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By: Obaid Ali 12 October 2016

A little over a year after the temporary fall of Kunduz city to the Taleban, the city has become a battleground again. On 3 October 2016, the Taleban entered during a massive assault from three directions. Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), supported by US forces and air power, are battling to recapture the areas they lost, with territory still changing hands. The attack was very similar in tactics to the one last year and was largely staged from the very same

Finally, after a year of negotiations and some last minute hurdles including on the Afghan side refusals to sign and an attempt to involve parliament the European Union and Afghanistan have reached a readmission agreement on how to return Afghans who have travelled to Europe and failed in their claims for asylum. President Ghani and Dr Abdullah both backed the agreement, while Minister for Refugees Balkhi said Afghans migrants should be allowed to stay,

The Afghan Government and the EU will co-host the Brussels conference on 5 October 2016. A couple of side events will take place on 4 October, and a high-level dialogue on migration is scheduled for 3 October. Around 70 countries and 30 international organisations will come together in the Belgian capital to review the achievements and vision of the Afghan government and renew their commitments to Afghanistan. This is the eleventh international donor conference on

The peace deal signed today by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hezb-e Islami, and President Ashraf Ghani, has been hailed by the Afghan government as the first major peace achievement of the last fifteen years. However, expectations should be tempered. Given Hezb-e Islamis almost total absence on the battlefield, the deal is unlikely to significantly lower the current levels of violence. It is also unlikely to inspire the Taleban to follow Hezbs example,

Armed groups pledging allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) have tried to establish a foothold in five of Afghanistans provinces, but only in Nangarhar have they succeeded. There, IS Khorasan Province (ISKP), the Afghanistan-Pakistan franchise of the Islamic State, landed on fertile ground with a fragmented insurgency, bickering provincial elites, a tradition of Salafi networks and a host of local and foreign militant groups. In this second of three dispatches on the

The Taleban Assault on Kunduz city: Dj vu, but why?

EU and Afghanistan Get Deal on Migrants: Disagreements, pressure and last minute politics

The Brussels Conference on Afghanistan: Between aid and migration

Peace With Hekmatyar: What does it mean for battlefield and politics?

Descent into chaos: Why did Nangarhar turn into an IS hub?

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Program Data Duab Prison: 694 patients examined and treated from 2001 to 2003. Shebergan Prison: 13,338 patients examined and treated from May 2002 to June 2004. Lashkar-Gah Prison: 1,880 patients examined and treated from February 2006 to December 2007. Prisons in Kabul(Governmental Jail, Investigation Department, Female Jail, Pol-e-Charki, Juvenile Rehabilitation Centre, Transition Prison) 653,448 patients examined and treated as of June 30, 2015. National staff: 27 Kabul area:Andar, Gardez, Ghazni, Chark-Logar, Maydan Shahr, Mirbachakot, Pul-iAlam, Sheikhabad, Tagab, male and female orphanages, Governor Jail, Investigation Jail, Female Jail, Juvenile Center, Poli Charki Jail. Anabah area:Abdara, Ahangaran, Anabah, Anjuman, Changaram, Dara, Darband, Dasht-e-Rewat, Gulbahar, Kapisa, Khinch, Koklamy, Oraty, Peryan, Poli Sayad, Said Khil, Sangai Khan, Shutul. Lashkar-Gah area: Garmsir, Grishk, Marjia, Sangin, Musa Qala, Urmuz National staff:1-4* doctors, 3-6 nurses, 2 vaccinators, ambulance drivers and support staff *Given the types of cases treated, the training level attained by medical staff, and the short distance from EMERGENCY hospitals, some FAPs and PHCs are only manned by nursing staff. Outpatients:3,195,184 Inpatient: 2 operating rooms, intensive care unit, surgical wards Outpatient: Emergency department, outpatient department Referred to our hospitals: 64,118 (Data correct as of December 31, 2015)

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Following the September 11th attack on New York City and the Pentagon, the Bush administration delivered an ultimatum to the Taliban leadership in Afghanistan, demanding that they either hand over Saudi-born dissident Osama bin Laden, or face attack by the United States. Bin Laden had been living in Afghanistan as a guest of the Taliban since 1996. The Taliban agreed to try bin Laden in the Afghan Supreme Court if the United States provided evidence of bin Laden's involvement in the attack. The Taliban's position was articulated by Ambassador to Pakistan Abdul Salem Zaeef, who stated:

The Bush administration appeared uninterested in any option other than attacking the impoverished but strategically important central Asian nation. Addessing the U.S. Congress on September 20, 2001, President Bush, describing the alleged perpetrators of the attack as the "enemies of freedom," stated:

In his speech, Bush asked people to make two leaps of faith: first, to assume that the attackers were who the administration said they were in spite of an absence of evidence, and second, to assume that the attackers' motives were those imputed to them by the administration. Bush asserted:

We know exactly who these people are and which governments are supporting them.

On the same day, the FBI was expressing doubts about the identities of the alleged hijackers.

