Reconciliation Efforts In Afghanistan Flounder
14 October 2009
'', The Washington Post, 14 October 2009
EXCERPT: "As Washington policymakers debate the U.S. role in Afghanistan, most agree that one element will be important to whatever strategy emerges: the need for reconciliation with insurgents who can be bought off or persuaded to lay down their weapons. But those efforts have become increasingly difficult in recent weeks as the Taliban gains...
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Afghan Torture Concerns Relayed Earlier To Ottawa
14 October 2009
'Torture Concerns Relayed Earlier To Ottawa', The Globe and Mail, 14 October 2009
EXCERPT: "Even as Ottawa defended its treatment of Afghan prisoners in 2006, one of this country's senior diplomats was internally warning the military of 'serious, imminent and alarming' problems with handing over detainees to that country's jails, which are notorious for torture. Richard Colvin says he first widely raised concerns...
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Presidential Runoff Would Face Challenges
14 October 2009
'', The Associated Press, 14 October 2009
EXCERPT: "Afghan officials would face a daunting task in organizing a runoff presidential election before the arrival of winter ? including hiring unbiased staff and securing polling stations in areas under threat of Taliban attack. The problems are unlikely to end there. Even if the Afghans were to pull it off, there's no guarantee...
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Operational Challenges In Supporting UK Forces
14 October 2009
'', United Kingdom House of Commons - Public Accounts Committee, 13 October 2009
EXCERPT: "The United Kingdom has deployed forces in Iraq since 2003 as part of the United States-led Multi-National Force-Iraq. On 30 April 2009, the Government announced the end of United Kingdom combat missions in Iraq and, as at May 2009, the number...
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