Taleban retaking land says UN

[NNN0LHI]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3209639.stm

Taleban forces are retaking parts of Afghanistan as the post-war government shows signs of weakening, the UN's top peacekeeping official has said.

In a regular briefing to the Security Council, Under Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guehenno said many causes of insecurity "remain unresolved".

"In several border districts (near Kandahar and Paktika), Taleban have been able to establish de facto control over district administration," he said.

Germany has agreed to send 450 troops to deploy around the northern city of Kunduz where President Hamid Karzai launched the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration Programme on Friday.

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[papau]

1. Funny - this is not on US Broadcast news or print news or radio news

not that we have a right wing GOP controlled media, or even that we have one that acts that way

but I sure enjoyed the CNN biopic of how great a hero Bush Senior was in World War 2

[Copperred]

2. American Afghan Committee (AAC)

American Afghan Committee

www.american-afghan.com

[LittleApple81]

3. UN suspends Afghan operations...did you read this already?

UN suspends Afghan operations
25/10/2003 13:15 - (SA)

United Nations - The United Nations has suspended operations in four southern Afghan provinces due to increasing violence and concerns that aid workers could be seen by local militants as targets, a top UN official has announced.

UN Under-secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guehenno told the UN Security Council on Friday the decision had been made because many of the fundamental causes of insecurity in Afghanistan "remain unresolved".

Guehenno said the insecurity came from extremist attacks, factionalised government ministries and the weakening of the political compact that supports the provisional government.
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[LeftistGorilla]

4. whether....

war lords or the Taliban...

It all sucks...

[david_vincent]

5. Papau, I was about to say the same thing

The only news about Afghanistan that reaches me is from the CBC. There's no coverage in the newspapers that I get or on American TV.

[Dirk39]

6. German new reported today that the occupying forces...

esp. the USA consider to let the Taliban become a part of the government again...
Dirk

[salin]

7. I would be very interested to read that article

(but I can not read German). That would be absolutely unbelievable.

[Copperred]

8. American Afghan Committee (AAC)

Lobby group to help America help Afghanistan

PLEASE JOIN

www.american-afghan.com