Kabul-Kandahar highway, Musa Qala, and Senlis Council

Today the PCR Project gives a good run-down of stories they are following:

• It is becoming increasingly dangerous and expensive to use the once highly touted Kabul-Kandahar highway...
• The Senlis Council, a highly respected NGO that has argued for the legalization of poppy, may have been kicked out of Afghanistan for engaging in activities that are “contrary to the constitution of Afghanistan” and tacitly encouraging poppy growth.
• British troops withdrew from Helmand Province’s Musa Qala last week after a September deal with tribal elders and the provincial governor [which] could become a model for other districts throughout the South...

The deal, however, has not come without controversy. In the wake of the withdrawal, the Taliban claimed victory over the British, stating that they, in fact, were the ones who struck a deal with Musa Qala’s tribal elders. Moreover, the deal has led Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to declare that NATO not only approves of his controversial peace deal in North Waziristan, but that it is duplicating it in Southern Afghanistan.

Read more at the PCR Project...

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[Garth Leigh]

I need to be able to reach Ms. Norine MacDonald about the legalization of opium in Afghanistan. I think I can help her cause. Please provide email, telephone, or snail-mail address. Thanks!