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Doubts about Karzai growing in Afghanistan

After months of widespread frustration in Afghanistan over corruption, the economy and a lack of justice and security, doubts about President Hamid Karzai have led to a crisis of confidence in the country. Interviews with ordinary Afghans, foreign diplomats and Afghan officials make clear that the expanding Taliban insurgency in the south represents the most serious challenge yet to Karzai's presidency. (Carlotta Gall, The New York Times, 22 Augus 2006)

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/22/news/karzai.php

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War on Terror Returning to Its Cradle

Five years after the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was putting the final touches on a brilliant campaign plan to oust the Taliban and its al Qaeda allies from power, Afghanistan is back in the headlines here, and the news isn't good. (Jim Lobe, IPS News, 3 October 2006)

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=34980

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Afganistan's Health System since 2001: Condition Improved, Prognosis Cautiously Optimistic

A look at Afghanistan's health care system since 2001 (Afghan Research and Evaluation Unit, April 2007)

http://www.areu.org.af/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=74

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Afghan Allies Turn Enemies (Asian Times, 5 Nov 2003)

By Sudha Ramachandran. Even as the deteriorating security situation in southern Afghanistan, where the Taliban are resurgent, gains most headlines, fierce fighting between rivals in the northern areas is emerging as another serious problem. And then there's the poppy issue. -

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/EK05Ag02.html

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Afghan Pipe Dreams

Is the US War on Terrorism in Afghanistan really a war for a Caspian Natural Gas Pipeline? Maybe Yes, and Maybe No. By Pratap Chatterjee, a freelance journalist based in Berkeley, California. Earlier this year he was on assignment in Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Special to CorpWatch June 28, 2002.

http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=2890

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Afghan powerbrokers: Who's who

Monday, 19 November, 2001, 10:19 GMT. As the Taleban forces retreat from their positions in Afghanistan, attempts are being made to build a broad-based coalition that can secure peace in the country. BBC News Online profiles some of the most influential figures in the struggle to shape the country's future.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1615000/1615824.stm

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Afghanistan first National Human Development Report: Security With a Human Face

The first National Human Development Report for Afghanistan. Since 1990, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has produced annual global Human Development Reports as analytical and policy tools designed to promote the concept of human development. The report analyses the local roots of insecurity today, and makes recommendations for policies and actions required from the new Afghan Government, civil society and the international community.

http://hdr.undp.org/reports/detail_reports.cfm?view=941

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Afghanistan Five Years Later: The Return of the Taliban

After five years, the United States-led international reconstruction mission has failed Afghanistan and its people. An all-military approach and aggressive poppy crop eradication strategies led by the US and the United Kingdom have triggered a hunger crisis and accelerated the return of the Taliban in southern Afghanistan. The US and the UK are responsible for these humanitarian and security crises, which make Afghanistan a renewed menace for its own people and the world. (Senlis Council, September 2006)

http://www.senliscouncil.net/modules/publications/014_publication

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Afghanistan Human Rights Statement: International aid agencies flag up Afghanistan concerns

ActionAid, 6 November 2003. A group of 28 international aid agencies working in Afghanistan, including ActionAid, Christian Aid, Oxfam, Save the Children and War Child will today present an open letter to the UN Security Council delegation currently visiting the country. The letter draws attention to increasing insecurity and violation of human rights in Afghanistan and the harmful effect this is having on nation building. The agencies urge the international community to redouble its efforts in support of security, the rule of law and constitutional reform, protection of the most vulnerable and long-term support to development.

http://www.actionaid.org.uk/511/statement.html

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Afghanistan Reconstruction Conference Projects

These projects were presented at the Afghanistan: Rebuilding a Nation conference cosponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency that was held June 8-10, 2003 in Chicago.

http://www.export.gov/afghanistan/commercial/conf_projects_061903.html

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Afghanistan Reconstruction: Deteriorating Security and Limited Resources Have Impeded Progress; Improvements in U.S. Strategy Needed

In October 2001, in response to the Taliban regime's protection of al Qaeda terrorists who attacked the United States, coalition forces forcibly removed the regime from Afghanistan. In December 2002, Congress passed the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act authorizing assistance funds to help Afghanistan rebuild a stable, democratic society. The act directed GAO to monitor the implementation of U.S. humanitarian and development assistance. This report analyzes, for fiscal years 2002-2003, (1) U.S. obligations and expenditures in Afghanistan, (2) results of assistance projects, (3) the assistance coordination mechanisms and strategy, and (4) major obstacles that affected the achievement of U.S. goals.

http://www.dec.org/pdf_docs/PCAAB199.pdf

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Afghanistan since the Bonn Agreement. Tasks, Opportunities and Barriers for Peacebuilding

Maps out the recovery tasks ahead and identifies opportunities and barriers to supporting sustainable peace through aid. It outlines five focus areas for monitoring the implementation of the international community's commitment to building peace in Afghanistan. Comments on these from actors involved in work on the ground will enable us to make real-time recommendations which can be fed back into the planning and implementation of the on-going intervention.

http://www.international-alert.org/publications/getdata.php?doctype=Pdf&id=76#search=%22Afghanistan%20since%20the%20Bonn%20Agreement.%20Tasks%2C%20Opportunities%20and%20Barriers%20for%20Peacebuilding%22

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Afghanistan's neighbours: Regional fears

A map of the region surrounding Afghanistan with how those countries fear the consequences of military action.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1551000/1551071.stm

