Roadside Bombs Taking Bigger Toll
15 February 2010
Roadside Bombs Taking Bigger Toll in Afghanistan, USA Today, 15 February 2010
EXCERPT: "Winter weather failed to deter insurgents from stepping up roadside bomb attacks in Afghanistan, as both blasts and casualties among U.S. and allied troops in January more than doubled from a year earlier, Pentagon data show. Coalition troops found 727 bombs in January compared with 276 in the same month of 2009. Blasts killed 32 U.S. and allied troops...
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Taliban Release Video of Two French Hostages
15 February 2010
, The Associated Press, 14 February 2010
EXCERPT: "The Taliban released a video Sunday of two French journalists kidnapped in Afghanistan in December pleading for their government to negotiate with their captors. The video was posted on a Web site and the link was provided by Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid. On it, the two journalists plead for their release and urge French President Nicolas...
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Proposed Elections Law Sets New Requirements
15 February 2010
, The Washington Post, 14 February 2010
EXCERPT: "The Afghan government has drafted proposed changes to the nation's elections law that would remove all three foreign members from the body that investigates fraud, limit the number of women in parliament, and establish a host of new qualifications for candidates to run for office. The thorough re-writing of the 2005...
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NATO Rockets Kill 12 Afghan Civilians
15 February 2010
NATO Rockets Kill 12 Afghan Civilians, The Guardian, 14 February 2010
EXCERPT: "Two Nato rockets aimed at Taliban insurgents in Helmand missed their target today, killing 12 civilians sheltering in their home and dealing a sharp blow to hopes that civilian casualties would be avoided in the largest western-led operation of the nine-year Afghan war. The incident occurred in Nad Ali, an insurgent-infested area where British troops are operating....
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