Development and War in Afghanistan
02 November 2007
Michelle Parker, 'Development and War in Afghanistan', Presentation at the University of Calgary, 15 October 2007.
BIO: Michelle Parker was the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Development Advisor for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2006. Prior to that she represented USAID in Jalalabad, in Nangarhar and Laghman provinces, and served with the Jalalabad Provincial Reconstruction...
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Afghanistan Mission Incoherent; More Troops Required: General
02 November 2007
Doug Saunders, 'Infighting among NATO members snarls Afghan mission, ex-commander says', The Globe and Mail, 2 November 2007.
EXCERPT: "Chaos and competing goals among NATO nations involved in Afghanistan are preventing progress there, according to the British general who commanded the Afghan mission until February. 'The nations contributing to [the NATO mission in Afghanistan], together with the Afghan government, have yet to agree,...
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