Kandahar Air Wing First For Canada Since Korean War
09 December 2008
'Kandahar Air Wing First For Canada Since Korean War', The Chronicle Herald, 8 December 2008
EXCERPT: "Canada has added another set of weapons to its arsenal in Afghanistan with a new air wing that broadens efforts to combat the Taliban in volatile Kandahar province. When Canada's battle group moved into southern Afghanistan in 2006 ? unlike the U.S., British and Dutch forces ? it did so without any helicopters. The lack...
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Germany Spied On Aid Organization In Afghanistan
09 December 2008
'Germany Spied On Aid Organization In Afghanistan', Spiegel Online, 8 December 2008
EXCERPT: "Germany's foreign intelligence agency, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), spent years spying on an office of a German aid organization in Afghanistan. The BND has informed the group, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe or German Agro Action, that it monitored the e-mail traffic of Afghanistan NGO Safety Office (ANSO), an agency run by Welthungerhilfe,...
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Military Cargo Transit Through Russia A Priority For NATO
09 December 2008
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EXCERPT: "The transit of military cargo through Russia to Afghanistan is a priority for NATO, said Robert Simmons, NATO deputy assistant secretary general for security cooperation and partnership and special representative of the NATO secretary general for the Caucasus and Central Asia in an interview with Interfax on Monday. After the Pakistani...
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Warlords Toughen US Task In Afghanistan
09 December 2008
'Warlords Toughen US Task In Afghanistan', TIME, 9 December 2008
EXCERPT: "The Afghan warlords largely responsible for assisting the U.S.'s ousting of the Taliban in 2001 are now deeply entrenched in Afghan society. They have positions in government, in the police, in the army and in business. Though they have largely relinquished their tanks and heavy artillery, most have been able to maintain their core militias in the form...
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