UN: Aid Should Be Targeted At Stable Provinces
06 August 2009
'Analysis: "Reward The Peaceful And Poppy-Free" Afghan Provinces', IRIN News, 6 August 2009
EXCERPT: "Development aid should be targeted at stable provinces in central Afghanistan where projects can be more successful and effective than in conflict zones, says the UN. 'We focus too much on conflict provinces and we spend enormous amounts of money there and it does not have much impact because of the conflict,'...
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Afghans To Take Lead Of Security In Elections
06 August 2009
'', China View, 6 August 2009
EXCERPT: "There are only 14 days to the presidential and provincial council elections in Afghanistan. Security is considered the biggest challenge for the insurgency-hit country where people would vote for the second presidential elections on August 20, 2009. Taliban, rejecting the recent call of incumbent President Karzai to join the political process,...
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Pakistani Taliban Chief Likely Killed: Minister
06 August 2009
'Pakistani Taliban Chief Likely Killed: Minister', Reuters India, 6 August 2009
EXCERPT: "There is a strong likelihood that Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed along with his wife and bodyguards in a missile attack two days ago, Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik told Reuters. 'We suspect he was killed in the missile strike,' Malik said on Friday. 'We have some information, but we don't...
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Bomb Kills At Least Five In Afghanistan
06 August 2009
'', The New York Times, 6 August 2009
EXCERPT: "In another sign of growing violence in the last two weeks before national elections, a group of civilians, mainly women and children traveling to a wedding party, were killed by a roadside bomb on Wednesday in the southern province of Helmand, Afghan police officials said Thursday. There were conflicting reports about the death toll. The...
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