Little Support For Victims Of Child Sexual Abuse
16 June 2008
'Little Support For Victims Of Child Sexual Abuse', Integrated Regional Information Networks, 16 June 2008
EXCERPT: "Ten-year-old Sweeta still remembers the most painful moments of her life when a bulky 35-year-old man raped her in his office in the town of Sheberghan, Jowzjan Province, in northern Afghanistan. At around 10am on 31 January 2008 a vehicle with the markings and number plate of the Afghan National Army (ANA) stopped near...
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16 June 2008
'New Efforts To Detect Explosives Require Advances On Many Fronts', Science, 13 June 2008, Volume 320, Number 5882, p. 1416-1417
EXCERPT: "Faced with the ongoing threat from such improvised explosive devices (IEDs)--the notorious weapons of choice in Iraq and Afghanistan--governments around the world have stepped up efforts to detect them before they wreak havoc in crowded subways, stadiums, shopping malls, and other public settings....
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16 June 2008
'', Agence France Presse, 15 June 2008
EXCERPT: "Australia on Sunday called for greater engagement with Pakistan on fighting insurgents along the Afghan border, saying unrest there could spread elsewhere in the world. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said militants in the tribal area were posing a threat to foreign troops in Afghanistan, including Australia's 1,000 soldiers in southern...
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"Homegrown" Terrorists: Theory And Cases In The War On Terror's Newest Front
16 June 2008
Evan F. Kohlmann, '"Homegrown" Terrorists: Theory and Cases in the War on Terror's Newest Front', The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Volume 618, Number 1, 2008, p. 95-109
EXCERPT: "The realities of a globalized society now allow international terrorist organizations like al Qaeda to dramatically expand their potential reach by courting sympathizers in dark corners around the world and teaching...
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Paris Conference: An Opportunity to Address Afghanistan's Key Rebuilding Challenges
16 June 2008
M. Ashraf Haidari, 'Paris Conference: An Opportunity to Address Afghanistan's Key Rebuilding Challenges', International Affairs Forum, 16 June 2008
EXCERPT: "We often hear about Afghanistan's domestic, regional, and transnational challenges each posed by the country's abject poverty, the Taliban's cross-border insurgency, and terrorism and drug trafficking that collectively destabilize Afghanistan. But we seldom pay attention to...
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Afghanistan: Not Lost, But Needs More Attention
16 June 2008
'', United States Institute of Peace, June 2008
EXCERPT: "There is growing concern among Afghans and international actors over the deteriorating security situation, in particular: The increase in cross-border terrorist activities; the regrouping and strengthening of the Taliban in Pakistan and Afghanistan; weak Afghan government performance and corruption; a growing drug trade; poor international...
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Hekmatyar Denies Peace-Talk Rumours
16 June 2008
'Hekmatyar Denies Peace-Talk Rumours', Online News Pakistan, 15 June 2008
EXCERPT: "Former Jihadi leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who the United Nations accuses of supporting the Taliban, has once again denied rumours that he is holding peace-talks with the government. The leader of the hard-line Islamic group Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) said on Sunday that he would not talk to President Hamid Karzai's administration, which he accused...
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Romanian Troops Lead Fight To Secure Afghan Highway
16 June 2008
'Romanian Troops Lead Fight To Secure Afghan Highway', The Earth Times, 16 June 2008
EXCERPT: "Romanian Army Lieutenant Dedu Norocel has no way of knowing how grimly prophetic is his warning against complacency while providing security on Highway 1, the main road linking Afghanistan's major cities. 'After six months of doing the same thing, the most dangerous part of our work is routine,' he tells a reporter at a small Romanian base located...
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Canada Minister Calls For Calm With Pakistan, Afghans
16 June 2008
'Canada Minister Calls For Calm With Pakistan, Afghans', Reuters, 15 June 2008
EXCERPT: "Canadian Defence Minister Peter MacKay called on Sunday for calm and urged a diplomatic approach to growing tensions between Afghan and Pakistan officials. MacKay spoke after Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened to send troops into Pakistan to hunt Taliban militants if they pursued cross-border attacks into Afghanistan. Canada has about 2,500...
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Afghan Villagers Caught In The Middle Of Conflict
16 June 2008
'Afghan Villagers Caught In The Middle Of Conflict', Reuters, 16 June 2008
EXCERPT: "Just off Afghanistan's main highway, Taliban insurgents regularly visit the village of Khele Malal. So do Afghan and U.S. forces, leaving local farmers caught between the two sides. The Taliban and Western-backed Afghan troops are locked in a battle for Highway One, Afghanistan's main trade route that runs south from the capital Kabul to the second city...
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