Afghanistan Begins Registration for Elections: Official
20 April 2010
, AFP, 20 April 2010
EXCERPT: "Afghanistan Tuesday began registering thousands of candidates for the war-torn country's parliamentary elections to be held on September 18, an electoral official said. 'Today is the first day for the registration of the candidates for the parliamentary elections,' Zakria Barakzai, a senior official at the Independent Election Commission...
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Next Afghan Conference Set for July 20: Holbrooke
20 April 2010
Next Afghan Conference Set for July 20 - Holbrooke, Reuters UK, 20 April 2010
EXCERPT: "U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton plans to attend an international conference in Afghanistan on July 20 which will mark a next step in the drive to stabilize the country, a top U.S. diplomat said on Monday. 'It will be an affirmation of international support for the government,' Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. special representative for...
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20 April 2010
German Prosecutors Drop Case Against Kunduz Airstrike Colonel, Deutsche Welle, 19 April 2010
EXCERPT: "German state prosecutors on Monday said they had closed the case against Colonel Klein, the officer who ordered the controversial airstrike near Kunduz in September 2009. According to the prosecution, neither Klein nor any of the other officers present before the attack were in a position to know that there were still civilians at the...
Taliban Intensifies Campaign in Kandahar
20 April 2010
, Financial Times, 20 April 2010
EXCERPT: "The deputy mayor of Kandahar was shot dead while attending evening prayers in a city mosque following a series of assassinations by insurgents aimed at derailing US plans to stabilise southern Afghanistan, a provincial official has said. A gunman produced a pistol and shot Azizullah Yarmal in the back of the head as he joined dozens of worshippers...
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