Transit Russia At Own Risk, NATO Warned
26 August 2008
'Transit Russia At Own Risk, NATO Warned', Canada.com / AFP, 25 August 2008
EXCERPT: "NATO should not be able to use Russian routes to transit supplies and equipment to Afghanistan because Russia has suspended military co-operation with the Western alliance, the country's ambassador to Kabul argued in an interview published Tuesday [26 August 2008]. Speaking to The Times from the Afghan capital, Zamir Kabulov said increased tensions...
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US Builds New Detention Centre in Afghanistan
26 August 2008
'US Builds New Detention Centre in Afghanistan', Christian Science Monitor, 26 August 2008
EXCERPT: "In an effort to lay to rest some of the controversy surrounding its Afghanistan detention program, the US is building a new detention facility there designed to be on par with one in Iraq that came to be seen by many as a model program. Construction has begun on a new facility for as many as 1,100 detainees to be run by Americans at a...
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Canada To Finance Kandahar Training Centre
26 August 2008
'Canada To Finance Kandahar Training Centre', The Globe and Mail, 26 August 2008
EXCERPT: "Defence Minister Peter MacKay spent two days this week speaking to Afghan and Canadian officials in Kandahar where he announced that Canada will pay for the establishment of a military training centre in Afghan capital of Kabul. Mr. MacKay, who arrived Monday with Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, said the new Staff and Language Training Centre, which...
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Opium Cultivation In Afghanistan Down By A Fifth: UNODC
26 August 2008
'', United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, August 2008
EXCERPT: "The total opium cultivation in 2008 in Afghanistan is estimated at 157,000 hectares (ha), a 19% reduction compared to 2007. Unlike previous years, 98% of the total cultivation is confined to seven provinces with security problems: five of these provinces are in the south and two in the west of Afghanistan. Of the 34 provinces in the country,...
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