Problems For Upcoming Presidential Elections May Be Resolved By Press
25 September 2008
'Problems For Upcoming Presidential Elections May Be Resolved By Press', Trend News, 25 September 2008
EXCERPT: "The Election Commission of Afghanistan tries to, with the help of the press, solve the probable problems for the upcoming presidential elections and increase the stimulus of population to activate the participation in the elections.The Head of the Press Service of the Election Commission of Afghanistan, Mahad Davud Najafi,...
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Aid Agencies Ask The UN For Support
25 September 2008
'Aid Agencies Ask The UN For Support To Continue Working In Afghanistan', AlertNet, 25 September 2008
EXCERPT: "28 aid workers have been killed in Afghanistan so far this year: twice as many as in 2007. Aid agencies are now directly targeted by armed opposition groups in Afghanistan and access to communities in need is constantly shrinking. In a letter to the UN Special Representative in Afghanistan, Kai Eide, CARE, IRC and 25 other...
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Afghanistan Troops "Must Double"
25 September 2008
'Afghanistan Troops "Must Double"', Sky News, 24 September 2008
EXCERPT: "Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith made the comments in an exclusive interview with Sky's chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay, who has been out with a platoon of the elite Pathfinders. It comes as the latest Ministry of Defence annual statistics show 2007 was the deadliest year for British troops since the war on terror began. Bullets and rocket-propelled grenades...
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Pakistani Troops Fire On US Helicopters At Border
25 September 2008
'', The Associated Press, 25 September 2008
EXCERPT: "Pakistani troops fired at American reconnaissance helicopters patrolling the Afghan-Pakistan border Thursday, heightening tensions as the U.S. steps up cross-border operations in a region known as a haven for Taliban and al-Qaida militants. Pakistan's president said only 'flares' were fired. Two American OH-58 reconnaissance helicopters,...
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