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The Kapisa and Parwan provincial reconstruction team civil affairs leader visited a few local villages in the Kohe Safi District and met with Community Development Council representatives, June 24. [[ This is a content summary only.

Note from Barnett R. Rubin: The following article by Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh, PhD, Director of the Center for Studies of International Relations (CERI) Program for Peace and Human Security, CERI/Institute of Political Science, Paris, was scheduled to appear in Le Figaro on June 12, the day of the International Conference in Support of Afghanistan in Paris.

KABUL: Officials from the ISAF Regional Command West (RC-W) and the Herat government attended the inauguration ceremony for a newly-built bridge in the western province. Herat Governor Sayed Hussain Anwari, Mayor Mohammad Rafiq Mujaddedi, RC-W Commander Brigadier General Francesco Arena and Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Commander Colonel Giuseppe Levato attended the ceremony.

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AP - Retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Arnold Fields is the White House’s choice to lead a new office that will investigate U.S. reconstruction spending in Afghanistan.

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On June 27, 2007, a flash flood ravaged parts of the Rokha District. That day, within meters of the site for a future bridge, 23 people lost their lives when their bus washed off the Molakhel road. This stretch was one of two in Rokha that were destroyed by the floods.

ISAF’s troops of Regional Command Capital (RC-Capital) are conducting reconstruction projects worth more than $3.6 million in Kabul’s remote areas. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Hamid Karzai’s presidency seems to be failing, and some polls show that his support is flagging. Karzai is perceived to be ineffective in reducing corruption weak on the Taliban, and making moves that question his democratic credentials.