Refugee Crisis To Intensify: UNHCR
16 March 2009
'Refugee Crisis To Intensify, Agencies Warn', EurasiaNet, 16 March 2009
EXCERPT: "The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) plans to help 220,000 refugees return to Afghanistan this year, but the country is ill-prepared to cope with the influx, experts warn. Economic and security issues remain dire, but the pressure is growing on displaced Afghans currently living in Pakistan and Iran to leave, with both countries citing 'security...
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16 March 2009
'Russia Says "Surge" Won't Fix Afghan Security', Reuters, 16 March 2009
EXCERPT: "A surge of foreign troops into Afghanistan would not solve its security problems and countries with troops there need to focus more on development and the economy, Russia's foreign minister said on Monday. Sergei Lavrov, speaking during a rare visit to Kabul, added that foreign troops under NATO and the U.S. military command...
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No Peace Talks With Leader Mullah Omar
16 March 2009
'Taliban Says No Peace Talks With Leader Mullah Omar', Reuters India, 16 March 2009
EXCERPT: "The Taliban rejected reports on Monday its leader Mullah Omar was willing to hold peace talks aimed at ending the war in Afghanistan, saying it would continue attacks until all foreign forces withdrew from the country. 'If you wait for 3,000 years, our position is that the Taliban will not enter into any kind of talks in the presence...
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Militants Destroy 14 NATO Trucks In Pakistan
16 March 2009
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EXCERPT: "Taliban militants in northwest Pakistan Monday destroyed 14 trucks carrying supplies for NATO forces in neighbouring Afghanistan, police said, the latest in a series of strikes. Two more trucks also laden with goods were damaged when the militants, armed with automatic weapons, rockets and petrol bombs, attacked Al-Faisal terminal on the outskirts...
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