Tribal Leaders To Sabotage West's Assault On Taliban
04 December 2008
'', The Independent, 4 December 2008
EXCERPT: "America's plans to enlist Afghan militias in the war against the Taliban are running into difficulties while still in their infancy. In eastern Paktia province, the white-bearded Afghan village elders who are crucial to the 'Afghan awakening', are threatening to unite against the Americans unless such night raids...
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Female Leaders Say Prominent Jobs Are Deadly
04 December 2008
'', Hartford Courant, 4 December 2008
EXCERPT: "The women gave a news conference but requested that no one take pictures of their faces. The office of one of them asked reporters not to publish her name. It was a lot of secrecy for a media event, but it is a dangerous time to be a powerful woman in Afghanistan. Police Maj. Colonel Sediqa Rasekh and a number of high-profile women...
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Body Of Afghan Leader Identified
04 December 2008
'Body Of Afghan Leader Identified', BBC News, 4 December 2008
EXCERPT: "The body of first Afghan President Mohammad Daud Khan has been identified three decades after he was killed in a Communist coup, officials say. The discovery was made by members of a government-appointed commission during excavation at a military base outside the capital, Kabul. Daud Khan overthrew the last king of Afghanistan, Zahir Shah, in 1973. His...
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Taliban Attack On Afghan Intelligence HQ Kills 11
04 December 2008
'Taliban Attack On Afghan Intelligence HQ Kills 11', The Telegraph, 4 December 2008
EXCERPT: "Suicide bombers blew up two car bombs at the provincial office of the National Directorate of Security in the south eastern city of Khost, while at least one other fighter dressed in police uniform tried to storm the offices. A total of six police, two intelligence officers and three civilians were killed in the attack, according to...
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