Afghan FM: Reports On Sending Russian Police Trainers Baseless
02 September 2008
'', China View, 2 September 2008
EXCERPT: "Afghanistan Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said the reports of some media on sending Russian trainers to train Afghan police were 'groundless'. 'The reports that Russia has agreed to send 226 officers to train Afghan police are groundless and Foreign Ministry rejects it,' a statement released here by foreign ministry said. Some Afghan...
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UN Calls For "Vital Funding" To Avert Humanitarian Crisis
02 September 2008
'UN Calls For "Vital Funding" To Avert Humanitarian Crisis', IRIN News, 2 September 2008
EXCERPT: "The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says donors must provide 'vital funding' to enable aid agencies to avert a possible humanitarian crisis this winter. UN agencies and the Afghan government on 9 July launched a joint appeal for US$404 million to mitigate the impact of high food prices and drought which have forced...
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Australian Forces Detained Taliban Insurgents In "Dog Pens"
02 September 2008
'Australian Forces Detained Taliban Insurgents In "Dog Pens"', The Telegraph, 2 September 2008
EXCERPT: "Islamic community leaders in Australia reacted with fury to the Australian defence minister's admission that four suspected insurgents were held for 24 hours in a compound used to house dogs. Muslims consider dogs to be impure. Ikebal Patel, head of the country's main Islamic group, the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils,...
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US Probe Finds Fewer Afghan Deaths
02 September 2008
'', The Associated Press, 2 September 2008
EXCERPT: "A U.S. investigation into U.N. and Afghan allegations that dozens of civilians were killed during an operation in a small village found Tuesday that up to seven civilians died but that the overwhelming majority of the dead were Taliban. An Afghan government commission concluded that 90 civilians were killed in the Aug. 22 fighting in...
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