NATO Tactics Must Change: NATO Chief
28 September 2009
'NATO-Led Force Must Change Afghanistan Tactics, NATO Chief Says', Bloomberg, 28 September
EXCERPT: "NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said nations fighting the war in Afghanistan must change their tactics and tout successes or risk losing public support there and at home. 'Reaching our goal in Afghanistan is not guaranteed,' Rasmussen told an audience at the Atlantic Council policy group in Washington today....
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Canadian Soldiers Ordered To Report ANA Child Abuse
28 September 2009
'', The Toronto Star, 28 September 2009
EXCERPT: "Canadian soldiers have been explicitly ordered to stop or report incidents of Afghan soldiers or interpreters raping young boys, the defence minister says. Peter MacKay maintains there is no evidence to support allegations that senior officers have turned a blind eye to the troubling abuse, which is the subject of an...
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28 September 2009
'', The Washington Post, 27 September 2009
EXCERPT: "The Taliban-led insurgency has built a fundraising juggernaut that generates cash from such an array of criminal rackets, donations, taxes, shakedowns and other schemes that U.S. and Afghan officials say it may be impossible to choke off the movement's money supply. Obama administration officials say the single largest source...
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Britain Calls For Mini-Surge To Train Army
28 September 2009
'Britain Calls For Mini-Surge In Afghanistan To Help Train Army', Times Online, 28 September 2009
EXCERPT: "British military commanders in Afghanistan want a mini-surge of a few hundred troops to expand the training programme for the Afghan National Army (ANA) in Helmand. At present there are said to be insufficient soldiers available in the province to switch more resources to the training mission. After Operation...
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