Stories about Afghanistan from August, 2006
Afghanistan: President & Compromises
Dialogue 3 says Hamid Karzai, Afghan President has done a lot of compromises with warlords and has lost his credibility among Afghans. According to the blogger poverty, corruption, and insecurity are dominating Afghan society and Afghan President is unable to solve them.
Afghanistan: Cooperation Please!
Afghan Warrior talks about the importance of cooperation between Nato forces and Afghan National Army. The blogger says last week 12 border police were killed by a coalition air strike in Paktia province. He adds if they have radio communication with every provincial security official, it would be very useful...
Global Food Blog Report #28
#1: From Tanzania, MiRecipe.com spices up the day with an incredible easy and delicious recipe to prepare "Chatini Ya Ukwaju" (Tamarind Chutney). It is great with bread, and a tasty addition to your salad, fish or chicken dishes. Recipe in EN and Swahili. Get the recipe now! #2: From Germany,...
Afghanistan: Electricity & Kabul
Dialogue 3 talks about the electricity shortage in Kabul. The blogger says according to Ministry of Energy & Water [Fa]: From 8 am to 6 pm all hospitals, governmental offices and embassies have electricity. From 6pm to 9 pm two third of Kabul has electricity and from 9pm to 5...
Afghanistan:President needs fundamentalists
Once upon a place says Karzai, Afghan President tries to appease its fundamentalist opposition by proposing Departments for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. The blogger adds this illustrates the desperation of Karzai to gain some control as his western backers slowly desert him and leave him to...
