HSRP Launches the Pakistan Conflict Monitor
05 November 2009
' Launches the Pakistan Conflict Monitor, a One-Stop-Shop for Information and Analysis on the Security Situation in Pakistan', HSRP, 5 November 2009
EXCERPT: "The (HSRP) released the first issue of the Pakistan Conflict Monitor today. The new Monitor will provide daily updates on the incidence of political violence in Pakistan, analysis of its causes and impact on the...
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PRTs: Role Model For Civil-Military Relations?
05 November 2009
Peter Runge, '', Bonn International Center for Conversion, 5 November 2009
EXCERPT: "Since 2003, 26 so-called Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs), currently under the authority of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), have been established in Afghanistan. Their objective is to extend the authority of the Afghan central government,...
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Australian DM Rules Out Afghan Troop Increase
05 November 2009
'Faulkner Rules Out Afghan Troop Increase', ABC Online, 5 November 2009
EXCERPT: "Defence Minister John Faulkner has told his American counterparts that Australia will not be sending any extra troops to Afghanistan. On his first visit to Washington as Defence Minister, Senator Faulkner met with congressional members, military commanders and his American counterpart, Defence Secretary Robert Gates. He has told them Australia will...
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UN To Temporarily Relocate 600 Staff
05 November 2009
'UN To Move 600 Staff From Afghanistan', The Age, 5 November 2009
EXCERPT: "The United Nations is to pull its non-essential foreign staff out of Afghanistan after a deadly Taliban attack on a guesthouse for UN workers. 'Around 600 non-Afghan staff will be temporarily relocated,' UN spokesman Dan McNorton said last night. 'The only people who will remain are regarded as essential staff. This is to ensure the safety...
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US Official Defends Afghan Wait
05 November 2009
'US Official Defends Afghan Wait', BBC News, 5 November 2009
EXCERPT: "The US Homeland Security secretary has defended the time it is taking for President Obama to decide whether to send extra troops to Afghanistan. Janet Napolitano is meeting British ministers in London to discuss counter-terrorism and cyber-security. She told the BBC there was a direct link between the Afghanistan conflict and the terror threat in the US. She...
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