Civilian Dies After Incident With US Contractors
19 May 2009
'Afghan Dies After Incident With Contractors, U.S. Military Says', CNN, 19 May 2009
EXCERPT: "One of three Afghan civilians wounded when U.S. contractors shot at them in an incident in early May died of his wounds Sunday, according to U.S. military officials in Afghanistan. A second Afghan civilian remains in serious condition, and the third person wounded was treated and released from a Kabul hospital, according to the U.S. military...
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Assassinations On The Rise In Afghanistan
19 May 2009
'Assassinations On The Rise In Afghanistan', NPR, 19 May 2009
EXCERPT: "The number of assassinations in Afghanistan is growing, particularly in Kandahar province, where Taliban militants are strong and well-organized. Dozens of politicians, government employees, activists and Muslim clerics have been targeted in an attempt to silence critics and disrupt the government. Last month in Kandahar, Afghanistan's largest southern...
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Ex-US Envoy May Take Key Role In Afghan Govt
19 May 2009
'', The New York Times, 19 May 2009
EXCERPT: "Zalmay Khalilzad, who was President George W. Bush's ambassador to Afghanistan, could assume a powerful, unelected position inside the Afghan government under a plan he is discussing with Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, according to senior American and Afghan officials. Mr. Khalilzad, an American citizen who was born in Afghanistan,...
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Canada To Create "Model" Villages In Kandahar
19 May 2009
'New Tactic Aims To Create "Model" Afghan Villages', The Globe and Mail, 19 May 2009
EXCERPT: "Canada's reconstruction mission in treacherous southern Afghanistan is poised to embark on a new phase in the coming weeks with efforts focused on normalizing small population centres on the five main approaches to Kandahar, the country's second-largest city. The aim is to create 'model villages' where normal...
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