Russia To Allow US Arms Shipments To Afghanistan
03 July 2009
'', The Associated Press, 3 July 2009
EXCERPT: "Russia said Friday it will allow the United States to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, a long-sought move that bolsters U.S. military operations but potentially gives the Kremlin leverage over critical American supplies. The announcement by a top Kremlin aide came ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to Moscow...
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The Dynamics Of The "AfPak" Conflict: Metrics and Status Report
03 July 2009
'The Dynamics Of The "AfPak" Conflict: Metrics And Status Report', Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1 July 2009
EXCERPT: "The Afghan-Pakistan conflict is a complex conflict that covers two countries and has ideological, political, governance, economic, military, and security dimensions that are extremely difficult to measure and portray in summary form. NATO/ISAF, the United Nations, the U.S Department...
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Peoples Under Threat 2009: Afghanistan
03 July 2009
'Peoples Under Threat 2009: Afghanistan', Minority Rights Group International, 3 July 2009
EXCERPT: "The American military response to violent extremism in recent years has resulted in a new generation of identity conflicts that have placed whole communities in peril. Since 2001, when after 9/11 the US pursued the Afghanistan Taleban and the al-Qaeda unit led by Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri, the 'violent extremists'...
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Britain's War Costs In Iraq And Afghanistan Triple
03 July 2009
'Britain's War Costs In Iraq And Afghanistan Triple', Bloomberg, 3 July 2009
EXCERPT: "The annual cost of U.K. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan has more than tripled in the last four years as the extra troops deployed to fight the Taliban outweighed the drawdown of Britain's presence in Basra. Total spending for both wars will reach 4.37 billion pounds ($7.15 billion) in the current fiscal year, which ends in...
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