Israel ’s 12-day war with Iran is estimated to have cost tens of billions of shekels, with thousands of people made homeless by missile strikes, according to Israeli sources.
Sri Lanka’s anti-graft commission arrests ex-President Rajapaksa’s family member
Nishantha Wickramasingha arrested for corruption in SriLankan Airlines deals, part of anti-corruption drive against Rajapaksa-led governments.
Sri Lanka Supreme Court Stops Land Grab From War-Affected Tamils
Sri Lanka’s top court halted a government move to acquire land in northern regions still reeling from the consequences 16 years after the end of a decades-long civil war.
In Afghanistan, ‘Who Has the Guns Gets the Land’
In central Afghanistan, property disputes of another nature are playing out: the marginalization and displacement of ethnic minorities in order to seize their arable land.
Property Book Officers learn to streamline retrograde process in Afghanistan | Article | The United States Army
Property Book Officers from the Combined/Joint Operations Area-Afghanistan met Feb. 20-21 for a two-day PBO ROC drill sponsored by 1st Theater Sustainment Command and the 401st AFSB to set …
Pentagon donated $858M in property to Afghanistan, watchdog says – The Hill
The Pentagon has donated $858 million of property to the Afghan government in the course of drawing down and closing bases in Afghanistan, according to an inspector general report released Monday.
1st TSC hosts property book conference in Afghanistan
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Using 10 computers each armed with a sophisticated property management application, Army property book officers assigned to units in Afghanistan met Feb. 20 and 21 …
‘The Taliban are worried about the uprising happening here’: an interview with the Panjwai district governor – FDD’s Long War Journal
Bill Ardolino is currently embedded with US soldiers from the 4-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team in Panjwai, Afghanistan. “Property ownership is a human right,” argued a grey-bearded Afghan in a black …
In Afghanistan, people who have the guns get the land
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — For decades, roughly 1,000 families called the low-slung mud-walled neighborhood of Firqa home. Some moved in during the 1990s civil war, while others were provided …
Afghanistan: Destroying their property and insulting their intelligence (Rep. Lynn Woolsey)
The trip taken by the U.S. delegation to the NATO Summit in Lisbon was an expensive one indeed. The decision made there to extend our military occupation of Afghanistan into 2014 (and possibly …