Hamid Karzai Says Bring Taliban To Table
20 July 2009
'Hamid Karzai Says Bring Taliban To Table', Times Online, 19 July 2009
EXCERPT: "The president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, has urged the West to develop a new strategy for his country, warning that more troops will not necessarily improve security.' Military operations are no longer enough,' he said as the deaths of British and coalition soldiers in Afghanistan reached their highest monthly total of the eight-year war....
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Preparations In Full Swing For Afghan Polls: UN
20 July 2009
'Preparations In Full Swing For Afghan Polls, Says UN Mission', UN News Centre, 20 July 2009
EXCERPT: "With one month to go until Afghans elect the country's next leader, the United Nations said today that preparations are in full swing and that no effort will be spared to ensure security, considered the biggest challenge for the elections. 'There will be no let up on behalf of the international community in underlining...
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New Zealand Mulls Special Forces Plan
20 July 2009
'', AFP, 20 July 2009
EXCERPT: "New Zealand is considering recommitting special forces to the escalating war against the Taliban in Afghanistan, Prime Minister John Key said Monday. New Zealand Special Air Service (SAS) troops have been deployed three times in Afghanistan, the last time in 2006, and other Western countries have increased their military commitment as fighting escalates. Key...
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Pentagon Seeks To Overhaul Prisons
20 July 2009
'', The New York Times, 20 July 2009
EXCERPT: "A sweeping United States military review calls for overhauling the troubled American-run prison here as well as the entire Afghan jail and judicial systems, a reaction to worries that abuses and militant recruiting within the prisons are helping to strengthen the Taliban. In a further sign of high-level concern over detention practices,...
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