Pakistan Hails New Afghan Relations
24 February 2009
'Pakistan Hails New Afghan Relations', Al Jazeera, 24 February 2009
EXCERPT: "Pakistan and Afghanistan have developed a 'new environment' of trust that will aid their battle against Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters, the Pakistani foreign minister has said. Shah Mehmood Qureshi made the remarks as he met Rangeen Dadfar Spanta, his Afghan counterpart in Washington ahead of talks with Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of...
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Afghanistan Seeking SOFA Terms?
24 February 2009
'', Foreign Policy - The Cable, 24 February 2009
EXCERPT: "The Cable has obtained a drawn up by the Afghan Defense Ministry and addressed to NATO, dated January 10, 2009. The previously undisclosed draft document, which seeks to address the Afghan government's concerns about civilian casualties from U.S. and NATO air and military operations in the country, comes to light as a...
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Change Slow For Isolated Afghans
24 February 2009
'Change Slow For Isolated Afghans', BBC News, 24 February 2009
EXCERPT: "A dirt road lined with crumbling stonewalls weaves its way through Afghanistan's snowy Hindu Kush peaks. On one side of the rutted track runs a shallow river, on the other a natural pistachio forest is sprinkled across the craggy, rising slopes. But at the end of the road there is a harsh counterpoint to the natural beauty of the Farkhar valley...
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Afghanistan Victory Unlikely, Says DND Manual
24 February 2009
'', The National Post, 24 February 2009
EXCERPT: "The Department of National Defence has released a counter-insurgency manual that manages expectations for victory, urges troops to understand their adversaries' grievances and pushes for political and social solutions in concert with military force. The guide, obtained by the National Post, was signed by Chief of the Land Staff,...
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