http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/VVOS-8BBQ8U?OpenDocument <http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/VVOS-8BBQ8U?OpenDocument> The Respective Levels of Financing for Non-Profit and For-Profit Actors in Afghanistan's Reconstruction and Development Source: NATO Civil-Military Fusion Centre (NATO CFC) <https://www.cimicweb.org/Pages/CMOwelcome.aspx>
Date: 18 Nov 2010 Full_Report <http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/retrieveattachments?openagent&short\ id=VVOS-8BBQ8U&file=Full_Report.pdf> (pdf* format - 320.3 Kbytes) http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/retrieveattachments?openagent&shorti\ d=VVOS-8BBQ8U&file=Full_Report.pdf <http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/retrieveattachments?openagent&short\ id=VVOS-8BBQ8U&file=Full_Report.pdf> The Issue In mid-August, Afghan President Hamid Karzai issued Presidential Decree 62, which specified that all private security companies (PSCs) operating within Afghanistan, foreign as well as domestic, would be required to disband by 17 December 2010. Soon thereafter media reports began noting the possibility that private firms and organisations involved in Afghanistanâs reconstruction, some of which utilise PSCs for protection of offices, construction sites, staff and materials, would be adversely affected. The Scotsman newspaper, for instance, reported that one firm had chartered planes to evacuate its staff in the event that the PSC ban went into effect. The issue gained momentum after 22 October, when the Washington Post cited American officials as estimating the PSC ban would "affect" USD 1.5 billion in United States-funded projects and would result in the loss of some 20,000 Afghan jobs associated with road and energy infrastructure construction alone. Reuters described one American company, Development Alternatives, Inc., which has already begun to wind down or cancel USD 27.2 million in projects financed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Such outcomes were deferred though not resolved by President Karzaiâs recent decision to delay the effective date of the PSC ban by 90 days. <http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/VVOS-8BBQ8U?OpenDocument> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, discuss-os...@yahoogroups.com. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor biso...@intellnet.org http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: osint-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: osint-dig...@yahoogroups.com osint-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