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Afghanistan's New Legislature: Making Democracy Work

The new National Assembly has the potential to play a vital role in stabilising Afghanistan, entrenching pluralism, institutionalising political competition and giving voice to the country's diverse population. By being accountable to the Afghan people it can demand accountability of the presidential government. However, the success of this fledgling institution remains delicately poised, particularly because of the absence of a formal role for political parties, essential for mediating internal tensions. The lack of such organised blocs has seen power-brokers of past eras try to dominate proceedings. New moderate forces need to move quickly now to establish formal groups within the houses to ensure their voices are heard. (International Crisis Group, 15 May 2006)

http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4108

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Afghanistan, Inc: A Corpowatch Investigative Report (pdf)

Fariba Nawa, an Afghan-American who returned to her native country to examine the progress of reconstruction, uncovers some examples of where the money has (and hasn't) gone, how the system of international aid works (and doesn't), and what it is really like in the villages and cities where outsiders are rebuilding the war-torn countryside. (Fairba Nawa, CorpWatch, May 2006)

http://corpwatch.org/downloads/CorpWatch%20Afghan%20report.pdf

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Afghanistan: Development and Humanitarian Priorities

This paper outlines urgent action necessary to address immediate challenges in Afghanistan and to avert humanitarian disaster. It does not seek to address all issues of concern but focuses on essential policy change in development and humanitarian spheres (Oxfam, 15 January 2008).

http://publications.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam/display.asp?K=e2008020115493741

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Afghanistan: Human Rights Watch Key Documents

Afghanistan Human Rights Watch Key Documents refugees

http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/afghanistan/

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AFGHANISTAN: Oxfam calls on donors to overhaul aid policy

Billions of dollars of international aid money spent on rebuilding, development and humanitarian efforts over the past six years have contributed to social and economic progress, but the process has been "too centralised, top-heavy and insufficient"(Oxfam, 31 January, 2008)

http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=76503

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Aid, Conflict and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan. What Lessons can be Learned?

The report maps out the history of humanitarian assistance and analyses the interaction between aid provision and the dynamics of violent conflict in Afghanistan. Though written prior to September 11, the conclusions are, if anything, more valid today as they stress the need to address the underlying dynamics of the conflict through longer-term political engagement.

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ACOS-64CL6F?OpenDocument

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America's Imperial War

by George Monbiot. The UK Guardian February 12, 2002. Never was victory so bitter. Those liberals who supported the war in Afghanistan, and so confidently declared that their values had triumphed in November, must now be feeling a little exposed. Precisely who has lost, and what the extent of their loss may be, is yet to be determined, but there can now be little doubt that the dangerous and illiberal people who control the US military machine have won. The bombing of Afghanistan is already starting to look like the first shot in a new imperial war.

http://www.zmag.org/content/TerrorWar/monbiot_imperial_war.cfm

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An Afghani-American Offers His Insight...

I speak as one who hates the Taliban and Osama Bin Laden. There is no doubt in my mind that these people were responsible for the atrocity in New York. I agree that something must be done about those monsters. But the Taliban and Bin Laden are not Afghanistan. From an Afghani-American, Tamim Ansary.

http://members.aol.com/apollo711/war/afghani-american.html

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An Evaluation of Humanitarian Information Centers (HICs) including Case Studies of HICs for Iraq, Afghanistan, and Liberia

(ReliefWeb) August, 2004. The Humanitarian Information Centre (HIC) is a common service of the UN System, managed by the Field Information Support Unit (FIS) of OCHA. The evaluation team was comprised of two independent consultants hired by USAID/ OFDA and DFID/ CHAD. The team was asked to examine the success of HICs in servicing the humanitarian community. Three case studies were to inform this - Liberia, Afghanistan and Iraq. This document looks at HIC performance in crisis stiuations, their role in decision-making and provides key recommendations for improving their effectiveness.

http://www.reliefweb.int/library/documents/2004/hicevaluation-24aug.pdf

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Article by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed - AFGHANISTAN, THE TALIBAN AND THE UNITED STATES: THE ROLE OF HUMAN

This paper purports to concisely review the scale and nature of the current crisis in Afghanistan in its historical context, with the view to comprehend whether Western - particularly American - foreign policy toward Afghanistan has been formulated on the basis of humanitarian principles or not. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed is the Director of the Institute for Policy Research & Development based in Brighton, UK. From International Socialist Review, Nov-Dec 2001. Cited 19 Dec 2001.

http://www.isreview.org/issues/20/ahmed_afghanistan.shtml

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Arundhati Roy talks about 'The War That Never Ends'

Arundhati Roy is interviewed by Anthony Arnow on the war in Iraq. Roy is the author of the award-winning novel The God of Small Things and two books of essays, War Talk and Power Politics. Roy, who lives in New Delhi, received the 2002 Lannan Prize for Cultural Freedom.

http://war-times.org/issues/12art2.html

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Community Peacebuilding in Afghanistan: The Case for a National Strategy

Peacebuilding is one important means of addressing insecurity, yet most of the peacebuilding work in Afghanistan has been at a political level, where there are links to warlordism, corruption, or criminality, or it has been target-limited, such as the disarmament programmes. Other initiatives, such as the Action Plan for Peace, Justice and Reconciliation and the Peace Commission, are significant, but lack clarity and are primarily concerned with peace and reconciliation at a national level (Oxfam, 27 February 2008).

http://publications.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam/display.asp?K=e2008022816394578

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