Antonio Costa, Executive Director UNODC
03 Sep. -Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, visited NATO HQ on 3 September. He met with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and briefed the North Atlantic Council on the UNODC’s Afghanistan Opium Survey 2008.
19 Sep. - Afghan National Security Forces and ISAF troops gave medical treatment to wounded civilians after insurgents fired rockets at an ISAF base in Zirok district, Paktika, Sept. 19.
19 Sep. - Following President Karzai’s announcement that in honour of the UNAMA Peace day, he has ordered the Afghan National Army to refrain from offensive operations against insurgents, General David McKiernan, Commander ISAF, has also instructed all ISAF forces in Afghanistan to do the same.
17 Sep. - An International Security Assistance Force service member was killed during a small-arms fire attack by insurgents in eastern Afghanistan September 17.
16 Sep. - International Security Assistance Forces, with the help of a local citizen, discovered and later detonated a vehicle borne-IED yesterday in the Pule Alam District of Logar province.
