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Abdul Salaam Rocketi, a former frontline Mujahedin commander in Afghanistan, earned a surname that reflects his prowess with rocket-propelled grenades and spent eight months in detention after U.S.-led forces drove out the Taliban in 2001. Now, as a member of the Afghan parliament, he encourages his former Taliban comrades to reconcile with the government of President Hamid Karzai. But he can't visit his constituency in the southern district of Zabul because security is terrible and he's received too many assassination threats. Rocketi is grateful for foreign aid, but frustrated that donors regularly cough up so much...
...more of that given our numbers." Perhaps, but the problem is that there are really two Afghanistans. One is the place Blair and U.S. President George W. Bush like to emphasize: where some 6 million people voted democratically last year for their new government and a diverse parliament now operates; where some 4.5 million refugees have been welcomed home from squalid camps in Pakistan and Iran; and where 5 million children now go to school, including girls, who were excluded by the Taliban. With that backdrop, the idea that foreign soldiers can provide a little added security while development projects...
...deputy head of Germany's Free Democratic Party, joins the European chorus that ISAF's mandate "must be extended. We cannot simply stop halfway through." Nevertheless, a recent poll showed that 56% of Germans want to "withdraw as quickly as possible from the country," with 38% disagreeing. The German parliament is due to vote in September. Can the accumulation of worrying signs be reversed? During a visit to Afghanistan in July, Homburger was surprised by the optimism expressed by both Afghans and foreign workers despite the Taliban's attacks. "The population is aware they are being helped. They...
...Politicians doubling as militia chieftains seem to be driving the violence, or at the very least contributing to the proliferation of armed groups in Baghdad. Abdel Aziz al Hakim, whose Shi'ite coalition holds the most seats in Iraq's parliament, has called on Shi'ites to create armed neighborhood watches to defend themselves against terrorists. Meanwhile Moqtada Sadr's Mahdi Army operates from a sanctuary in Sadr City...
...Those are the dangerous people," he said, "because they don't take orders from the leadership of the Mehdi Army." By contrast, he stressed, "the majority of [politicians affiliated with militias] are actually involved in the parliament; they have a great role to play in the parliament," Babikir said. "And they're all agreed on the national unity [plan]. And all their efforts are out there trying to calm the situation...