Thursday, June 17, 2010
California man caught in Pakistan trying to sneak in in Afghanistan.
A California man was arrested in Pakistan while trying to sneak in in Afghanistan armed with a handgun, a sword, a dagger and night vision equipment in a mission to hunt and kill Osama Bin Laden. Police in Pakistan said the man was caught in the Nuristan region because he said that where bin Laden is hiding.
About time one American is serious about catching Osama Bin Laden.
For more, see Reuters.com
About time one American is serious about catching Osama Bin Laden.
For more, see Reuters.com
Labels: Afghanistan, Al Quaeda., California man caught in Pakistan, hunt for Bin Laden, Nuristan region, Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan
Friday, July 3, 2009
US changes strategy in war against illegal drugs in Afghanistan.
The United States is shifting its strategy against Afghanistan's drug trade, phasing out funding for opium eradication while boosting efforts to fight trafficking and promote alternate crops, the U.S. envoy for the region said Saturday.The aim of the new policy: to deprive the Taliban of the tens of millions of dollars in drug revenue that is fueling its insurgency.
According to the U.S. envoy in Afghanistan, "poppy eradication is a waste of money, was not working and was driving farmers into the hands of the Taliban.
Sounds like a simple plan. Convince farmers to give up a lucrative business and bring heroin users to try menthol cigarettes.
For more, see LATimes.com
According to the U.S. envoy in Afghanistan, "poppy eradication is a waste of money, was not working and was driving farmers into the hands of the Taliban.
Sounds like a simple plan. Convince farmers to give up a lucrative business and bring heroin users to try menthol cigarettes.
For more, see LATimes.com
Labels: Afghanistan, Afghanistan drug war, Afghanistan war, heroin trade, opium, opium trade, poppy war, U.N.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Afghan president chooses two ex-warlords as running mates.
For the incoming August 20 presidential elections, Afghan president Hamid Karzai has chosen two ex mujahedeen warlords to be his two vice-president running mates.
In case you were wondering, "why two vice-presidents on the same ticket?" This makes perfect sense given the rate at which peoples are blown over in Afghanistan, you can never have enough vice-presidents ready to step in at any given moment.
For more, see telegraph.co.uk.com
Labels: Afghanistan, August 20 elections, president Karzai, running mates
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
U.S. engaged in jamming of Taliban' Web and radio links.
In an effort to prevent the intimidation of civilians and the planning of attacks against U.S. troops, the pentagon has reportedly begun a broad effort to jam unlicensed radio stations and chat rooms and Web sites used both in Pakistan and Afghanistan by the Taliban.
In another word, the U.S. will make sure that those remote areas in those two countries remain as such: No radio or Internet.
For more, see WSJ.com
In another word, the U.S. will make sure that those remote areas in those two countries remain as such: No radio or Internet.
For more, see WSJ.com
Labels: Afghanistan, new strategy., Pakistan, President Obama, Taliban
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