NATO Cannot Be In Afghanistan Forever: Canada's PM
03 October 2008
'NATO Cannot Be In Afghanistan Forever: Canada's PM', Retuers, 2 October 2008
EXCERPT: "Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who has committed to pulling out Canadian troops from Afghanistan in 2011, said on Thursday some other Western leaders wrongly believed NATO forces could stay there forever. Canada has around 2,500 troops based in the southern city of Kandahar, in a region where the Taliban is strong. It has lost 97 soldiers and a...
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Dane To Head EU Police Mission In Afghanistan
03 October 2008
'Dane To Head EU Police Mission In Afghanistan', European Voice, 3 October 2008
EXCERPT: "The new police commissioner for the European Union Police Mission to Afghanistan (EUPOL Afghanistan) has been named as Kai Vittrup, who has served as one of Denmark's senior police commissioners. He will replace the German J?rgen Scholz. The mission, which will double its staff to 400 under Vittrup's watch, has since 2007 been engaged in training...
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