Poll: Taliban Are Getting Stronger
09 July 2008
'Poll: Taliban Are Getting Stronger', Quqnoos, 9 July 2008
EXCERPT: "MORE than two-thirds of people polled believe that the Taliban in Afghanistan are getting stronger. Only 24% of voters who took part ion the Quqnoos.com poll of the week feel that the Taliban have failed to increase their power in the country. About 3% of people said they didn?t care if the Taliban grew stronger or weaker. Some experts in the region say the sophistication...
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Should India Continue Its Present Course In Afghanistan?
09 July 2008
Shanthie Mariet D'souza, 'Should India Continue Its Present Course In Afghanistan?', Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses, 9 July 2008
EXCERPT: "The July 7 gruesome attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul, which resulted in the loss of over 40 lives including those of two senior diplomats, is clearly a high value symbolic attack directed at coercing India into scaling down its growing presence in rebuilding war ravaged Afghanistan....
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The ISI And Terrorism: Behind The Accusations
09 July 2008
Eben Kaplan & Jayshree Bajoria, 'The ISI And Terrorism: Behind The Accusations', Council on Foreign Relations, 9 July 2008
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), has long faced accusations of meddling in the affairs of its neighbors. A range of officials inside and outside Pakistan have stepped up suggestions of links between the ISI and terrorist groups in recent years. In autumn 2006, a...
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NGOs Call For Separation Of UN Political, Humanitarian Roles
09 July 2008
'NGOs Call For Separation Of UN Political, Humanitarian Roles', Reuters, 9 July 2008
EXCERPT: "Six international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) involved in development and relief activities in Afghanistan said in a joint press release on 29 June that the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) had remained 'worryingly silent' about the worsening humanitarian crisis in the country, and that its coordination capacity was 'extremely...
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435 HIV Cases Detected In Afghanistan
09 July 2008
'', China View, 9 July 2008
EXCERPT: "The spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has been on rise in the conservative Islamic society of Afghanistan as over 400 cases have been reported so far, Afghan Public Health Ministry said Wednesday [9 July 2008]. 'So far 435 HIV positive cases have been reported from different sources,' the ministry said in a press release, adding that there are estimated...
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G8 Urges Afghan Govt To Do More On Own Security
09 July 2008
'G8 Urges Afghan Govt To Do More On Own Security', Reuters, 9 July 2008
EXCERPT: "The Group of Eight rich nations urged the government of Afghanistan on Wednesday to take more responsibility for security, governance and reconstruction and pledged to increase assistance to that country's army and police. In a chairman's statement issued at the end of a three-day summit in northern Japan, the G8 also underscored its commitment to support...
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Afghan MPs Warn Foreign Troops On Civilian Deaths
09 July 2008
'Afghan MPs Warn Foreign Troops On Civilian Deaths', Reuters, 9 July 2008
EXCERPT: "Foreign troops led by NATO and the U.S. military must exercise caution to avoid further civilian casualties while hunting militants in Afghanistan, or people will rise against them, lawmakers have warned. Civilian deaths and house searches by foreign troops during anti-Taliban operations arouse much anger and are sensitive for Western-backed President...
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NATO Sees Jump In Pakistan Attacks
09 July 2008
'', The Associated Press, 9 July 2008
EXCERPT: "Mortar and rocket attacks by militants in Pakistan across the border into Afghanistan have spiked in the last month and U.S. and NATO forces have been returning fire, the top NATO commander in Afghanistan said. U.S. Gen. David D. McKiernan said he presumes that militants think they are safer because they are firing from Pakistani territory at U.S. and Afghan...
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400 Militants Killed In US Helmand Mission, Says Colonel
09 July 2008
'400 Militants Killed In US Helmand Mission, Says Colonel', The Guardian, 9 July 2008
EXCERPT: "US marines in southern Afghanistan have killed 400 Islamist militants in the past three months, one of their commanders said today [9 July 2008]. Colonel Peter Petronzio, the commander of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, said the figure came from the governor of Helmand province, where his troops have been deployed since late April. Around...
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