AfPak Strategy: A Survey Of Literature
13 July 2009
Aprajita Kashyap, '', Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), 10 July 2009
EXCERPT: "President Barack Obama unveiled his administration's comprehensive new strategy to deal with the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan on 27 March 2009. Since then there has been considerable debate and criticism, not the least of which concerns the term used by the administration and others...
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New Evidence Of US Involvement In Alleged Massacre
13 July 2009
'New Evidence That Bush Administration Impeded Three Investigations Into Alleged Massacre Of Up To 2,000 Prisoners In Afghanistan', Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), 10 July 2009
EXCERPT: "Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) has issued a call for a criminal probe in the wake of a major with new evidence that the Bush Administration impeded at least three federal investigations into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan...
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British Govt Criticised Over Equipment
13 July 2009
'British Govt Criticised Over Afghanistan Equipment', Reuters, 13 July 2009
EXCERPT: "Britain's defence secretary faced angry questions in parliament on Monday over the shortage of vital military equipment in Afghanistan, where 15 British soldiers have been killed in the past two weeks. The death of eight soldiers in a single day has shocked and angered the public and led opposition politicians to demand the government...
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US DEA Expands In Afghanistan
13 July 2009
'US DEA Expands In Afghanistan', The Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2009
EXCERPT: "The U.S. government is dramatically expanding a long-neglected second front in the war in Afghanistan, dispatching Drug Enforcement Administration agents in an effort to decapitate the Taliban-linked drug trafficking networks that are fueling the insurgency and corrupting the Afghan government, current and former counternarcotics officials say. The move...
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