Polish, NATO Officials Discuss Alliance, Afghanistan, Shield
13 March 2008
'', China View, 13 March 2008
EXCERPT: "Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer discussed the alliance summit in Bucharest in April, Afghanistan, Kosovo and anti-missile shield in Warsaw on Thursday [13 March 2008]. The talks also covered NATO Membership Action Plan for Georgia and Ukraine, Polish news agency PAP reported. At...
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Mandate Of Afghan Mission To Be Sharpened: UN
13 March 2008
'UN peacekeeping chief calls for mandate of Afghan mission to be sharpened', Associated Press of Pakistan, 13 March 2008
EXCERPT: "The mandate of the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) must be sharpened given the challenges the country has faced in the past year, including a resilient insurgency and a booming drug industry, the world body's peacekeeping official said Wednesday. Jean-Marie Gu?henno, Under-Secretary-General...
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Canada Approved Extension of Afghan Mission
13 March 2008
'', The Canadian Press, 13 March 2008
EXCERPT: "Members of Parliament voted to keep Canada's fight in Afghanistan going until 2011, even though the financial and human costs remain shrouded in the fog of war. The Conservative government, backed by the Liberals, passed a motion that extends the deployment of troops, as long as certain conditions are met. The vote was 198-77...
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India Committed To Aiding Afghan Reconstruction
13 March 2008
'India Committed To Aiding Afghan Reconstruction', Afghanistan News.net, 13 March 2008
EXCERPT: "India is committed to the reconstruction and development effort in Afghanistan, India's ambassador to the United Nations Nirupam Sen stated in the United Nations Security Council here. 'India's assistance programme has now exceeded $750 million, and it spans the gamut of requirements, ranging from developing capacity to infrastructure and...
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US Accused of Altering Gitmo Evidence
13 March 2008
'', Associated Press, 13 March 2008
EXCERPT: "A U.S. military commander altered a report on a firefight in Afghanistan to cast blame for the death of a Delta Force commando on a Canadian youth who was captured after the shooting stopped, a defense attorney said Thursday. The attorney, Navy Lt. Cmdr. William Kuebler, made the allegation at a pretrial hearing as he argued for access to the officer,...
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US Marines Stand Ready To Back Canadians: General
13 March 2008
'United States Marines Stand Ready To Back Canadians: General', Canada.com, 13 March 2008
EXCERPT: "Canada will likely get the additional NATO combat forces in Kandahar that Parliament is expected to demand if it approves a motion today to extend the mission there to 2011, according to the U.S. commander of all 50,000 coalition forces in Afghanistan. Gen. Dan McNeill also told Canwest News Service in an exclusive interview yesterday that...
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