UN: De Mistura Is Next Afghanistan Envoy
28 January 2010
UN: De Mistura Is Next Afghanistan Envoy, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, 28 January 2010
EXCERPT: "UN chief Ban Ki-moon said today he would appoint Staffan de Mistura of Sweden as his next special envoy in Afghanistan to help oversee a beefed-up civilian drive to bring peace there. De Mistura, currently a senior official at the UN World Food Program in Rome and former UN special envoy to Iraq, will succeed Kai Eide of Norway and...
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Afghanistan Conference Opens in London
28 January 2010
Afghanistan Conference Opens in London , Deutsche Welle, 28 January 2010
EXCERPT: "A major international conference on the future of Afghanistan has opened in London with over 60 countries taking part. At the beginning of the meeting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told delegates that international support would be strengthened to back up local Afghan security forces. In addition he said that a new fund would be established to persuade...
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Ottawa Adds $25M to Fight Afghan Drug Trade
28 January 2010
, Toronto Star, 28 January 2010
EXCERPT: "Ottawa is stepping up its efforts to combat the opium trade in Afghanistan and in turn tighten the flow of money to insurgents, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Thursday. Cannon, who is attending the London Conference on Afghanistan, announced the federal government is contributing $25 million toward counter-narcotic efforts, including...
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Afghan Tribe to Fight Taliban in Return for Aid From US
28 January 2010
, The New York Times, 28 January 2010
EXCERPT: "The leaders of one of the largest Pashtun tribes in a Taliban stronghold said Wednesday that they had agreed to support the American-backed government, battle insurgents and burn down the home of any Afghan who harbored Taliban guerrillas. Elders from the Shinwari tribe, which represents about 400,000 people in eastern Afghanistan,...
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