Human Terrain System = Military Intelligence Program

[Keith Millea]

“Make sure that we've got a civilian expeditionary force that, when we go out into some village somewhere and the military makes it secure, let's have that agricultural specialist right there, let’s have that person who knows how to train a police force right there, let's -- let's have all those personnel and let's make sure that we are giving them the support that they need in order for us to be successful on our mission.”

The Talibans response.

'Welcome' for Petraeus

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Published on Friday, July 2, 2010 by Al Jazeera English Taliban Attacks Afghan Aid Office


At least five people have been killed in an attack by Taliban fighters on the office of a US aid contractor in northern Afghanistan.

Afghan children walk along a street as smoke rises from a building in Kunduz after a suspected militant attack in the northern Afghan city. Three people including a German security guard were killed as suicide bombers and gunmen stormed a US aid organisation in Afghanistan in an attack claimed by the Taliban. (AFP)

Armed men stormed the offices of Development Alternatives Inc (DAI) in Kunduz province early Friday morning.


The gunmen battled with Afghan police for more than five hours before police could secure the building and retrieve the bodies of the victims.

The US embassy in Kabul said that a German security guard was killed during the attack. Four other people, including two Afghan security guards, were also killed.
At least 20 other people were wounded, according to Mohammad Omar, the governor of the province.

A spokesman for the Taliban told Al Jazeera that six men took part in the attack. One of them was driving a car rigged with explosives, and blew himself up outside the gates.
Omar said a second attacker also blew himself up inside the base.
"The first suicide attacker detonated at the entrance, and the second detonated inside the premises, killing one foreign national," he said.
Foreign workers inside the compound fled to the roof to escape the fighting.

'Welcome' for Petraeus

The Taliban spokesman described the attack as a "welcome" for General David Petraeus, the new commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan. Petraeus arrived in Kabul, the Afghan capital, on Friday.
"This attack shows the insurgents' desire to prevent progress, and draws attention to their true goal of serving themselves rather than the people of Afghanistan," said Captain Jane Campbell, a spokesman for Nato.

DAI runs two aid programmes in Kunduz province, according to the US Agency for International Development. One programme provides grants for small businesses while the other works with farmers to improve agricultural technology.

The Taliban accused the company of providing intelligence and support to US troops.

Attacks on foreign aid workers are common in Afghanistan.
A 2009 report from the London-based Overseas Development Institute found that Afghanistan was one of the three most dangerous countries in the world for aid workers.

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