Afghan Militia Gears Up To Fight The Taliban
18 February 2009
'Afghan Militia Gears Up To Fight The Taliban', The Globe and Mail, 18 February 2009
EXCERPT: "The first stages of a plan to raise militias against the Afghan insurgency will involve giving 1,200 assault rifles to local men with little training, according to documents that reveal fresh details about the controversial program. The Afghan Public Protection Force was cloaked in secrecy when its existence was announced last month,...
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"Two-Thirds Of Afghan Police Take Illegal Drugs"
18 February 2009
'"Two-Thirds Of Afghan Police Take Illegal Drugs"', The Telegraph, 18 February 2009
EXCERPT: "The province in southern Afghanistan provides two thirds of the world's heroin and more than 95 per cent of that found on Britain's streets. A British official working in the province claimed in a document released to the BBC under the Freedom of Information Act that 60 per cent of police staff in the area regularly...
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Pakistan Lends Support For US Military Strikes
18 February 2009
'Pakistan Lends Support For US Military Strikes', The Wall Street Journal, 18 February 2009
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's leaders have publicly denounced U.S. missile strikes as an attack on the country's sovereignty, but privately Pakistani military and intelligence officers are aiding these attacks and have given significant support to recent U.S. missions, say officials from both countries. American unmanned Predator aircraft...
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18 February 2009
'Obama Orders More Troops To Afghanistan', Los Angeles Times, 18 February 2009
EXCERPT: "President Obama ordered his first major deployment of U.S. combat troops Tuesday, authorizing 17,000 additional soldiers and Marines for Afghanistan in what he described as an urgent bid to stabilize a deteriorating and neglected country. The deployment will double the number of American combat brigades in the nation at a time of tension...
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