"Unjustifiable" NATO Air Strike Kills 27 Civilians
22 February 2010
Afghanistan Condemns Deadly Nato Air Strike in Uruzgan, BBC News, 22 February 2010
EXCERPT: "Afghanistan's government has condemned a Nato air strike on a convoy of vehicles in the south of the country, which killed at least 27 civilians. Nato said it had hit a suspected insurgent convoy, but troops then found 'a number of individuals killed and wounded', including women and children. Sunday's attack, in Uruzgan province,...
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Marja Civilians Prefer Taliban to Corrupt Government
22 February 2010
, The Washington Post, 22 February 2010
EXCERPT: "Haji Zahir, the newly appointed mayor of Marja, told about 50 elderly men who had gathered at a gas station near the main bazaar that the large U.S. and Afghan military operation that was launched last week to flush out the Taliban was intended to bring 'positive changes.' [...] But Zahir, a native of southern Afghanistan...
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Traditional Dispute Resolution and Stability in Afghanistan
22 February 2010
John Dempsey and Noah Coburn, , United States Institute of Peace (USIP), 16 February 2010
EXCERPT: "In Afghanistan, as elsewhere, security and justice are closely linked. Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), General Stanley A. McChrystal, has noted that improving access to fair justice mechanisms is a key ingredient in defeating the insurgency in...
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22 February 2010
, Financial Times, 20 February 2010
EXCERPT: "The Dutch government collapsed on Saturday, prompting an election, after the ruling coalition failed to reconcile deep divisions within the cabinet that had emerged over extending military operations in Afghanistan. The coalition, made up of the Christian Democrats and Labour ? traditionally the two main parties ? and the smaller Christian...