Why Afghans Voted In 2009
25 August 2009
'Patronage, Posturing, Duty, Demographics: Why Afghans Voted In 2009', Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), 25 August 2009
EXCERPT: "Despite a recent rise in insurgent attacks in Kabul, on 20 August 2009 voters from urban and rural areas around the Afghan capital went to the polls to participate in presidential and provincial council elections. In the days leading up to the polls, the international media predicted...
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Tehrik-i-Taliban Confirm Mehsud's Death
25 August 2009
'Taliban Confirm Commander's Death', BBC News, 25 August 2009
EXCERPT: "The leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud, is dead, two of his senior commanders have told the BBC. It is the first time that the militant group has acknowledged his death. The commanders, Hakimullah Mehsud and Waliur Rehman, said that he had died of injuries sustained in a US missile strike earlier this month. Hakimullah has been named...
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Guantanamo Inmate Freed, Returns Home
25 August 2009
'', The Associated Press, 24 August 2009
EXCERPT: "One of the youngest people ever held at Guantanamo was welcomed home Monday by Afghanistan's president and joyful relatives after almost seven years in prison ? freed by a military judge who ruled he was coerced into confessing to wounding U.S. soldiers with a grenade. Mohammed Jawad, now about 21, flew to the Afghan capital...
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2009 Deadliest Year For NATO Troops
25 August 2009
'', The New York Times, 25 August 2009
EXCERPT: "Four American soldiers were killed Tuesday when their patrol vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in southern Afghanistan, NATO said, making the 2009 death toll for foreign forces in Afghanistan the highest since the war began nearly eight years ago. An official NATO statement provided few details about the four dead soldiers,...
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