Media Centre / ICOS in the News


  Emmanuel Reinert talks to France 24 about the French casualties caused by the rising insurgency in Afghanistan. (20 August 2008)

  Jorrit Kamminga on the Islam Channel about the significance of France's worst loss of troops in Afghanistan to date. He explains why ICOS is calling for a substantial troop surge - to boost not only morale, but our slimming chances of victory in a war we cannot afford to lose. (20 August 2008)

  Almas Bawar Zakhilwal on CTV News talking about the recent killings of the Canadian aid workers in Logar Province, Afghanistan. (13 August 2008)

  Almas Bawar Zakhilwal on Global National talking about the recent deaths of the Canadian aid workers in Afghanistan. (13 August 2008)

  Jorrit Kamminga on Al-Jazeera responding to Thomas Schweich's report about Afghanistan's growing poppy crisis. (25 July 2008)

  Almas Bawar Zakhilwal (Canada Country Manager) tells the A Channel that Afghanistan's spiralling opium crisis is one of the country's forgotten problems. (22 July 2008)

  Norine MacDonald QC talks to CNN about the crescent of anger amongst unemployed young men flowing through the three conflict zones of Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia. (3 July 2008)

  Norine MacDonald QC talks to CBS about the opium poppy crisis in Afghanistan. CBS refers to ICOS's "Poppy For Medicine" initiative that would help reduce the number of Afghan farmers becoming sympathetic to the Taliban. (25 June 2008)

  Norine MacDonald on CNN talking about the plight of Afghanistan's IDPs in areas under Taliban Control. (18 June 2008)

  Almas Bawar Zakhilwal (Canada Country Manager) talks to CBC Newsworld about the results of the Paris Donors Conference which addressed the future donations from around the world to assist Afghanistan's future growth. (17 June 2008)

  Paul Burton on Al-Jazeera's Inside Story, part 1 debating the June 2008 Paris conference, where more than 60 countries met to discuss a five year development plan for Afghanistan (12 June 2008)

  Paul Burton on Al-Jazeera's Inside Story, part 2 debating the June 2008 Paris conference, where more than 60 countries met to discuss a five year development plan for Afghanistan (12 June 2008)


  Jorrit Kamminga on Al-Jazeera's Inside Story, part 1 debates whether NATO is still relevant today (14 Feb. 2008)

  Jorrit Kamminga on Al-Jazeera's Inside Story, part 2 debates whether NATO is still relevant today (14 Feb. 2008)

  Norine MacDonald QC talks to CTV's Canada AM about the security situation in southern Afghanistan (6 Feb. 2008)

  Paul Burton (Head of Policy Analysis) talks to Al-Jazeera about the current challenges in terms of insecurity and insurgency in Afghanistan (30 Jan. 2008)

  Norine MacDonald QC talks to CTV explaining the value of providing food for Afghanistan's starving IDPs in the battle to win their hearts and minds and defeat the insurgency. (26 January 2008)

  Norine MacDonald QC and Ahmed Rashid on PBS Newshour discuss the deterioration of the security situation in Afghanistan (7 Dec. 2007)

  Norine MacDonald QC talks to BBC World about the opinion of the Afghan population towards the presence of international security forces in Afghanistan (21 Nov. 2007)

  Emmanuel Reinert talks to CNN just after the Taliban attack in November 2007 which killed more than 73 people including school children.(9 Nov. 2007)

  Jorrit Kamminga (Head of Policy Research) talks to RTL Nieuws about the growing power of the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan (7 Nov. 2007)

  Emmanuel Reinert talks to CNN about the violence and the insurgents in Afghanistan (2 July 2007)

  Emmanuel Reinert talks to Sky News on the back of a survey of 17,000 Afghan men in the three Afghan provinces of Helmand, Kandahar and Nangarhar. (19 March 2007)

  Norine MacDonald QC talks to CNN about the military presence in southern Afghanistan and the fight against the Taliban insurgency (15 Feb. 2007)

