Taliban Code of Conduct Seeks to Win Hearts, Minds
03 August 2010
, The Associated Press, 3 August 2010
EXCERPT: "An updated Taliban code of conduct urges fighters to avoid killing civilians and forbids them from seizing weapons and money, a directive aimed at winning hearts and minds of Afghans also being courted by international forces. But the document declares that people working for international forces or the Afghan government are 'supporters of...
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Taliban Attack Afghan Air Base
03 August 2010
Taliban Attack Afghan Air Base, Al Jazeera, 3 August 2010
EXCERPT: "A gun battle erupted outside the main Nato base in southern Afghanistan, after at least one suicide bomber blew himself up outside the gates and other fighters attacked with small arms. The fighting at Kandahar airfield on Tuesday lasted about an hour, officials said. Kandahar airfield, about 25km outside the city, is the largest foreign military base in the country...
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Targeted Killing is New US Focus in Afghanistan
03 August 2010
, The New York Times, 31 July 2010
EXCERPT: "When President Obama announced his new war plan for Afghanistan last year, the centerpiece of the strategy ? and a big part of the rationale for sending 30,000 additional troops ? was to safeguard the Afghan people, provide them with a competent government and win their allegiance. Eight months later, that counterinsurgency strategy has shown little...
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UN Sanctions Dropped Against 5 Senior Taliban
03 August 2010
UN Sanctions Dropped Against 5 Senior Taliban, Reuters Africa, 3 August 2010
EXCERPT: "Five Taliban have been struck off a U.N. Security Council list of militants subject to sanctions -- a move sought by Kabul to ease reconciliation talks with insurgents, the United Nations said on Friday. Their removal from the U.N. blacklist followed a review of the list of Taliban and al Qaeda members maintained by a Security Council committee. Two of...
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