Taliban "Terror" Campaign Steps Up in Kandahar
12 May 2010
Taliban "Terror" Campaign Steps Up a Gear in Kandahar, IRIN News, 12 May 2010
EXCERPT: "Widespread assassinations, intimidation and bomb blasts have spread a sense of fear in the southern province of Kandahar as pro-government Afghan and foreign forces prepare to launch a summer offensive against the Taliban.' An atmosphere of terror is hanging over Kandahar,' Ahmad Wali Karzai, head of the provincial council and President Hamid Karzai's...
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Governance in Afghanistan: Looking Ahead to What We Leave Behind
12 May 2010
Colin Cookman and Caroline Wadhams, , Center for American Progress, 12 May 2010
EXCERPT: "The United States? top strategic objective in Afghanistan over the past nine years has been defeating the Al Qaeda network. Strengthening and sustaining the Afghan government was a second-tier priority at best that was ranked far behind military operations, and when the United States...
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Karzai Meets Obama on Way Ahead in Afghan War
12 May 2010
, The Associated Press, 12 May 2010
EXCERPT: "Afghan President Hamid Karzai is meeting President Barack Obama in the White House after a day of intensive talks at the State Department and a visit with wounded U.S. troops. Obama and Karzai were expected to try to set aside their differences during their meeting Wednesday following a year in which the White House grew estranged from the Kabul...
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Afghanistan Dissolves 172 NGOs for Misconduct
12 May 2010
, AFP, 11 May 2010
EXCERPT: "Afghanistan's government, facing international pressure to wipe out corruption, said Tuesday it had dissolved 152 Afghan and 20 international aid organisations, some for misconduct. The economy ministry said licences for the non-governmental organisations (NGOs) were cancelled for three reasons -- some at their own request, some because they were unable...
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