Nikkei: Japanese ambassador to country met official in Qatar last month – The source at the Japanese embassy said that while the number of “explosions” in the country has been decreasing, it was not “easy to say” whether the situation is secure or stable. Faran Jeffery, deputy director and head of the South Asia terrorism desk at the U.K.-based Islamic Theology of Counter Terrorism, told Nikkei Asia the terrain in Afghanistan is “almost always difficult,” and the previous Afghan republic’s inability to tap its potential mineral wealth was due in part to security concerns, substandard infrastructure and a lack of easy export options. Click here to read more (external link).