Latest news about Mazarisharif
Afghan famine greater risk than Taliban: British think-tank (TODAYonline)
A cowded road is pictured in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, north of Kabul. A looming famine in Afghanistan poses a greater threat to international efforts to rebuild the country than the ongoing insurgency there, according to a leading defence think-tank.
30 Oct 2008, 9:36 pm | click here for more
Uzbekistan: Tashkent Has the Power to Influence the Outcome of the Afghan War (EurasiaNet)
The battle for Afghanistan may well be won or lost in Uzbekistan. With the Taliban making it increasingly difficult to re-supply NATO and US troops in Afghanistan via Pakistan, Tashkent offers the easiest solution to a vital logistical dilemma.
19 Nov 2008, 4:38 pm | click here for more
A Tourist in Afghanistan (Middle East Online)
Tourists in Afghanistan are not quite the same as tourists on the Costa del Sol. There aren’t many of them -- only a few hundred a year. And then there’s every those sandbags…
18 Nov 2008, 5:24 am | click here for more
Scarred forts and sandbagged pubs (International Herald Tribune)
There's the Afghanistan at war - and then there's the Afghanistan at peace.
17 Nov 2008, 10:27 am | click here for more
Sweden To Send More Troops, Aid To Afghanistan In 09 - Government (Nasdaq)
STOCKHOLM (AFP)--Sweden plans to send an additional 110 troops to Afghanistan in 2009, bringing its contingent to around 500, and it also plans to increase its aid package to the country, the government said Thursday.
13 Nov 2008, 9:46 am | click here for more
Sweden To Increase Troop Strength In Afghanistan (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) - The Swedish cabinet has approved a proposal to boost the country's troop strength in Afghanistan and to increase its development aid to the war torn country, said Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on Thursday.
13 Nov 2008, 2:02 pm | click here for more
Sweden to send more troops to Afghanistan (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters STOCKHOLM, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Sweden will increase the number of troops it has in Afghanistan to about 500 next year, the government said on Thursday. Sweden currently has up to 390 troops, many of ...
13 Nov 2008, 10:37 am | click here for more
Sweden to send more troops to Afghanistan (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Sweden will increase the number of troops it has in Afghanistan to about 500 next year, the government said Thursday.
13 Nov 2008, 10:34 am | click here for more
18th U.N. Mission Office In Afghanistan (INO News)
(RTTNews) - The U.N. mission in the strife-torn Afghanistan added one more to its 17 field offices with the opening this weekend of a new office in Pul-i-Khumri, the capital of the country's northern Baghlan province, media reports said.
11 Nov 2008, 4:03 am | click here for more
Afghanistan: UN Opens New Office In Baghlan (Scoop.co.nz)
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has opened its newest office in Pul-i-Khumri, the capital of the country’s northern Baghlan province, bringing the total number of its field offices to 18.
10 Nov 2008, 6:17 pm | click here for more