  Emmanuel Reinert talks to CNN about the security of Afghanistan in light of its notorious opium trade. (14 Sept. 2006)

  Emmanuel Reinert talks to CBC about the violence in Afghanistan (6 June 2006)

  Emmanuel Reinert (Executive Director) talks to Sky News about the current issues facing Afghanistan (6 May 2006)

  Emmanuel Reinert talks to Sky News about the War in Afghanistan programme and its failure to look beyond the military plan. (2006)





   Jorrit Kamminga on Newsline Radio Netherlands - (20 August. 2008)

   Emmanuel Reinert on The World Today BBC World Service - (19 August. 2008)

   Emmanuel Reinert on The World Tonight BBC Radio 4 - (19 August. 2008)

   Emmanuel Reinert on infos Radio France - (19 August. 2008)

  Paul Burton on To The Point KCRW - (29 July. 2008)

  Paul Burton on PM BBC Radio 4 - (06 July. 2008)

  Norine MacDonald QC on Breakfast ABC Radio National - (17 June)

  Norine MacDonald QC on The World Tonight BBC Radio 4 - (16 June)

  Paul Burton, Chemistry World Podcast Debate with Thomas Pietschmann, UNODC - (1 March)

  Almas Bawar Zakhilwal on The Jeff Farias Show Nova M Radio - (11 August 2008)

  Paul Burton on The World Tonight BBC Radio 4 - (12 Dec. 2007)

  Paul Burton on The World This Weekend BBC Radio 4 - (09 Dec. 2007)

  Paul Burton on The World BBC World Service - (22 Nov. 2007)

  Jorrit Kamminga on the news NOS (dutch) - (21 Nov. 2007)

  Norine MacDonald QC on As It Happens CBC - (Sept. 2007)

  Norine MacDonald QC on The Sunday Edition part 1 CBC - (16 Sept. 2007)

  Norine MacDonald QC on The Sunday Edition part 2 CBC - (16 Sept. 2007)

  Norine MacDonald QC on The Sunday Edition part 3 CBC - (16 Sept. 2007)

  Norine MacDonald QC on As It Happens CBC - (5 June 2007)

  Norine MacDonald QC on The Current CBC - (29 May 2007)

  Emmanuel Reinert on BBC News BBC Radio 4 - (11 Sept. 2006)







OCTOBER 2008




SEPTEMBER 2008

  • All Change in the US's Afghan mission Asia Times Online - 22 Sept.


  • Afghanistan after the US invasion Media Monitors Network - 13 Sept.


  • Disaster in Afghanistan Global Research - 9 Sept.




  • AUGUST 2008

  • Loans needed to stop poppy crops National Post - 29 August

  • L'OTAN désarmée face à l'emprise talibane Courrier International - 29 August

  • L'étau des taliban L'Express - 28 August




  • Getting Closer The Economist - 21 August





  • Flower Power The Guardian - 18 August

  • Taliban hit the Capital The Mirror - 18 August

  • Aid Workers Slain in Afghan Ambush The Globe and Mail - 14 August


  • Spray Afghanistan? Drug Policy Alliance Network - 11 August


  • Afghanistan: Poppy Destruction Aiding Taliban, Says Think-Tank Adnkronos International (Also in The Frontier Post) - 02 August

  • Afghan Violence Hampers Aid: NGOs Islam Online - 1 August



  • JULY 2008

  • Afghanistan’s Opium International Herald Tribune - (29 July)

  • Let Poppies Be Grown For Medicine: Expert The Montreal Gazette - (29 July)


  • ICOS Report The American Chronicle - (26 July)


  • 50.000 demonstrerte I Kabul ABC Nyheter - (23 July)




  • Killing Innocents in Afghanistan Socialist Worker - (15 July)







  • Taliban hebben langste adem Algemeen Dagblad - (11 July)



  • Proxy Attack? Newsweek - (9 July)


  • Proxy Attack? Newsweek - (8 July)


  • The Taliban in Afghanistan The Washington Post - (7 July)



  • Hunkering Down in Afghanistan Counterpunch - (5 July)

