The explosion happened in Parwan Province, about 35 miles north of the capital, Kabul, just one day before Afghan officials were to list the province as one of 17 areas under consideration for the second stage of security transition from NATO to Afghan control.
"Fifa has concluded the first stage of its Security Stage 1 process which has involved interviewing a number of people from Safa, or formerly from the Association, who could assist the investigation," said the Australian.
The man at the first stage of the security check, a Palestinian himself, refused.
Lashkar Gah was among the first cities where Afghan security forces assumed sole control last summer in the first stage of a transition from American security.
ISRAEL'S refusal to go beyond the first stage of the land-for-security accord it signed at Wye, in Maryland, in October, deciding instead to hold an election, leaves the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas, the Islamic opposition, dancing warily around one another.
Lashkar Gah was among the five cities and two provinces where Afghan security forces assumed sole control over the summer in the first stage of a transition from American security.
He said the first stage of withdrawal would be the handover of security control to the Iraqis in Maysan and Muthanna provinces.
Afghan officials say the combined campaigns are intended to undermine the first stage of a transition to full Afghan responsibility for security, which is scheduled to begin within weeks in seven of the country's safest provinces and cities.
Rather, security experts say the worm may be the first stage of a larger attack.
This paper presents the first stage of a research program designed to investigate the nature of the relationship between the information security and internal audit functions.
