01 April 2010

Pakistan Alleges Afghans are Releasing Taliban Fighters, The Washington Examiner, 1 April 2010

EXCERPT: "Afghanistan has been releasing Taliban fighters captured in Pakistan and turned over to the Karzai government, creating a growing rift between the neighbors as they struggle to defeat insurgents, three senior Pakistani officials said. The releases have made Pakistan reluctant to turn over some top Taliban captives, the officials...

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01 April 2010

Hamid Karzai's Brother to Stay in Power Despite Heroin Trade Claims, Times Online, 1 April 2010

EXCERPT: "US officials have abandoned efforts to persuade President Karzai to force his controversial brother out of his power base in southern Afghanistan, an about-turn that demonstrates how hard it will be to root out government corruption. President Obama was reported to have issued an ultimatum to the Afghan leader just after his re-election...

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01 April 2010

Afghan Security Blocked Canadian Detainee Access, CBC News, 1 April 2010

EXCERPT: "Afghanistan's security service blocked Canadian efforts to get a human rights group's access to Afghan jails for three months in 2007, according to uncensored documents obtained by CBC News. A version of the same document released by the federal government was heavily blacked out, but the uncensored version was leaked on Wednesday. The Afghan...

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01 April 2010

, The New York Times, 1 April 2010

EXCERPT: "Afghan lawmakers dealt President Hamid Karzai a rare and potentially significant rebuke on Wednesday when the lower house of Parliament voted overwhelmingly to reverse his decision to take control of what had been the country's only independent election-fraud monitor. But the ultimate effect of the vote, while symbolically significant, was not clear...

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