  • The Taliban in Afghanistan The Washington Post - (7 July)

  • Noch mehr Kanonenfutter Freitag 27 - (2 July)

  • The Taliban in Afghanistan Council on Foreign Relations - (2 July)



  • JUNE 2008

  • A losing war Frontline - (30 June)

  • Boys Will Be Boys The National - (30 June)


  • US wars have helped al-Qa'eda, says report Daily Telegraph - (27 June)



  • The Taliban Strikes Back The Age - (18 June)

  • Taliban flex muscle around Kandahar Sydney Morning Herald - (18 June)



  • Kabul pressured to stamp out corruption The Toronto Star - (13 June)

  • British carry on as death toll reaches 100 The Globe and Mail - (12 June)


  • The tug of war for Afghanistan The National - (9 June)




  • APRIL 2008

  • Return to the past Peace Reporter - (30 April)


  • Opiumhochburg Afghanistan Maennerherz.de - (30 April)






  • Fixing Afghanistan Washington Times - (4 April)

  • The Afghanistan Commitment Legion Magazine - (2 April)




  • MARCH 2008

  • Afghanistan: is it too late? New Statesman - (27 March)


  • The Seoul Times - (18 March)

  • Canada's mythological mission in Afghanistan The Republic of East Vancouver - (17 March)


  • Manley defends call for 1,000 more soldiers The Globe and Mail - (12 March)









  • FEBRUARY 2008



  • Leaving pot of cash on terrorists' doorstep Indianapolis Star - (25 Feb.)

  • The Poppy Problem Truthdig - (21 Feb.)


  • Afghanistan is the new Auschwitz Online Journal - (15 Feb.)

  • Back Poppy for Medicine initiative Financial Times - (15 Feb.)

  • Paris prêt pour la guerre afghane? L'Humanite - (11 Feb.)

  • The warlords return to Kandahar Esprit de Corps - (8 Feb.)




  • UN: Afghan rebels growing more opium Associated Press - (6 Feb.)

  • Rice und Miliband für mehr Nato-Präsenz Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - (6 Feb.)








  • JANUARY 2008



  • Leader: What Paddy did next The Guardian - (17 Jan.)

  • Abandoning Afghanistan National Post - (16 Jan.)


  • Number of displaced Afghans grows The Canadian Press - (14 Jan.)



  • DECEMBER 2007

  • NATO takes stock of good, bad in Afghanistan Ottawa Citizen - (19 Dec.)

  • NATO's Handling of Afghan Mission Under Fire Embassy - (13 Dec.)

  • The harsh truth: this is a long, hard struggle The Independent - (11 Dec.)

  • Canadian Forces should take over delivery of aid in Kandahar CBC - (10 Dec.)

  • Intel Brief: Afghan poppies fear not ISN - (6 Dec.)

  • Blutigstes Jahr in Afghanistan seit 2001 Deutsche Welle - (5 Dec.)

  • Think-tank suggests Afghans grow ingredient in anti-malarial drugs CBC - (5 Dec.)

  • Give Afghan commission wider scope, ICOS says Ottawa Citizen - (7 Dec.)

  • Taliban heeft macht in slechts vijf districten BN DeStem - (5 Dec.)


  • Afghanistan: Nato,Talebani Controllano Appena 5 Distretti La Repubblica - (4 Dec.)



  • NOVEMBER 2007

  • Sei province in mano ai taleban La Repubblica - (24 Nov.)

  • Ottawa's line on Afghanistan contradicted by ICOS report Vancouver Sun - (23 Nov.)

  • Resurgent Taliban Closing In on Kabul New-York Times - (21 Nov.)

  • Afghanistan 'falling into hands of Taliban' The Guardian - (22 Nov.)



  • OCTOBER 2007




    SEPTEMBER 2007

  • The war on poppies L.A. Times - (2 Sept.)



  • AUGUST 2007


  • The drugs don't work Guardian Unlimited - (27 Aug.)



  • JUNE 2007

  • A world awash in heroin The Economist - (28 Jun.)

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