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Russia Anxious Over Grip on Oil as US Firms Join Great Game
Discusses Russian and US strategic and economic interests in Central Asia. Ben Aris and Ahmed Rashid for the Daily Telegraph, UK.
news.telegraph.co.uk
Jackpot Afghanistan - Gas and Oil from Central Asia
Article in Blue Print Magazine on natural gas and oil from Central Asia. Considers exploitation and transportation and outside interests.
www.blueprint-magazine.de
The West is Walking Away from Afghanistan - Again
The modernising forces are quickly losing ground to the warlords, while western governments refuse to deliver the cash they promised. The Guardian, UK.
www.guardian.co.uk
Bush's War is the New Great Game
Commentary on the current status of the campaign and on Washington's growing need to demonstrate global support and multilateralism. The Guardian, UK.
www.guardian.co.uk
Global Policy Forum: Afghanistan
Security Council resolutions and other UN documents, a collection of articles, archive and links.
www.globalpolicy.org
Crisis of Impunity - the Role of Pakistan, Russia, and Iran in Fueling the Civil War
The essay published by Human Rights Watch in July 2001 explains the involvement of foreign nations in the conflict.
www.hrw.org
Media Monitors Network: Afghanistan, the Taliban and the United States
Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed reviews the current crisis in its historical context to comprehend whether Western foreign policy toward the country has been formulated on the basis of humanitarian principles or not.
www.mediamonitors.net
The conflict explained from an Indian standpoint.
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Defense Establishment's Control of US Policy Poses Threat to Afghan Reconstruction
Ahmed Rashid discusses the strong influence of the Department of Defense on US-politics in Afghanistan.
www.eurasianet.org
Analysis: Pakistan's Tribal Frontiers
The BBC's Rahimullah Yusufzai examines Pakistan's tribal borderlands where reports say Osama Bin Laden could seek refuge.
news.bbc.co.uk
Russia's Souring Strategic Perspectives in Afghanistan
A comment on Russian influence on the power politics in the central asian country, by Ehsan Ahrari, CDI. US.
www.cdi.org
European Commission: The EU's relations with Afghanistan
Information on the political relations, and documentation of humanitarian and development activities. Includes speeches and links for related sites and documents.
ec.europa.eu