Sep 10, 2010
At almost nine years, the U.S. war in Afghanistan is the longest in our history, surpassing even the Vietnam War, and it will shortly surpass the Soviet Union’s own extended military campaign there. With the surge, it will cost the U.S. taxpayers nearly $100 billion...
Sep 8, 2010
By Louis Charbonneau, Source: Reuters, 07 Sep 2010 15:17:41 GMT * Focusing on neediest is more cost-effective – UNICEF * Changing aid distribution could save millions of lives The U.N. children’s foundation UNICEF plans to make the poorest and most remote...
Sep 8, 2010
New York Times, By ROD NORDLAND, Published: September 6, 2010 Photo: Eros Hoagland for The New York Times Muhammad Akram Khapalwak, a top official at the Afghan Peace and Reconciliation Commission, said some fighters who had changed sides in the past had been...
Sep 2, 2010
Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), KABUL, 29 August 2010 (IRIN) – Education in Faryab Province, northern Afghanistan, has never been as good as it is now thanks to...
Sep 2, 2010
By RAVI NESSMAN (AP) AZAKHEL, Pakistan — After fleeing the Soviet invasion of his country with nothing, Afghan refugee Ziarat Gul spent three decades building a new life in neighboring Pakistan. After the devastating floods that rolled across Pakistan last month, he...
