براساس اطلاعات رسانه ها، حکومت جمهوری اسلامی پاکستان در منطقه برمل ولایت پکتیکا به نصب سیم خاردار اقدام کرده است. حکومت جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان با ابراز مخالفت در رابطه به این اقدام بارها گفته است که این کارباعث جدایی اقوام و خانواده های دوطرف خط دیورند می شود، وهیچ کمکی مثبتی نیز به مبارزه با تروریزم کرده نمی تواند. ـ

واقیعت دیگر این است که میان دو کشور علایم مرزی مورد قبول دو طرف وجود نداشته و در سالهای جهاد نیز ابهامات بیشتری بر آن افزود شده است. بنابر این سوال اساسی مطرح میشود که این سیم خاردار در قلمرو کدام کشور تعبیه خواهد شد؟

Where miners blaze a trail, other businesses may follow - ANDY HOFFMAN - From Friday's Globe and Mail- March 09, 2007

TORONTO — Were it anywhere else in the world, its mineral riches would surely have been tapped long ago, yet millions of tonnes of copper in the Aynak deposit sit untouched.

The wealth underground has been shielded from exploitation by activity on the surface: foreign invasion, civil war, terrorism, occupation. Aynak is in Afghanistan, a place known more for land mines than copper mines.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, is marking International Women’s Day, today in Kabul, to show her solidarity with the women of Afghanistan and those from all over the world.

به منظور ارج گذاری به مقام والای زن همه ساله از 8 مارچ، به حیث روز جهانی زن در سراسر جهان تجلیل بعمل می اید و در کشور مانیز به مناسبت این روز مجالس و محافل پرشکوهی برگزار میگردد طی پنجسال گذشته این روز در مرکز وولایت کشور ازسوی

OTTAWA—Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, arrived in Afghanistan today to begin her first visit to this country and to show her support for Canadian soldiers and the people of Afghanistan.

The Governor General stated that she wanted this visit to take place specifically on March 8, International Women’s Day. “The women of Afghanistan may face the most unbearable conditions, but they never stop fighting for survival. Of course, we, the rest of the women around the world, took too long to hear the cries of our Afghan sisters, but I am here to tell them that they are no longer alone. And neither are the people of Afghanistan,” said the Governor General.

حامدکرزی رئیس جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان قبل از ظهر امروز با خانم میشل ژان گورنر جنرال کشور کانادا در مقر ریاست جمهوری ملاقات کرد . ـ

Arg, Kabul - H.E. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, in a telephone call expressed his sympathies to elders and family members of the victims of Nangarhar incident who had gathered in office of the Governor of Nangarhar province.

During this telephone conversation, the President expressed his heartfelt sympathies to them and prayed for the full and speedy recovery of the injured.

The families of the victims requested for the identification of the perpetrators of this incident and bringing them to justice.

The President yesterday issued an order for conducting investigation and sending the inquiry team to Nangarhar province.

In today's cabinet meeting, the President and the cabinet prayed for those who were martyred in the incident and instructed the relevant authorities to assist the families of the victims.

Released by the Office of the Spokesman to the President - Islamic Republic of Afghanistan