Karzai Seeks New Cabinet Before London Conference
07 January 2010
Karzai Seeks New Cabinet Before London Conference, Reuters, 7 January 2010
EXCERPT: "Karzai will submit a new list of cabinet nominees within days, and will include several of the same candidates rejected by parliament last week, but will name them to different portfolios, spokesman Wahid Omar said. Parliament stunned Karzai last week by rejecting more than two thirds of his choices for the cabinet, including one powerful former guerrilla...
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Afghanistan Asks UN to Ease Some Taliban Sanctions
07 January 2010
, The New York Times, 6 January 2010
EXCERPT: "Afghanistan asked the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to lift sanctions on elements of the Taliban that renounce violence and agree to support the government, signaling a new strategy against the militants. Meanwhile, the United States said it is tripling its civilian experts in the nation to almost 1,000 -- in a complementary effort...
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Supply Lines from Central Asia, Pakistan Called Critical
07 January 2010
Supply Lines to Afghanistan from Central Asia, Pakistan Called Critical, World Tribune, 6 January 2010
EXCERPT: "A senior defense official last month disclosed key elements of the U.S. military and allied supply routes into Afghanistan. David Sedney, assistant defense secretary for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Afghanistan lacks rail lines and roads needed for supplying forces...
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Taliban Issue Demands for Release of French Journalists
07 January 2010
Taliban Issue Demands for Release of French Journalists, Reuters, 7 January 2010
EXCERPT: "Taliban kidnappers holding two French journalists have demanded the release of a militant commander held by the United States and a cash ransom in return for freeing the hostages, an Afghan security official said. Abdul Hamid Hakimi, head of the provincial security center for Kapisa province said on Wednesday that the militants had made contact...
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