Insecurity Continues To Plague Afghanistan: UN
29 September 2009
'Decisions On Forming Effective Government In Afghanistan Will Determine Prospects For Ending Conflict, Top Official Tells Security Council in Briefing', United Nations Press Release - Security Council 6194th Meeting (AM), 29 September 2009
EXCERPT: "The Security Council had before it a report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security (document A/64/364-S/2009/475),...
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Afghan Vote Result Up To Officials: Karzai Spokesman
29 September 2009
'', AFP, 29 September 2009
EXCERPT: "The final result of Afghanistan's fraud-tainted presidential election will be determined by electoral authorities investigating suspect ballots, a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday. Based on preliminary results, Karzai has 54.6 percent of the votes declared valid, against 27.8 percent for rival Abdullah Abdullah. The...
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Taliban Sowing Fear Along Afghanistan's Highways
29 September 2009
'', The Associated Press, 29 September 2009
EXCERPT: "Taliban militants are sowing fear along Afghanistan's highways with stepped-up checkpoints, hijackings and bombs ? including one Tuesday that killed at least 30 bus passengers in the south. Afghan authorities say the attacks, often carried out by only a handful of militants, are part of a psychological campaign...
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Securing Helmand
29 September 2009
Jeffrey A. Dressler, '', Institute for the Study of War, 28 September 2009
EXCERPT: "Southern Afghanistan is ground-zero for the Taliban insurgency, and this is especially evident in Helmand province. Helmand is notorious, if not for the flourishing narcotics trade, then for the Taliban insurgency that dominates large swaths of territory. The coalition's lack of sufficient...
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