The New York Times: The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afganistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afgan economy and perhaps the Afgan war itself, according to senior American government officials. An internal Pentagon memo, for example, states that Afganistan could...
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U.S. Identifies Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan
Khalil Nouri: Afghanistan: — Danger Looms if Afghan Vice President & Warlord becomes Country’s President.
Veterans Today: What some Afgan natives and analysts call the most dangerous part of the world has reached a critical juncture, “a tipping point”. Per Guardian and New York Times reports, “President Hamid Karzai has lost faith in the US strategy in Afganistan and is increasingly looking to Pakistan to end the insurgency.”
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450 in 100,000 women die during maternity in Balkh
PAN: At least 450 women out of 100,000 die from complications arising from childbirth or pregnancy in northern Balkh province, a top health official said on Wednesday. Compared with the country average, Balkh has a relatively low maternal mortality rate, the director of the Public Health Department, Dr. Mirwais Rabe, said.
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Lack of text books a challenge in Baghlan schools
PAN: Students at schools in northern Baghlan province have accused education officials of selling their text books to shops in the bazaar. Although the academic year started three months ago, the students say they have not received their books from the Ministry of Education. Stationary and book store owners said officials had sold them...
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Afghan schoolgirls hospitalized for possible poisoning
CNN: About 60 schoolgirls in Afganistan’s Balkh province appear to have been poisoned and required hospitalization, the Ministry of Health said Sunday. The victims ranged in age from 9 to 14. Most suffered minor reactions, ministry spokesman Sakhi Kargan told CNN. It’s at least the third suspected poisoning of girls attending schools in Afganistan...
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Pakistan’s ISI intelligence agency “supports” Taliban
BBC News: A new report claims to provide the most concrete evidence yet of direct links between Pakistan’s ISI intelligence agency and the Taliban in Afganistan. The report says the ISI is providing funding, training and sanctuary to the Taliban on a scale much larger than previously thought. The document was prepared by the...
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