Use of Air Strikes in Afghan Conflict 'Rising Sharply': Report
18 December 2007
William Arkin, '', Washington Post, 16 December 2007
EXCERPT: "The U.S. currently has some 28,000 troops in Afghanistan and NATO also has 28,000. This number is insufficient, and as violence has increased and the Kabul-based government has been challenged along the edges of the country, the pace of activity for those troops has increased. Missing in this ground-war-centric analysis is the role...
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U.S. Orders Review of Afghanistan Mission
18 December 2007
Thom Shanker and Steven Lee Myers, '', New York Times, 16 December 2007
EXCERPT: "Deeply concerned about the prospect of failure in Afghanistan, the Bush administration and NATO have begun three top-to-bottom reviews of the entire mission, from security and counterterrorism to political consolidation and economic development, according to American and alliance officials.
"The reviews are...
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18 December 2007
Alexander Szandar and Susanne Koelbl, 'Germany Faces Taliban Pincer in Afghanistan', Spiegel Online, 17 December 2007
EXCERPT: "[T]he Taliban is upping the pressure on northern Afghanistan. The group's Islamist holy warriors have begun to march northward and are already practically at the Bundeswehr's doorstep. Western intelligence agents have noticed that the Taliban is advancing in two directions in a pincer movement. Some Taliban...
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Added Armour Proves its Value
18 December 2007
Scott Taylor, 'Afghans damage Leopard tank 'behond repair'', Chronicle-Herald, 17 December 2007
EXCERPT: "Recent news reports have claimed that Afghan insurgents damaged one of Canada's Leopard 2A6M main battle tanks 'beyond repair.' In the original incident report, the tank was described as "disabled," and senior officials deny that the vehicle was destroyed. Also not confirmed is whether a conventional landmine or an improvised...
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