MacKay to NATO: No More Canadian Troops
26 August 2009
'', The Canadian Press, 26 August 2009
EXCERPT: "On a day of grim news from Afghanistan, Defence Minister Peter MacKay delivered a blunt message to the U.S. and other NATO allies: don't look to Canada for more troops. That message was delivered to a backdrop of deadly explosions, reports that the U.S. military wants more troops there, and warnings from...
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Deadliest Bomb In Over A Year, At Least 40 Killed
26 August 2009
'', The New York Times, 26 August 2009
EXCERPT: "The death toll rose to over 40 on Wednesday, a day after a huge bomb detonated in a part of Kandahar where international aid agencies and United Nations offices are clustered, in an attack assumed to be by the Taliban on foreigners in the country. More than 60 people were wounded in the blast, which occurred in a largely residential...
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Election Fraud Allegations Mount, Karzai Extends Lead
26 August 2009
'Afghan Election Fraud Allegations Mount As Hamid Karzai Extends Lead', The Guardian, 26 August 2009
EXCERPT: "Hamid Karzai extended his lead in Afghanistan's presidential election yesterday as the British ambassador to Kabul warned fraud and vote rigging could determine the outcome of last week's vote. Figures released today show that after the votes from 17% of Afghanistan's polling stations have been counted Karzai's...
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The Afghan-Pakistan War: The Shifting Nature Of the Threat
26 August 2009
'', Center for Strategic and International Studies, 12 August 2009
EXCERPT: "There are no reliable estimates of the trends in the strength of full and part time cadres for the four main threat groups: Taliban, Taliban in Pakistan, Haqqani Network (HQN), Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddun (HiG), and Al Qa'ida. All, however, seem to have grown and found at least partial sanctuaries...
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