@mattaikins @UnaInKabul after a day of asking different people we were told variously it was decades old, anti-soviet period and civil war.
from NPR’s Quil Lawrence, a report U.S. and Afghan troops forced Afghans to walk on roads believed to be mined http://t.co/buGedJEp
@brrubin @mattaikins officials in Takhar say initial info suggests mass grave several decades old, found by people collecting clay in hills
@nickschifrin were you reporting on regional air links?
@saadmohseni @MujMash the Chinese are in the middle of rail feasibility study always promised for 2012, tho tru they haven’t started work
@AhmadShuja tks for mention, was it comment or question? Colleagues on those accounts have moved on from Kabul so just Sanjeev and I now…
Afghan forces may soon guard nearly half of Afghans
KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan army and police may soon be in charge of security for nearly half of their population, under plans for the second stage of a security transfer that NATO nations hope will serve as firm evidence their troops can come home on deadline.
Foreign nations fighting in Afghanistan have agreed with Afghan President Hamid Karzai that all combat soldiers will leave by the end of 2014. They are organising a years-long handover to consolidate Afghan control more effectively.
@joshuafoust I thought that livescribe pen looked great but don’t you have to fill half your suitcase with the special paper?
Parliament passed budget to pay back Kabulbank bailout funds, key step towards releasing blocked foreign aid http://t.co/WK1vsTuW
Afghan rights worries after eviction of hunger striker
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan police have dismantled the protest camp of a hunger-striking politician and taken her to hospital, raising concerns the government may be taking a harder line on political dissent after a year of chaos and stagnation in parliament.
Former member of parliament Semin Barekzai stopped eating and moved into a tent outside parliament at the start of October to protest being stripped of her seat by poll authorities in August, nearly a year after the vote.
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