British Commander in Helmand Believes Troops Need to Stay 10 Years
05 July 2010
Afghanistan: British Commander in Helmand Believes Troops Need to Stay 10 Years, The Sunday Telegraph, 3 July 2010
EXCERPT: "Lt Col Paul James, commanding officer of 40 Commando who are currently fighting in Sangin district, told The Sunday Telegraph there were not enough Nato forces or Afghan police to keep the area safe from a Taliban resurgence. David Cameron last week signalled that he wants British soldiers home by 2015, although...
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As US Fights, China Spends to Gain Afghan Foothold
05 July 2010
, The Associated Press, 4 July 2010
EXCERPT: "As the U.S. and its NATO allies fight to stabilize Afghanistan, China has expanded its economic footprint with several high-profile investments and reconstruction projects. In 2007 it became the country's largest foreign investor when it won a $3.5 billion contract to develop copper mines at Aynak, southeast of Kabul. The U.S. is in...
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House Approves War Funding Bill to Increase Troops in Afghanistan
05 July 2010
House Approves War Funding Bill to Increase Troops in Afghanistan, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2010
EXCERPT: "Despite pessimism that the war in Afghanistan is a quagmire, Democrats controlling the House muscled through a plan Thursday to finance President Obama's troop increase, but only after sweetening the measure with provisions to salvage their faltering jobs agenda. The White House weighed in with a veto threat over $800 million in cuts...
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Report of Security Council Meeting on Afghanistan
05 July 2010
Report of Security Council Meeting on Afghanistan, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), 30 June 2010
EXCERPT: "Briefing the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan today, the top United Nations envoy in that country stressed the importance of maintaining resilience in the year ahead, with events in the first half of 2010 ? the consultative Peace Jirga, a follow-up conference in Kabul and progress on elections...
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