By empty (9/10/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)

The United Nations special envoy to Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, has said that insecurity in the country remains a major concern threatening to undermine the peace process and the transitional government. Mr Brahimi told a conference at the United Nations that many Afghans still felt that they were at the mercy of local commanders or armed groups. Rival factions clashed in the Afghan city of Khost over the weekend, leaving at least 15 people dead, just days after a failed assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai, in the city of Kandahar.

By empty (9/11/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Georgian parliament deputy, leader of the Pan-Georgian political movement Ertoba (Revival) and former secretary of the Georgian Communist Party Dzhumber Patiashvili on Tuesday demanded President Eduard Shevardnadze's immediate resignation. He argued that Shevardnadze "is incapable of performing his constitutional duties, as he cannot ensure the country's territorial integrity and the citizens' security, and does not defend Georgia's interests on the international arena." He also said the authorities and the president have led Georgia "into a catastrophic deadlock, as a result of which the country may lose its state system.

By empty (9/11/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)

On the eve of the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist acts in the USA Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to George Bush in a phone conversation. As press secretary of the president of Russia Alexei Gromov told, Putin noted that he wanted to talk to the U.S.