US Spending Plagued By Poor US Oversight
15 January 2010
US Spending in Afghanistan Plagued By Poor US Oversight, McClatchy Newspapers, 15 January 2010
EXCERPT: "The U.S. has spent more than $732 million to improve Afghanistan's electrical grid since 2002, but many of the projects have been plagued by delays and rising costs in part because of poor oversight by the American government, a watchdog agency reports. Of six projects underway in 2009, only one has been completed on time. In...
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NATO Will "Transform" ANP Failures
15 January 2010
, The Independent, 15 January 2010
EXCERPT: "A 'culture of poverty' in resources allocated to training the Afghan police force has created a major problem in Afghanistan needing urgent and sweeping reforms, a senior Nato commander declared yesterday. The task of preparing the country's police force to take over security ? a key plank of the West's exit...
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Japan Terminates Refueling Mission
15 January 2010
, China View, 15 January 2010
EXCERPT: "Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa on Friday ordered the Maritime Self-Defense Forces (MSDF) to end its refueling mission in the Indian Ocean that have been supporting U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in and around Afghanistan. The move is part of the Democratic Party of Japan's (DPJ) moves to change...
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German Compensation for Airstrike Victims Moves Forward
15 January 2010
German Compensation for Afghanistan Airstrike Victims Moves Forward, Deutsche Welle, 14 January 2010
EXCERPT: "Families of civilian victims of the German airstrike in Afghanistan in September will receive compensation through long-term support projects rather than monetary payments, a German lawyer for the victims' families said at a press conference Thursday. Karim Popal, an Afghan-born German lawyer based in Bremen who represents...
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