Central asia and more

Dagens Nyheter analyzes the taliban-resurge in Afghanistan.

Even more interestingly, Danish journalist Carsten Jensen has written a 3part article series on visiting Afghanistan, for the fourth time and last in 2002. Part 1, part 2 and part 3 are definitely worth reading, as well as the concluding remarks. He severely questions the added value of the international presence in the current form, saying we don't do it for Afghanistan but for ourselves and for some unknown good - but what I really lack is a recipe for a viable alternative?

Amnesty displays a photo exhibition on people displaced by oil pipelines in the Caucasus.

And Swedish Television broadcast the first part yesterday in a documentary series on Iran.