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| UN gives more power to peacekeepers in Afghanistan | |
| 2003-10-14 | |
The United Nations Security Council has empowered the international peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, known as ISAF, to operate throughout the country. Until now, ISAF's mandate has been confined to in and around the capital, Kabul. Large areas of Afghanistan are unsafe with analysts saying half of the provinces are high risk. The resolution gives ISAF a broad mandate, leaving specific deployment decisions to NATO, which currently leads the peacekeeping force. NATO wants to send troops to several provincial towns, starting with a deployment of up to 400 German soldiers in the northern city, Kunduz. In the longer term, the alliance wants to create what are termed "islands of security" in other urban centres, however, critics say this is too little, too late.
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #4 Germans,who have this "thing" about using their troops abroad, weren't willing to go beyond Kabul without UN approval. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-10-14 3:32:42 PM |
| #3 Ah, this is appropriately called Center of the Universe Syndrome™... "All goodness and light flows outward from here - and here is wherever [insert entity, such as the UN] happens to be." Oh yeah, sure sounds like the UN to meeeee. |
| Posted by: .com 2003-10-14 2:26:51 PM |
| #2 All power flows from the UN. Feel the rays of hope spreading from a UN resolution. Now we can have progress. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-10-14 12:33:45 PM |
| #1 actually Karzai govt has had control for a while of 3 or 4 provinces surrounding Kabul, and has taken control of Bamiyan and Paktia provinces. BBC, critizing the German move as too little, now says that Konduz is relatively safe and stable. Well gee, why didnt you tell us that earlier, Beeb? Haven heard much from Jalalabad lately, is that now under Karzai control as well? |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-10-14 9:55:32 AM |