The Haqqani network was directly involved in one of the last major attacks in Kabul, an assault on the American Embassy in September, and that, too, involved militants raining down rocket and gunfire from an unfinished building nearby, suggesting a lasting security weakness within even the most secure districts of the capital.
Farmers, traders and some government officials in Kunduz – once seen as one of the most secure districts of Afghanistan – are angry that the Taliban has still not been dislodged from swathes of territory in neighbouring districts.
The more than three-year war has devastated the once-bustling city, leaving many of its neighborhoods in rubble and forcing much of its population to flee or relocate to relatively secure districts.
The district cannot sell the $30 million in bonds that voters approved until the scope of the project is defined and more construction financing is secured, district officials said.
An uneasy veneer of calm settled on Kabul on Wednesday as security forces finished clearing the unfinished concrete high-rise from which at least six militants shot rocket-propelled grenades and sprayed bullets into one of the capital's most heavily secured districts.
This is a secure Republican district or this is a secure Democratic district, so my vote doesn't count.' That's not a good thing for democracy," Ginsburg told CBS host Charlie Rose during an appearance at the 92nd Street Y in New York City on Tuesday.
Most striking of all, the marines trust Afghan police and soldiers to secure the district centre.
The president should apply for authority to a secure United States District Court for a warrant before undertaking any attacks on American citizens, articulate clear criteria for ordering drone strikes that can be debated and challenged by Congress or courts, and disclose strikes after they occur (while protecting key national security sources).
"When you have this designation, it has significant meaning," said Martha J. Terrill, who led a group that secured cultural district status for a section of Galveston this year.
