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New western strategy guarantees integration of Taliban with Afghanistan’s democratic system
Afghanistan remains to be a key state in the region owing to its geographical location and geopolitical reasons. The participation of representatives from 60 countries and dozens of international organizations at the international conference on Afghanistan in London witnessed

Wind and water guarantee energy security to Afghanistan
The development of an energy strategy is crucial for the economy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which has huge potential for using wind power, mini-hydropower plants and solar energy.

Human toll in the war in Afghanistan 1979-1989
Issues linked with the conflict in Afghanistan have actively been discussed in scholarly literature. For one, one of them is the personnel losses in the conflict with the involvement of the Soviet forces ...

Pakistan’s foreign Policy toward Afghanistan from 1947 - 2008
After 6 decades, Pakistan relation with its neighbors, especially Afghanistan remained stormy and estranged due to several reasons, most importantly, Afghanistan claims over NWFP

Afghanistan; political outcome of 2008
The basic content of the out gone 2008 is determined by two mutually linked political phenomena, crisis in the West’s “Afghan project” and crisis in the west breed “Karzai” political system

Afghanistan and the Second World War
In November 1941, Afghans held Loya Jirga in Kabul involving one thousand most influential Afghans, Moslem theologians, the heads of tribes, the representatives of merchants, officers, ministers and the deputies of the People’s Council and Senate.

Internal and external factors of the Afghan conflict
Although the crisis in the Caucasus has strained Russia’s relations with the west there are areas where bilateral cooperation will inevitably be promoted and strengthened.

Colour Revolution may be staged in Afghanistan
Preconditions for radical changes are ripening up in Afghanistan. This means under certain conditions large-scale mass riots could grow up to a so-called Colour Revolution.

NATO in Afghanistan
NATO only acquired a direct role in Afghanistan in August 2003, assuming control of ISAF, even if several members countries had already been present in the country since 2001.

Spanta: We are sincerely keen on promoting relations with Russia
The three day official visit to Moscow of the Afghan Foreign Minister has ended. When the Minister arrived in the Russian capital on the 25th of May

Taliban strengthens political position of Afghan defence agencies
The audacious attack by terrorists during a military parade in Kabul on the 27th of April has in the end strengthened the political position of the heads of Afghan defence structures.

Afghanistan: Outcome of 2007
Internal political situation has continued to worsen in Afghanistan in 2007, and this is basically confirmed by the growing activity of Taliban and al-Qaeda, sharp rise in drug production and trafficking, wide spread corruption, slow rate of the country’s economic revival, high unemployment and outstanding issue of refugees

Russian-Afghan entrepreneurs meet in Moscow
Afghan Investment Support Agency, AISA, presented promising economic cooperation projects as a part of Russian-Afghan Business Council at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation

NATO and Drug Trafficking
It’s well-known that narcotics on a level with the absence of security for the residents of Afghanistan pose a threat not only to the country but the international community as well

Russia is keen on united Afghanistan
Russia, which was a republic of the former Soviet Union, has had no a common border with Afghanistan for over 16 years. However, it continues to display its interest in Afghanistan, which is separated by Kazakhstan and the Central Asian states

Afghanistan is ready to cooperate with SCO
Another two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization ended in Bishkek on the 17th of August. The leaders of SCO that embraces Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

Taliban Prepares for Storm the Sky
Western coalition in Afghanistan is under pressure to change the strategy of its control over Afghan sky. On the contrary, it may most likely lose its monopoly in current domination in sky.

Taliban leader could be a new Afghan President
A Taliban leader could be a new Afghan President in two years. This suggestion seems fantastic only at the first glance. As a matter of fact, political developments in Afghanistan press relentlessly Kabul and its western partners ...

Hidden crisis in US-Afghan relations continues
Over six months have passed since relations between the Afghan government and the United State have turned from cooperation to confrontation, which was provoked by the US special services when they gathered damaging information against ...

NATO may get a chance to reform Taliban politically
It was become clear last year that NATO mission in Afghanistan was stagnated. Marking time in the fight against Taliban and also in social and economic reconstruction of the country has put the task of achieving a radical breakthrough before the International Security Assistance Force, ISAF under the alliance’s command.

Is Islamabad surrendering its people?
Reports from Peshawar on March 1 say that Pakistani security forces arrested Obaidulla Ahund, the deputy head of the Taliban movement led by Mohammed Omar with the assistance and the involvement of CIA agents in the city of Quetta

Pakistan’s help is crucial for peace in Afghanistan
The outgoing year has been marked by growing violence and frequent clashes between rebels and criminal groups on one hand and the government troops and foreign forces on the other

Fate of American aid to Afghanistan
In August 2002, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld declared Afghanistan as a serious breakthrough and successful model that could be applied to Iraq. As we see the model does not serve in Iraq. It is not serving in Afghanistan too

Pashto Issue, Yesterday and Today
An offensive by Taliban in southern Afghanistan in spring shows clearly that the overthrow of their regime in Kabul has not led to the disappearance of the religious and political movement

Taliban and NATO along the Afghan-Pakistani border
Since the beginning of summer Taliban militant groups and US and NATO coalition forces have waged fierce fighting in afghan provinces bordering with Pakistan

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2.03.10 Rasmussen: A working group on Afghanistan set up under the NATO-Russia Council

28.02.10 Russia criticizes NATO for its unwillingness to fight drug trafficking

18.02.10 Andrei Avetisyan: Russia ready to reconstruct the Salang Tunnel

17.02.10 Dmitri Rogozin: Russia drafts an agreement with NATO on military cargo transport

28.01.10 SCO and Afghan officials hold consultations in Moscow

27.01.10 Russia ready to reconstruct infrastructure in Afghanistan

26.01.10 Veterans oppose legitimizing the new NATO plans at the London Conference

25.01.10 Russian and Afghan diplomats discuss the Afghan issue in Moscow

14.01.10 William Burns dismisses reports that transit of cargo through has been blocked

13.01.10 Conference in London focuses on granting amnesty to Taliban leaders

27.12.09 Victor Korgun says deployment of Soviet forces in Afghanistan was a political mistake