CIVIL - MILITARY FUSION CENT RE Afghanistan Review Week 12 20 March 2012 Comprehensive Information on Complex Crises This document provides a weekly overview of developments in Afghanistan from 13 – 19 March 2012, INSIDE THIS ISSUE with hyper-links to source material highlighted in blue and underlined in the text. For more information Economic Development on the topics below or other issues pertaining to events in Afghanistan, contact the members of the Afghanistan Team, or visit our website at www.cimicweb.org. Governance & Rule of Law Security & Force Protection Economic Development Steven A. Zyck ►
[email protected] Social & Strategic Infrastructure ccording to The Hindu, India is looking to launch a proposed Partnership Council with DISCLAIMER Afghanistan in order to deepen economic ties between the two countries following the A establishment of a bilateral cooperation agreement late last year. The Partnership Coun- The Civil-Military Fusion Centre cil, which will be chaired by both countries’ foreign ministers, will promote cooperation be- (CFC) is an information and tween Afghanistan and India in areas such as capacity building in the security, education and knowledge management organisa- civil society sectors and mining. India won the rights to the Hajigak iron ore deposit in central tion focused on improving civil- Afghanistan last year and is currently planning to pursue oil and gas deposits in the North of military interaction, facilitating the country as well as a number of copper deposits. information sharing and enhancing situational awareness through the Pakistan Observer says the Board of Directors of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of CimicWeb portal and our weekly Commerce and Industry met for the first time between 12 and 16 March in Karachi.