Pakistani PM Pledges To Fight Extremists, Secure Afghan Border
28 July 2008
'', AFP, 28 July 2008
EXCERPT: "Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani pledged to fight 'extremists and terrorists' and to secure his country's dangerous border with Afghanistan during talks here Monday with US President George W. Bush. Bush said he had received a 'strong commitment' from Gilani, who is making his first visit to Washington since taking over in March,...
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Allies Failing To Keep Promises To Afghanistan: NATO Commander
28 July 2008
'Allies Failing To Keep Promises To Afghanistan: NATO Commander', ABC News, 28 July 2008
EXCERPT: "NATO's commander in Europe, US General Bantz John Craddock, accused alliance member countries of failing to keep their military and aid pledges to Afghanistan, in an interview published Monday [28 July 2008]. 'As soon as we start deploying troops together we fall on our faces. I am frustrated', General Craddock told the German edition of...
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UN: Smuggled Chemicals Let Afghans Process Opium
28 July 2008
'', The Associated Press, 28 July 2008
EXCERPT: " Afghan drug lords are increasingly converting opium into heroin at home with outside technical help and chemicals smuggled from abroad, the U.N. said Monday [28 July 2008], indicating greater sophistication for the country's already booming illegal drug trade. Afghanistan produces more than 90 percent of the world's opium, a business that...
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Two Children Killed By Canadian Troops
28 July 2008
'Two Children Killed By Canadian Troops in Afghanistan', The Globe and Mail, 28 July 2008
EXCERPT: "Canadian troops have killed a two-year-old boy and his four-year-old sister by opening fire on a car they feared was about to attack their convoy in Afghanistan, the Canadian Forces announced Monday [28 July 2008]. Facing a split-second decision about what to do when a car failed to heed repeated warnings to pull over, a gunner in a light...
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