Will Chinese Mining Venture Bring Wealth or Heartbreak to Afghanistan?
The United States initially welcomed China's $3.4-billion investment to develop Afghanistan's largest copper mine. But today, three years later, China has made little progress on the roads and power plants it promised for Afghanistan, and some U.S. experts worry China is repeating the lax business practices they've seen in other international Chinese projects. Security in Afghanistan hinges on a legitimate revenue stream -- rather than the drug trade -- to develop the war-torn country, and U.S and Afghan officials have pushed mineral investments as the backbone of a new Afghan economy. But ...
Is USAID Policy Risking Lives in Afghanistan?
Security for aid workers in Afghanistan is deteriorating, and non-government organizations blame U.S. development policies for putting more lives at risk. The U.S. Agency for International Development requires that humanitarian-aid projects in Afghanistan support the military's war strategy, a policy that has made aid workers targets for the Taliban, say non-government organizations, or NGOs. "There are more attacks on aid workers now," said Ann Richard, vice president of government relations at the International Rescue Committee, a non-government organization with programs in Afghanistan. ...
Women Candidates in Afghanistan Travel a Dangerous Campaign Trail
Afghan women running in the country's parliamentary elections in September face security threats that make campaigning difficult, and at times impossible. Female candidates have reported receiving verbal threats and "night letters" from the Taliban that threaten violence if they don't stop their efforts, according to nonprofits working in the country. The threats haven't discouraged women from running for office, though. Of the 2,550 candidates in the country's second-ever parliamentary election, 406 are women. "The women who are brave enough to do this thing -- it's sort of a self-selected ...
Arlington Cemetery Probe: Where Did $5 Million for Records System Go?
Officials don't know what happened to more than $5 million that was supposed to buy a new technology system to automate burial records at Arlington National Cemetery. The money is spent, but the nation's cemetery for military killed in combat, veterans and their families continues to keep burial records for fallen soldiers on paper. After Thursday's Senate committee hearing to review contract mismanagement at Arlington National Cemetery, senators still have few answers on how, where and when the money was spent. "It is a disaster," said Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), chairwoman of the ...
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