UN suspends Afghan operations

United Nations - The United Nations has suspended operations in four southern Afghan provinces due to increasing violence and concerns that aid workers could be seen by local militants as targets, a top UN official has announced.

UN Under-secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guehenno told the UN Security Council on Friday the decision had been made because many of the fundamental causes of insecurity in Afghanistan "remain unresolved".

Guehenno said the insecurity came from extremist attacks, factionalised government ministries and the weakening of the political compact that supports the provisional government.

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Taliban has de facto control in some districts: UN

United Nations, Oct. 25. (PTI): Expressing serious concern over resurgence of Taliban in Afghanistan, a top United Nations peacekeeping official has said the militia has established de facto control over administration in several border districts and that could affect the electoral process in the war-torn country.

Because of deteriorating security situation, all UN missions have been suspended in Nimroz, Helmand, Uruzgan and Zabul provinces which, in turn, has greatly restricted reconstruction process and world body's ability to monitor the political process in the south, he said.

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With heroin production at all time highs and the U.N. leaving, Afghanistan is in worse shape than Iraq.

Where's the Afghanistan Donor Conference?

Where's the Afghanistan Donor Conference?

Oh, yeah... we said we were going to rebuild Afghanistan too didn't we... Umm, haven't you forgotten about that yet?

No? Well em, look over here! We got a new series of pop idol! we've got plenty of your favourite manufactured pap in the charts! We got new letters about Diana, and a story about a dog that did something ... emm something. GODDAMMIT We had lots of fireworks in Iraq with lots of cool specs of new improved weapons, GODDAMN you! And you�re still talking about the land of the evil towel heads! What do you want!?

Blood?


Good articles by the way. I've seen a lot recently on the U.N and America turning a blind eye to the heroin production because they can't afford to make any more enemies. 90% of the heroin in Britain comes from Afghanistan; I don't know about the U.S...