Road Work Stalls In Afghanistan's "Valley of Death"
10 December 2008
'Road Work Stalls In Afghanistan's "Valley of Death"', Gulf Times, 10 December 2008
EXCERPT: "Construction crews stand at the ready and millions of dollars are ripe for spending, but after years of bitter fighting the buck stops firmly at the mouth of Afghanistan's most dangerous valley. Elsewhere in the country, the prospect of jobs and development can effectively slacken the grip of Taliban insurgents and...
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EU Urged To Speed Up Afghan Police Mission
10 December 2008
'EU Urged To Speed Up Afghan Police Mission', Deutsche Welle, 10 December 2008
EXCERPT: "Afghan and EU leaders have called for the bloc to commit the 400 security instructors it promised to Afghanistan. But even if Brussels does hurry up the process, the numbers could be far too few. The pleas came as Afghan Interior Minister Muhammad Hanif Atmar was in Brussels for consultations with EU officials. Afghans are scheduled to...
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Drug Producers, Smugglers Under Pressure?
10 December 2008
'Drug Producers, Smugglers Under Pressure?', IRIN News, 10 December 2008
EXCERPT: "A senior official in the Interior Ministry has told IRIN that 'unprecedented progress' has been made in the fight against drugs, with at least 500 drug traffickers arrested in the past eight months. Mohammad Daud Daud, a deputy interior minister with responsibility for counter-narcotics, told IRIN counter-narcotics activities had been...
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US Forces Kill Six Afghan Police In Friendly Fire
10 December 2008
'US Forces Kill Six Afghan Police In Friendly Fire', Times Online, 10 December 2008
EXCERPT: "US Special Forces on a mission to kill a Taleban commander killed six members of the Afghan police force and injured 13 today in the latest 'friendly fire' incident involving Western troops in Afghanistan. The blunder occurred when both sides mistook the other for militant fighters during a Special Forces mission in a village...
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