Growing Support for Taliban Talks
17 June 2008
Caroline Tosh & Hafizullah Gardesh, 'Growing Support for Taliban Talks', Institute for War & Peace Reporting, 16 June 2008
EXCERPT: "As violence continues in Afghanistan, there is a growing consensus that the Taleban cannot be defeated by military might alone, and that negotiations might offer a way towards some kind of political settlement. The number of British soldiers killed in Afghanistan reached 100 last week when...
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UNSC Resolution 1817 On The Situation In Afghanistan
17 June 2008
'Security Council Press Statement On Afghanistan (S/RES/1817 (2008)', United Nations Security Council, 11 June 2008
EXCERPT: "The members of the Security Council welcomed the reaffirmation of the long-term partnership between Afghanistan and the international community, the aim of which is to give the people of Afghanistan a better future, including in terms of security, prosperity and human rights. The members of the Council also welcomed...
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Canada's Engagement In Afghanistan - Setting A Course To 2011
17 June 2008
'', Government of Canada, 16 June 2008
EXCERPT: "Canada is in Afghanistan at the request of the country's democratically elected government and in accordance with UN resolutions authorizing a NATO-led multinational security force. The Afghan people are rebuilding their nation after a generation of progress was lost to decades of Soviet occupation, civil...
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US VA Testing Drugs On War Veterans
17 June 2008
'VA Testing Drugs On War Veterans', The Washington Times, 17 June 2008
EXCERPT: "The government is testing drugs with severe side effects like psychosis and suicidal behavior on hundreds of military veterans, using small cash payments to attract patients into medical experiments that often target distressed soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, a Washington Times/ABC News investigation has found. In one such experiment involving...
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Equipment Shortages To Blame For Up To 60 British Service Deaths
17 June 2008
'Equipment Shortages To Blame For Up To 60 British Service Deaths', The Guardian, 17 June 2008
EXCERPT: "Up to 60 servicemen have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan because the government has not provided them with adequate equipment, the chairman of a Conservative party policy commission claimed today. The author Frederick Forsyth claimed that Gordon Brown should be held partly responsible for the deaths because, as chancellor, he decided...
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Japan: No Plans To Send Troops To Afghanistan
17 June 2008
'', Agence France Presse, 17 June 2008
EXCERPT: "Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Tuesday [17 June 2008] that Japan has no immediate plans to send ground troops into Afghanistan, although there are studies for a potential deployment. Fukuda said that Japan was restricted in what it could do by its post-World War II pacifist constitution. But Fukuda hinted at future cooperation with Germany,...
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Spanish Crown Prince Visits Troops In Afghanistan
17 June 2008
'', Agence France Presse, 17 June 2008
EXCERPT: "The heir to the Spanish throne, Crown Prince Felipe, made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday, to meet with Spanish troops serving with NATO-led forces. The prince arrived in the town of Qala-e-Naw in western Afghanistan on a Spanish military plane in the morning where he met with Spanish troops stationed there, the royal household...
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Detainees Recruited For Jihad
17 June 2008
'Detainees Recruited For Jihad', The Seattle Times, 17 June 2008
EXCERPT: "Mohammed Naim Farouq was a thug in the lawless Zormat district of eastern Afghanistan. He ran a kidnapping and extortion racket, and he controlled his turf with a band of gunmen who rode around in trucks with AK-47 rifles. U.S. troops detained him in 2002, although he had no clear ties to the Taliban or al-Qaida. By the time Farouq was released from Guant?namo...
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Taliban Fighters Infiltrate Area Near Afghan City
17 June 2008
'', The New York Times, 17 June 2008
EXCERPT: "Afghan families continued to flee the district of Argandab in southern Afghanistan as Taliban fighters and NATO and Afghan forces prepared to battle over the strategic region Tuesday [17 June 2008]. The Taliban have taken control of 18 villages west of the Argandab River and started digging trenches and mines, a tribal elder from the region...
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