This document provides a weekly overview of developments in Afghanistan from 02 - 15 October 2012, with hyper-links to source material highlighted in blue and underlined in the text. For more information on the topics below or other issues pertaining to events in Afghanistan, contact the members of the Afghanistan Team, or visit our website at www.cimicweb.org/cmo/afg.
Highlighted Topics
The Afghan government has published 210 previously agreed mining contracts.
Approximately 1,000 Afghanistan-bound tucks are being help up in Iran.
The EU blocks USD 25 million in foreign aid after absence of Afghan justice reform.
Biometric identification project may hamper instead of help the 2014 elections.
Several nations pledged to continue training the Afghan security forces beyond 2014.
A car bomb killed 16 people and wounded many more in north-west Pakistan.
Several options under review to expand the water supply for Kabul population.
A restaurant in Kabul provides job opportunities and rehabilitation to drug addicts.
