EU To Boost Afghan Aid
27 October 2009
'EU To Boost Afghan Aid', VOA News, 27 October 2009
EXCERPT: "Europe will increase its aid to Afghanistan despite concerns the situation in the central Asian country is deteriorating. The decision was announced during a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Luxembourg. European Union foreign ministers expressed concern not only about the security situation in Afghanistan, but also about the lack of sufficient progress...
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October Deadliest Month For US: Pentagon
27 October 2009
'', AFP, 27 October 2009
EXCERPT: "Lethal bombing attacks in Afghanistan on Tuesday made October the deadliest month for American forces since the war began in 2001, a Pentagon official said. Improvised explosives claimed the lives of eight American soldiers and an Afghan civilian a day after 14 American soldiers and narcotics agents were killed in two separate helicopter...
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Hamid Karzai "Already Fixing" Second Election
27 October 2009
'Hamid Karzai "Already Fixing" Second Election', The Telegraph, 27 October 2009
EXCERPT: "The monitor, who helped catalogue fraud in the August 20 election, said tribal elders in southern provinces had already reported that officials were preparing to rig the November 7 run off. The claims came as the International Crisis Group warned that without an overhaul of the election process and action against the most senior...
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Afghanistan In 2009: A Survey Of The Afghan People
27 October 2009
'', The Asia Foundation, 27 October 2009
EXCERPT: "The Asia Foundation today released findings from its most recent public opinion poll in Afghanistan, covering all 34 provinces in the country. Afghanistan in 2009: A Survey of the Afghan People is the fifth poll conducted by The Asia Foundation's office in Afghanistan; previous polls have been released in 2004, 2006, 2007, and...
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