US Afghan Review To Be Completed After Election
17 October 2008
'US Afghan Review To Be Completed After Election', Reuters, 16 October 2008
EXCERPT: "A U.S. government review of strategy for the war in Afghanistan has been delayed and will likely not be completed until after next month's presidential election, the Pentagon said on Thursday. Alarmed by rising levels of insurgent violence in Afghanistan, the Bush administration began a review in September of all aspects of its policies in...
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Chains Or Drugs: Treatment For Afghanistan's Mentally Ill
17 October 2008
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EXCERPT: "With shaggy hair and beard, and mumbling incoherently, Sher Mohammed, 40, lies curled up under the shade of a tree to which he has been chained for a month. This is the standard 'treatment' for mentally ill people who have been coming to the Mia Ali sanctuary in eastern Afghanistan for 300 years. In a country destroyed by three...
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Ex-NATO Commander Is New Head Of British Army
17 October 2008
'General Sir David Richards Is New Head Of British Army', The Telegraph, 17 October 2008
EXCERPT: "Sir David, 56, currently Commander in Chief (land) based in Salisbury, will succeed Gen Sir Richard Dannatt as Chief of the General Staff in August 2009. He has called for an international troop surge in Afghanistan, which could involve up to 30,000 more Nato troops and as many as 5,000 UK troops when forces leave Iraq. Britain has...
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Villagers Say 18 Civilians Killed In NATO Air Strike
17 October 2008
'Villagers Say 18 Civilians Killed In NATO Air Strike', The Guardian, 17 October 2008
EXCERPT: "British defence officials said last night they were investigating reports that civilians, including women and children, were killed in an air strike by Nato forces in southern Afghanistan. Angry villagers took 18 bodies - including badly mangled bodies of women and children - to the governor's house in the provincial capital of...
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