Are US Taxpayers Funding The Taliban?
04 September 2009
'', Global Post, 3 September 2009
EXCERPT: "The United States Agency for International Development has opened an investigation into allegations that its funds for road and bridge construction in Afghanistan are ending up in the hands of the Taliban, through a protection racket for contractors. And House Foreign Affairs Committee member, Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.) vowed to hold hearings...
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At Least 80 Die In NATO Airstrike
04 September 2009
'', The New York Times, 4 September 2009
EXCERPT: "A NATO airstrike early Friday killed at least 80 people, many of them civilians, in a once-calm region of northern Afghanistan that has recently slipped under control of insurgents, Afghan officials said. Hours after the airstrike, NATO officials in the Afghan capital acknowledged that a coalition aircraft had attacked and destroyed...
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Labour Aide Quits In Protest At Afghan Policy
04 September 2009
'UK Ministerial Aide Quits In Protest At Afghan Policy', Reuters, 4 September 2009
EXCERPT: "An aide to Britain's defence minister resigned on Thursday, attacking Prime Minister Gordon Brown's policies on Afghanistan and accusing European allies of not pulling their weight. The resignation of Eric Joyce as parliamentary aide to Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth heaps more pressure on Brown, who has faced heavy criticism...
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Polling Day Fraud In The Afghan Elections
04 September 2009
'', Afghanistan Analyst Network, 4 September 2009
EXCERPT: "Journalists, observers and diplomats have caught on to the fact that all was not well with last month's Afghan elections. But it is not always clear what exactly happened and why that is a problem. This briefing paper aims to give an overview of the various forms of irregularities that took place on polling day. It is based on interviews ?...
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