15 October 2009
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EXCERPT: "In Afghanistan's war-scarred agrarian society, where farmers tend the land the same way generations of their predecessors did, change happens slowly - especially when it comes to the grassroots civilian effort to replace insurgents with resurgence. The goal is to restore the 'golden age' of farming...
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India In Afghanistan: The "Soft Power" Question
15 October 2009
Harsh V. Pant, 'India In Afghanistan: The "Soft Power" Question', International Relations and Security Network, 15 October 2009
EXCERPT: "In the second such strike in as many years, a suicide car-bombing outside the Indian Embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul left at least 17 dead, none of them embassy staff, and scores of others wounded. The incident was similar to the 7 July 2008 blast that struck the embassy, leaving...
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"Situation Is Critical And Demands Urgent Action": NGOs
15 October 2009
'"Situation Is Critical And Demands Urgent Action": NGOs', IRIN News, 15 October 2009
EXCERPT: "In a memorandum to Afghanistan's next president, 16 Afghan and international NGOs and civil society organizations have called for urgent improvements in the health, education and human rights sectors. While calling the country's presidential elections 'flawed', the NGOs said in a press release on 15 October:...
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Italy Denies Report It Paid Off Taliban, Warlords
15 October 2009
'Italy Denies Report It Paid Off Taliban, Warlords', Reuters India, 15 October 2009
EXCERPT: "Italy's government denied a report on Thursday that it paid off Taliban commanders and Afghan warlords, potentially costing the lives of French troops who later took charge of the area unaware of the payments. Britain's Times newspaper said Italian secret service paid tens of thousand of dollars to insurgents to keep the Sarobi...
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