Afghan Attacks On Aid Workers Hit Record High
01 August 2008
'', Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief (ACBAR), 1 August 2008
EXCERPT: "There has been a surge in the number of civilian casualties caused by all sides, a spread of insecurity to previously stable areas, and increasing attacks on aid agencies and their staff. So far this year the number of insurgent attacks, bombings and other violent incidents is up by approximately 50...
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Taliban: "We're Too Busy In Afghanistan" To Work With Pakistan
01 August 2008
'Taliban: "We're Too Busy In Afghanistan" To Work With Pakistan', ABC News, 31 July 2008
EXCERPT: "The son of the most notorious mujahedeen-turned Taliban military leader is denying the CIA's claim that the Pakistani intelligence agency is working with the Taliban to destabilize Afghanistan. 'Afghan mujahedeen are so busy in their war against the westerners, that they don't have the time or the need to go to Pakistan. If we...
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Afghan Soldiers Are Better Trained To Fight
01 August 2008
'', The Economist, 1 August 2008
EXCERPT: 'There is zero trust in the government but the ANA [Afghan National Army] is our only hope. They behave well with the people and are stronger than the Taliban.' That was the pithy assessment of one tribal elder trudging back towards Arghandab district near Kandahar, the day after the largest operation so far by the fledgling Afghan army. It had taken just...
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New US Defense Strategy Centers On "Long War"
01 August 2008
'', Agence France Presse, 1 August 2008
EXCERPT: "A new defense strategy released Thursday places the 'long war' against extremism above potential conventional challenges from China and Russia as the top priority of the US military in the coming years. 'For the foreseeable future, winning the Long War against violent extremist movements will be the central objective of the US,' the...
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