Big storm brewing in #Aghanistan capital, Kabul — both real and figurative
McChrystal’s woes in #Afghanistan http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65L3BL20100623
#Afghanistan’s wealth tempts : http://in.reuters.com/article/idINSGE65M07D20100623?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&rpc=401
For full coverage of #Afghanistan, see http://www.reuters.com/places/afghanistan
#Taliban without al @Qaeda links to be removed from U.N. blacklist on #Afghanistan … http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65L2HN20100622
White House summons U.S. commander of Afghan campaign
KABUL (Reuters) – The White House has summoned the top U.S. general in Afghanistan to Washington to explain controversial remarks critical of the Obama administration, U.S. military officials said on Tuesday.
The move comes a day after General Stanley McChrystal, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, apologised for comments by his aides insulting some of President Barack Obama’s advisers in an article to be published in Rolling Stone magazine.
U.S top general in Afghanistan recalled to Washington: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65L0AY20100622
It’s all mine, says Afghan media
(Quick, find some lithium before the batteries run out... pic by author)
A colleague blogged earlier this week about the report that says Afghanistan is sitting on a veritable fortune in mineral resources – between $1-3 trillion, depending on how optimistic you are.
Although another colleague analysed more critically what enormous difficulties need to be overcome to see even a fraction of that sum, it hasn’t stopped the Afghan media from getting excited.
British PM David Cameron arrives on unannounced visit to #Afghanistan
Suicide bomber kills 40 in attack on #Afghanistan wedding: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65907X20100610
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