US Adds Haqqani Network, Taliban Leaders to List of Designated Terrorists
22 July 2010
US Adds Haqqani Network, Taliban Leaders to List of Designated Terrorists, The Long War Journal, 22 July 2010
EXCERPT: "The US Treasury Department has added three top Haqqani Network and Taliban leaders to the list of designated terrorists for their support of terror groups in Afghanistan. Nasiruddin Haqqani, Gul Agha Ishakzai, and Amir Abdullah have been designated as terrorists under Executive Order 13224 for 'supporting...
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Women in Northern Afghanistan Face Taliban Revival
22 July 2010
, AFP, 21 July 2010
EXCERPT: "Women living in Afghanistan's safest region are retreating behind the veil amid fears they are being stalked by a resurgent Taliban determined to trample their rights. Human rights groups are concerned that plans by the Afghan government to make peace with the Taliban could lead to an erosion of women's liberties. In Mazar-I-Sharif, the largest...
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Mother of Killed Soldier Wants to Take Military to Court
22 July 2010
Mother of Killed Soldier Wants to Take Military to Court, Deutsche Welle, 22 July 2010
EXCERPT: "The mother of a German soldier who died in Afghanistan is seeking to sue the Defense Ministry and the Bundeswehr - arguing that better equipment and training could have prevented her son's death. Public prosecutors are investigating whether insufficient equipment and training by the German military can be held responsible for the death of a soldier...
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US Steps Up Kandahar Operation in Afghanistan
22 July 2010
US Steps Up Kandahar Operation in Afghanistan, USA Today, 22 July 2010
EXCERPT: "The operation began before dawn. Two hundred Army soldiers moved into a village in the Taliban's southern stronghold of Kandahar province over a few hours' time, their military vehicles rumbling past lush orchards seeded with mines. As villagers shopped at a market selling melons, watches and cellphone cards, the soldiers walked about in the searing heat,...
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