan on the edge. Baird, Vanessa // New Internationalist;Nov2008, Issue 417, p4
In this article the author discusses the state of Afghanistan as it stood in late 2008. A number of topics are addressed including the increased strength of the Taliban guerrillas fighting the forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the use of suicide bombs and improvised explosive...
