Afghanistan Study Group Final Report
30 January 2008
'', Center for the Study of the Presidency, 30 January 2008
EXCERPT: "The report asserts that the United States and the international community have tried to win the struggle in Afghanistan with too few military forces, insufficient economic aid, and without a clear and consistent comprehensive strategy to fill the power vacuum outside Kabul and counter the combined challenges of reconstituted Taliban...
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Military Expert Criticizes Proposed German Force for Afghanistan
30 January 2008
'Military Expert Criticizes Proposed German Force for Afghanistan', Deutsche Welle, 30 January 2008
EXCERPT: "A day after it was officially confirmed that NATO had made a request to the German Defense Ministry to provide 250 combat troops to a Quick Reaction Force in northern Afghanistan, former NATO Chief of Staff Harald Kujat warned that German soldiers were ill-equipped to deal with combat operations against the Taliban and al Qaeda...
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Six Years After Invasion, Taliban Is On The Rise
30 January 2008
'Six Years After Invasion, Taliban Is On The Rise', USA Today, 30 January 2008
EXCERPT: "In the better times that followed the U.S.-led invasion, Kabul's famous Chicken Street used to attract hundreds of foreigners seeking a bargain on Afghan rugs, leather goods and gemstones such as lapis lazuli. These days, the Westerners have all but disappeared from the downtown thoroughfare in Afghanistan's capital. At shops such as the one...
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