Marriage Law Still Oppressive: Activists
15 July 2009
'Afghan Marriage Law Still Oppressive, Activists Say', The Boston Globe, 14 July 2009
EXCERPT: "Activists yesterday rejected proposed revisions to Afghanistan's marriage law, calling the new version just as oppressive as the original, which critics say legalized marital rape. President Hamid Karzai signed the law in March but quickly suspended enforcement after governments around the world condemned it. Though the law applied...
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IEDs Put Risk In Every Step
15 July 2009
'', The New York Times, 14 July 2009
EXCERPT: "This year, bomb attacks on coalition troops in Afghanistan have spiked to an all-time high, with 465 in May alone, more than double the number in the same month two years before. At least 46 American troops have been killed by I.E.D.'s this year, putting 2009 on track to set a record in the eight-year war. I.E.D.'s...
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NATO: From Kosovo To Kabul
15 July 2009
James Sperling & Mark Webber, '', Chatham House / International Affairs, Volume 85 Issue 3, 31 May 2009
EXCERPT: "Ten years after it launched its large-scale intervention against Serbia, NATO remains mired in a seemingly unwinnable conflict in Afghanistan. These two missions are, in many ways, very different; but the marshalling of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), just like Operation...
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Dimensions Of The Afghan Insurgency
15 July 2009
Thomas Ruttig, '', Afghanistan Analyst Network, 14 July 2009
EXCERPT: "The report shows that the insurgency is not just 'terrorist'. Many fighters are driven by internal Afghan problems: bad governance, alienation and an increasing sense of occupation. Amongst the Taleban, as the insurgency's core, there are pragmatic elements. There is an internal...
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