Vol. 8 Issue 7 - Public International Law & Policy Group
Vol. 8 Issue 7 - Public International Law & Policy Group Vol. 8 Issue 7 - Public International Law & Policy Group
Sudan Drilling in the dust changes lives in south Sudan Peter Martell, Agence France Presse, 2/15/09 Sudanese anxious over possible Beshir genocide charges Guillaume Lavallee, Agence France Presse, 2/15/09 Sudan, Darfur rebel group sign peace framework Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press, 2/17/09 Learn about PILPG’s work in Sudan Uganda Congo town mounts own defense against rebels Michelle Faul, Associated Press, 2/13/09 LRA fighters trapped Agence France Presse, 2/14/09 7,000 Congolese refugees flee to Uganda Agence France Presse, 2/16/08 Peace Negotiations Watch is a weekly publication detailing current events relating to conflict and peace processes in selected countries. It is prepared by the Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG) and made possible by grants from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Ploughshares Fund. Afghanistan Deadly assault in Kabul 'troubling' Agence France Presse, 2/11/09 A wave of deadly attacks on government offices in the Afghan capital are "troubling" and the latest sign of a Taliban bid to undermine the Kabul government, a Pentagon spokesman said on Wednesday. "These attacks were somewhat bold and brazen and troubling," Bryan Whitman told reporters. He said the US military would be "taking a look at these type of activities for any patterns." The coordinated suicide bomb and gun attacks on three Afghan government buildings on Wednesday killed at least 26 people and wounded 55 others in violence that spread panic across the city. "I'm sure the Afghan government will be taking a look at all aspects of this attack to find out why it was as successful as it was," he said. "It was clearly a tragic series of attacks that took place." He said that "terrorists have the advantage when you have people willing to kill themselves."
Whitman said he could not discuss possible security steps taken by NATO forces in Afghanistan in response to the assault by Taliban militants. He added that the Taliban was seeking to sabotage the Afghan government. "I think we've seen activity in the last several weeks that demonstrates the Taliban is still making attempts to go after the successes of the (Afghan) government." The assault came after a report issued earlier this month by the Defense Department that warned US-led forces lacked the troops and resources to control the south of the country, and that a rejuvenated insurgency was gaining momentum. The report to Congress predicted the insurgents would most likely try to stage a high-profile attack, similar to the failed assassination attempt on Afghan President Hamid Karzai in April 2008. Bombs kill Afghan district chief, four police Agence France Presse, 2/14/09 A roadside bomb killed a district chief in eastern Afghanistan Saturday while four policemen died in another blast blamed on Taliban insurgents in the volatile south, police said. The bloodshed came as new US envoy Richard Holbrooke was due to meet President Hamid Karzai in Kabul as part of wide-ranging talks to review the US role in the effort to defeat Taliban violence. A bomb was remotely detonated to explode as the chief of Nadir Shah Kot district in eastern Khost province left his home, a provincial police officer, Gul Dad, told AFP. The chief, Batiul Zaman Sabari, died of his wounds in a US military hospital, he said. His driver and a guard were also wounded. Sabari was attacked while on his way to a ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the withdrawal of the Soviet army, the police officer said. It was not known who carried out the attack. Eastern Afghanistan, however, sees regular violence blamed on Taliban insurgents. In the volatile south, where a Taliban insurgency is also intense, four policemen were killed Friday in a bomb blast 10 kilometers (six miles) outside of the city of Kandahar, police said. "This was the work of the enemies of Afghanistan," Kandahar police chief Mutiullah Qateh told AFP, using a term that refers most often to the Taliban.
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Whitman said he could not discuss possible security steps taken by NATO forces in<br />
Afghanistan in response to the assault by Taliban militants.<br />
He added that the Taliban was seeking to sabotage the Afghan government.<br />
"I think we've seen activity in the last several weeks that demonstrates the Taliban is still<br />
making attempts to go after the successes of the (Afghan) government."<br />
The assault came after a report issued earlier this month by the Defense Department that<br />
warned US-led forces lacked the troops and resources to control the south of the country, and<br />
that a rejuvenated insurgency was gaining momentum.<br />
The report to Congress predicted the insurgents would most likely try to stage a high-profile<br />
attack, similar to the failed assassination attempt on Afghan President Hamid Karzai in April<br />
2008.<br />
Bombs kill Afghan district chief, four police<br />
Agence France Presse, 2/14/09<br />
A roadside bomb killed a district chief in eastern Afghanistan Saturday while four policemen<br />
died in another blast blamed on Taliban insurgents in the volatile south, police said.<br />
The bloodshed came as new US envoy Richard Holbrooke was due to meet President Hamid<br />
Karzai in Kabul as part of wide-ranging talks to review the US role in the effort to defeat<br />
Taliban violence.<br />
A bomb was remotely detonated to explode as the chief of Nadir Shah Kot district in eastern<br />
Khost province left his home, a provincial police officer, Gul Dad, told AFP.<br />
The chief, Batiul Zaman Sabari, died of his wounds in a US military hospital, he said. His<br />
driver and a guard were also wounded.<br />
Sabari was attacked while on his way to a ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the<br />
withdrawal of the Soviet army, the police officer said.<br />
It was not known who carried out the attack. Eastern Afghanistan, however, sees regular<br />
violence blamed on Taliban insurgents.<br />
In the volatile south, where a Taliban insurgency is also intense, four policemen were killed<br />
Friday in a bomb blast 10 kilometers (six miles) outside of the city of Kandahar, police said.<br />
"This was the work of the enemies of Afghanistan," Kandahar police chief Mutiullah Qateh<br />
told AFP, using a term that refers most often to the Taliban.
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