War And Drought Threaten Afghan Food Supply
19 September 2008
'', The New York Times, 19 September 2008
EXCERPT: "A pitiable harvest this year has left small farmers all over central and northern Afghanistan facing hunger, and aid officials are warning of an acute food shortage this winter for nine million Afghans, more than a quarter of the population. The crisis has been generated by the harshest winter in memory, followed by a drought across much of...
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Interpol Pushes Afghanistan To Record "Terrorist" Prisoners
19 September 2008
'', AFP, 19 September 2008
EXCERPT: "Around half the 2,000 prisoners who escaped worldwide in the past three years broke out of jails in Afghanistan, where many of the escapees were 'terrorists', the Interpol chief said Friday. Ronald K. Noble, secretary general of the international policy agency, was in Afghanistan to push authorities to start fingerprinting and photographing...
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US Calls On NATO Allies To Fund Afghan Army Growth
19 September 2008
'', Financial Times, 19 September 2008
EXCERPT: "The US will today begin putting pressure on its Nato partners to provide the $20bn (?14bn, ?11bn) that Washington believes is necessary to fund plans to double the size of the Afghan national army over the next five years. Opening what might be a new front in transatlantic tensions over Nato's Afghan mission, Robert Gates, US defence secretary,...
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UK Will Not Send Substantial Extra Troops To Afghanistan
19 September 2008
'UK Will Not Send Substantial Extra Troops To Afghanistan', The Guardian, 19 September 2008
EXCERPT: "Britain will not send substantially more troops to Afghanistan, the defence secretary, Des Browne, said today. Browne's statement followed reports that an extra brigade would be sent next year after US pressure for an increase in the UK's force of around 8,000 soldiers in the southern Helmand province. He said he had 'no plans' for an...
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