The air attack on Afghanistan began on October 7, with an intense night-time bombing attack by U.S. and British forces hitting at the heart of the city of Kandahar. 3

In March of 2004, a citizens' tribunal in Tokyo found U.S. President George W. Bush guilty of war crimes in the attack on Afghanistan. The tribunal, consisting of five judges, reached a unanimous conclusion. The judges are all professors of international law, and represent four nationalities, with one from each of India, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and two from Japan. 4

The British lawyer who served on the tribunal, Robert Akroyd, described some of the ways in which the U.S. military ran afoul of international law. He noted that Bush, who claimed the military actions were in self-defense, failed to discriminate between legitimate objects and civilians, using "indiscriminate weapons such as the Daisy Cutter (a huge conventional bomb), cluster bombs and depleted uranium shells."

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Afghani food has evolved around the country's primary agricultural crops - wheat, maize, barley and rice. Augmenting those cereals are traditional dairy products such as yogurt and whey, along with nut crops and 'local' vegetables. Added to that are a big range of fresh and dried fruits. The cuisine diversity in Afghanistan reflects its ethnic, cultural and geographic differences. Although there are commonalities with neighboring countries such as India and Pakistan, Afghan foods are demonstrably different and have long been renowned as a flavorsome cuisine form.

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This November, the twilight sky will transform into a spiritual and temporal atlas for Muslims around the world. When the first sliver of the new moon cuts through the inky sky, the Islamic calendar's holy 9th month, called Ramadan, will begin. Forecast for the 15th of October this year, the new moon heralds a month of religious and personal reflection, family and community [Read more...]

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KABUL, Afghanistan Afghanistan's leaders will head to Brussels this week, seeking billions of dollars in aid as the country confronts an increasingly powerful Taliban insurgency and pervasive corruption.

President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah hope to secure pledges totaling about $3 billion a year at the conference, which will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday. Afghanistan already receives about $5 billion a year, mostly from the United States, to cover defense costs. The last donor conference, in Tokyo in 2012, secured $4 billion in annual subsidies for development.

Afghanistan has been mired in war for decades. At the height of the 15-year U.S. and NATO intervention, billions of dollars flowed into the country, creating a false economy with growth in the double-digits. But the drawdown of troops in 2014 led many aid workers and international agencies to depart or scale back their operations, causing the economy to all but collapse.

Officials estimate up to 50 percent unemployment. Deteriorating security deters foreign investment in key fields such as mining and infrastructure, and drives the country's youth onto the migrant trail to Europe in search of opportunities. Ghani will nevertheless argue that progress has been made since Tokyo regarding corruption and judicial and electoral reform.

"Afghanistan is no longer just receiving a blank check, this time we have to make sure the support we are receiving goes to the right places, in the right hands, and there is mutual accountability on both sides, Afghanistan and the donors," said Javid Faisal, a spokesman for Abdullah.

Afghanistan's illicit production of poppies for heroin, worth about $3 billion a year, has served as a cash cow for the insurgents and spawned a corruption epidemic. The anti-corruption group Transparency International consistently ranks Afghanistan among the top three most corrupt countries, alongside Somalia and North Korea.

"Corruption used to be a shame in this county, but now all the things it brings are a badge of pride," said analyst Haroun Mir, referring to officials who flaunt expensive watches and cars, and live in huge marble houses known as "poppy palaces" despite receiving official salaries of a few thousand dollars a month.

The average income for Afghanistan's estimated 30 million people, most of whom are illiterate farmers, is less than $1,000 a year.

Speaking in Washington last week, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Olson said Afghanistan relies on donors for around 70 percent of its budget. He said international donors in Brussels are expected to pledge $3 billion a year in development funds through 2020.

He insisted progress has been made since 2012, with government revenue collection growing last year by 20 percent to around $1.8 billion, improved regulations against money laundering and a reduction in illegal procurements for defense and police.

"Much remains to be done on the anti-corruption agenda, but the government is making headway. More than 600 judges, 20 percent of prosecutors, and 25 percent of customs officials, who were either unqualified or corrupt, have been removed from their positions over the past year," Olson said.

Despite the incremental improvements, however, corruption remains one of Afghanistan's most intransigent problems, and is regularly cited by ordinary people in opinion polls as one of their main concerns, along with security.

In a report published last month, John Sopko, the U.S. official in charge of monitoring reconstruction, said that over the last 15 years corruption "grew so pervasive that it ultimately threatened the security and reconstruction mission in Afghanistan." Sopko said the Afghan body charged with leading anti-corruption efforts was ineffective in getting officials to declare assets.

Afghanistan's own Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee has criticized the government for not offering enough on anti-corruption in its framework for Brussels. It called for specifics on tackling corruption in investment, asset registration by officials, civil service and justice reform, and the country's "deeply compromised" mining sector.

The Taliban also noted the corrupting impact of the donors' cash contribution since they were pushed from power in 2001, saying aid money had failed to bring "any meaningful change into the lives of the ordinary citizens."

The conference, co-hosted by Kabul and the European Union, will be attended by over 70 nations and 30 international agencies and non-government organizations. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon are also due to attend.

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