Taliban Relying More On Homemade Bombs
10 June 2009
'Taliban Relying More On Homemade Bombs', The Globe and Mail, 10 June 2009
EXCERPT: "The Taliban's increasing reliance on homemade bombs may be the equivalent of a Hail Mary pass for the insurgency, says a Canadian Forces soldier who helped plan a mission to pull the bombs out of caches and compounds. Operation Constrictor intercepted the equivalent of 30 to 80 bombs from villages near Kandahar over several days, Lieutenant-Colonel...
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Government-Run Madrassa Seeks To Unite Afghans
10 June 2009
'Madrassa Seeks To Unite Afghans', The Washington Times, 10 June 2009
EXCERPT: "Situated along the dusty outskirts of Helmand's capital, the newly built madrassa sits like an island between opposing armadas. On one side: Reformists who want to remake Afghanistan into a modern state while maintaining its identity as a deeply pious Islamic republic. On the other: Militants who are resistant to modernity and unwilling to...
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Troop Buildup For Elections On Schedule: NATO General
10 June 2009
'', AFP, 10 June 2009
EXCERPT: "Thousands of US reinforcements for southern Afghanistan should be in place in time for presidential elections in August, a NATO commander said on Wednesday. 'We're pretty confident' that the additional soldiers and Marines will be on the ground and ready before the August 20 vote, Major General Mart de Kruif, the Dutch commander...
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Report Faults Oversight Of War Spending
10 June 2009
'', Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan, 10 June 2009
EXCERPT: "This Interim Report to Congress addresses problems in our system of framing, managing, and overseeing contracts that support American military, diplomatic, and reconstruction activities. Some of these problems, noted below as 'Issues of Immediate Concern,'...
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