Canada Surrenders Command of Kandahar City to US Forces
15 July 2010
Canada Surrenders Command of Kandahar City to US Forces, Vancouver Sun, 15 July 2010
EXCERPT: "After holding the Taliban at bay in Kandahar City for more than four years, Canada transferred responsibility for the war in the provincial capital to the U.S. army's 82nd Airborne Division on Thursday afternoon. With the move, Canada's footprint until its combat mission ends next July has now formally shrunk to the Panjwaii, Dand...
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15 July 2010
US Senators Voice Doubts on Afghanistan Plan, Reuters, 15 July 2010
EXCERPT: "The Obama administration has not done enough to explain its goals for the war in Afghanistan, including what its exit strategy will be, U.S. senators said on Wednesday. Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee told Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, that the American public needs better answers as the nine-year-old...
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Afghan Health Team Abducted; Local Official Killed
15 July 2010
, The Associated Press, 15 July 2010
EXCERPT: "Gunmen kidnapped five Health Ministry employees in Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province while insurgents killed a district official elsewhere, reportedly on the orders of the Taliban supreme leader, officials said Thursday. Insurgent bombings, gunbattles, assassinations and abductions have been increasing this year as thousands of American...
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Afghans to Form Local Forces to Fight Taliban
15 July 2010
, The New York Times, 14 July 2010
EXCERPT: "After intensive discussions with NATO military commanders, the Afghan government on Wednesday approved a program to establish local defense forces around the country, with the potential to help remote areas thwart attacks by Taliban insurgents. The NATO-backed program, which will be supervised by the Interior Ministry, will pay salaries to the members...
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