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Comment on ReliefWeb addict by Ted

Ted — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:25:08 +0000

Just a quick hello and merry chrsitmas from us all at The Expat Directory. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Comment on ReliefWeb addict by Carola

Carola — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:46:53 +0000

Greetings from Italy

Comment on Band-e Amir photos by Brian C

Brian C — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:09:50 +0000

There may have been a couple of wars since – but looks like it hasn’t changed any great deal in the bit over 30 years since I was there. It is still well up on the list of the most stunningly beautiful places I saw on my (fairly extensive) travels.

I don’t think they had the pedalos then tho’

Comment on ReliefWeb addict by remotegoat

remotegoat — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:00:46 +0000

Ha! Love it! As a fellow RW addict, and dedicated vacancies surfer, I really enjoyed your interpretations of the bulletin board. I’ve just arrived on a new assignment, and so got rather excited with their “build your own briefing pack” widget…. a bit of a disappointment as I got the same docs in English and French, and a whole load of guff about a neighbouring country. But then again, maybe I’m just not doing it right?

Comment on ReliefWeb addict by Roberta

Roberta — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:27:29 +0000

Good to see you back in the saddle! But aren’t you only supposed to say “My name is X and I am an addict” when you are actually trying to kick the habit? I think you may have addicted a few more!

Comment on Afghan election roundup by Marianne

Marianne — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:11:33 +0000

I am not exactly in favour of a complete withdrawal of troops, but I do want to see more money going to development through tried and tested pathways. There is way too much money being spent on the military in Afghanistan and way too little being spent on community-led development initiatives. That balance needs to be shifted. It must be possible to make the military do more for it’s dollar, no?

Comment on Oh for those halcyon days by Marianne

Marianne — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:08:52 +0000

I had the same immediate reaction. I recognised it as an impulse of solidarity. Best not acted upon, but there it was, all the same.

Comment on About by Ahsan

Ahsan — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:43:32 +0000

Your description of the afghan election is very close to how I would describe it. Being an afghan myself I have been asked about the fraud in the elections and Abdullahs pulling out. I don’t know why we are all so naive as to think that everything is supposed to have a simple answer. Did fraud happen? Yes. Was Karzai himself involved? very unlikely, don’t think so. Did Abdullah have a winning chance? No way. So Karzai would have won second time? Definitely. Does Karzai have all the good intentions? oh yeah, of-course. Can he deliver?? we will have to wait and see. Is Abdullah the bad guy? No, No.
Lets see if your next blog will have something on corruption in Afghanistan? You will have to define what corruption is. Afghan definition will be different to a European definition of corruption.

Comment on Night letter clip art and other snippets by votar chicas

votar chicas — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:58:56 +0000

WoW! Thank you very much for that enlightening article

Comment on Afghan election roundup by Joel Hafvenstein

Joel Hafvenstein — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:25:53 +0000

Love the roundup — and yeah, “befuddlingly depressing” describes the situation well.

The Karzai government was already broadly terrible at governing; the gratuitous clumsiness of the electoral fraud just highlights its general lack of competence. Now it’s thrown a little more legitimacy out the window and put itself deeper in hock to warlords and traffickers.

In this context, Obama’s mooted 40,000 extra troops for Counter-Insurgency are going to be about as constructive as sending 40,000 more bullets to an army with no guns.