NATO Eyes New Top Civilian Post in Kabul
20 January 2010
NATO Eyes New Top Civilian Post in Kabul, The Wall Street Journal, 20 January 2010
EXCERPT: "The North Atlantic Treaty Organization plans to create a new top civilian post in Kabul to flank its military chief in Afghanistan, U.S. General Stanley McChrystal, and the British ambassador to Afghanistan is the leading contender, senior officials familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The announcement could be made as soon as Jan. 28,...
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US Aid Workers Find Few Trained Afghan Partners
20 January 2010
, The Washington Post, 20 January 2010
EXCERPT: "Alongside the thousands of additional U.S. troops, civilian aid workers are surging into Afghanistan to help refurbish schools, open rural health clinics, build irrigation systems, vaccinate livestock and provide fertilizer to farmers. But like their military counterparts, the civilian technicians are finding the lack of trained Afghan partners...
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New Wave of Warlords Bedevils US
20 January 2010
New Wave of Warlords Bedevils US, The Wall Street Journal, 20 January 2010
EXCERPT: "In his teen years, Sirajuddin Haqqani was known among friends as a dandy. He cared more about the look of his thick black hair than the battles his father, a mujahideen warlord in the 1980s, was waging with Russia for control of Afghanistan. The younger Mr. Haqqani is still a stylish sort, say those who know him. But now, approaching middle...
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Joint Panel Agrees to Increase ANSF
20 January 2010
, The Canadian Press, 20 January 2010
EXCERPT: "A joint panel agreed Wednesday to boost the number of Afghan security forces from the current level of about 191,000 to 400,000 within five years, bringing it in line with similar goals announced by the United States. Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal also sharply denounced a U.N. report released Tuesday...
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