Taliban Reject "Deal" with Afghanistan, West
05 February 2010
Taliban Reject "Deal" with Afghanistan, West, Reuters, 5 February 2010
EXCERPT: "At a conference in London last month, Afghan President Hamid Karzai invited the Taliban to a peace council and set out plans to lure fighters down from the hills in return for cash and jobs. But in a statement posted on the Islamists' website (alemarah.info/english) on Thursday, the Taliban vowed to 'collude' with no one. The statement made no specific...
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NATO Chief Predicts Improvements in Afghanistan
05 February 2010
, The Washington Post, 5 February 2010
EXCERPT: "The situation in Afghanistan is improving after a difficult year, but allies must deploy more army and police instructors to help Afghan government forces assume responsibility for security, military leaders said Friday. 'I encouraged the 44 (NATO and partner) countries to dig deep and look at what they can do to staff the training mission,'...
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Afghan Government Reservedly Backs Tribal Cash Plan
05 February 2010
Afghan Government Reservedly Backs Tribal Cash Plan, Reuters, 5 February 2010
EXCERPT: "The Afghan government backs a U.S. military scheme to plough aid money toward tribes who organize against the Taliban, but wants more of the cash routed through Kabul, Afghanistan's tribal affairs minister said on Thursday. The U.S. military has been keen to reach out directly to tribes in Afghanistan's volatile Pashtun areas, offering...
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US Military Faults Leaders in Deadly Attack on Base
05 February 2010
, The New York Times, 5 February 2010
EXCERPT: "The United States military on Friday issued a long-awaited on how insurgents managed to and kill eight soldiers last October in one of the worst single ground attacks in recent years. Family members of the dead were notified about the results of the investigation on Thursday. They were...
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