24 September 2008

'Germany To Boost Police Trainers In Afghanistan', AlertNet, 24 September 2008

EXCERPT: "Germany decided on Wednesday to almost triple the number of its police trainers deployed in Afghanistan as part of an EU mission to 120. It will also double the number of German police experts working in Afghanistan under a bilateral agreement to 20 and send several short-term experts, a government spokesman told a news conference. Germany currently...

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24 September 2008

'Three Tons Of Illegal Drugs Seized', ONLINE International News Network, 24 September 2008

EXCERPT: "The interior ministry says police have seized more than two and a half tons of chemicals in the southern Helmand province while local security officials in the southeastern Paktia province say they have seized more than half a ton of raw hashish. A statement from the ministry of interior said that the police captured 2,520 kilograms of...

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24 September 2008

'Taliban Attacks Increase In New Strategy: NATO General', Adnkronos International, 24 September 2008

EXCERPT: "NATO's top military commander, General John Craddock, has expressed concern about the growing number of civilians being killed or wounded in Afghanistan by a resurgent Taliban. In an exclusive interview with Adnkronos International (AKI), Craddock said that the Taliban had changed its strategy and there was greater insecurity...

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24 September 2008

'Pakistan Finds "US Drone Wreckage"', CNN International, 24 September 2008

EXCERPT: "Pakistani security forces say they have recovered the wreckage of a U.S. drone that crashed inside Pakistan after flying across the border from Afghanistan.  The incident comes amid tension Washington and Islamabad over missile strikes from U.S. drones at suspected militants on the Pakistan side of the border. But U.S. officials in Washington...

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