Tamil Nadu elections may play spoil sport in Rajapaksa invite

Inviting Mahinda Rajapaksa to Mumbai final may be sending a wrong signals for the Tamil Nadu elections perhaps so they may not do it?

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Diplomatic Initiative with Sri Lanka

Will Dr Man Mohan Singh invite Mahinda Rajapaksa to Mumbai?

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Training Transition

Apart from the operational transition, training transition is also important and it appears that side by side with greater incorporation of Afghan instructors this is also taking place slowly and gradually. Ultimately by 2014 or some time later, Afghan training institutions would have to depend on their own instructors and not just for COIN but also to develop conventional capabilities though in the near to medium term it would remain COIN focused. Similarly a pool of instructors to train the police and para military may also be required in the future. While training assistance can possibly go even beyond 2014, building Afghan capacities would remain an important component of the overall paradigm.

in reference to: Afghan instructors teaching COIN Leaders Course (view on Google Sidewiki)

Security Alerts in South Asia

Some key security alerts in South Asia flagged

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District Stability Framework

The key challenge for implementation of the District Stability Framework in Afghanistan is managing the diversities of nations who are cooperating in the same. While the focus is on common assessment and implementation standards, these may be the easier part of the programme than that of training a diverse group from different nations to implement these in Afghanistan where local differences are political, social as well as economic varying some times even within districts of the same province. How would the trainees implement the same remains one of the key areas for success of the programme which has led to expansion of the network at the grassroots over the past many months.

in reference to: DSF 43 Trains 21 Individuals from 11 Nations (view on Google Sidewiki)

22 March An important day in afghan history

22 March 2011 will be an important date in the modern history of Afghanistan with the government announcing a transition in seven areas which were mostly expected but for the southern city of Lashkar Gah. Kabul except Sarobi district, Bamyan and Panjshir as well as Mazar-i-Sharif, Herat and Mehterlam have not witnessed much violence though the capital has had a series of major incidents it is largely under the control of the Afghan security forces. The French were keen that the Surobi district should also be handed over but the threat to the same keeping in view the transit route to the Pakistan border and access to Kabul remains. However this should be a positive though some say only a symbolic step in the country. This is line with the overall objective agreed to by the leaders of the troop contributing countries at Lisbon in November 2010 that Afghan forces will lead performing the security tasks by the end of 2014. There is increasing confidence that this would be so in the days ahead and with considerable progress in the past six months, though the path will continue to remain uncertain and full commitment would be necessary.

in reference to: Karzai addresses NATO transition at NMAA graduation (view on Google Sidewiki)