Pakistan Reopens NATO Supply Route After Brief Halt
19 January 2009
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EXCERPT: "Pakistan reopened a main NATO supply route to Afghanistan Monday after the road was briefly closed by a rebel rocket attack that killed one soldier and wounded 10 others, officials said. Taliban militants launched the pre-dawn attack on a Pakistani paramilitary force camp in Landi Kotal town, near the Torkham border crossing, a local administration...
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Russia Offers Afghan Defence Help
19 January 2009
'Russia Offers Afghan Defence Help', BBC News, 19 January 2009
EXCERPT: "Russia has said it is ready to help Afghanistan's defence sector by supplying equipment to the nation's armed forces. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Moscow was responding to a request from his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai. A spokesman for the Afghan presidency said that despite the request, Afghanistan was committed to its ties to...
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Suicide Bomb Strikes Near German Embassy In Kabul
19 January 2009
'Suicide Bomb Strikes Near German Embassy In Kabul', Times Online, 19 January 2009
EXCERPT: "A suicide bomber struck Kabul's most heavily fortified district, detonating a car packed with explosives outside the German Embassy and killing five. Saturday's attack came as the US and Britain make increasingly blunt demands of their Nato allies to increase troop numbers in Afghanistan. Last week UK Defence Secretary John...
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Afghanistan Held Back By Weak Leadership: NATO
19 January 2009
'Afghanistan Held Back By Weak Leadership: NATO', Reuters UK, 18 January 2009
EXCERPT: "NATO's top official took issue on Sunday with Afghanistan's sluggish forward progress, placing blame more on the country's weak leadership than on the Taliban-led insurgency. Seven years ago the United States sent troops to Afghanistan in response to the September 11, 2001, attacks by al Qaeda, toppling the leading Taliban group...
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