Ahead of Afghan Poll, Security Deteriorates
24 August 2010
, AFP, 23 August 2010
EXCERPT: "As the Taliban spread their tentacles across the formerly peaceful north of Afghanistan, upcoming elections are proving a target for the insurgents. Across the northern provinces of the war-torn country, Afghans doubt the country can hold free and fair parliamentary polls on September 18 in a rapidly deteriorating security situation. Worst affected is Kunduz,...
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Ottawa Maps Out Post-Combat Role in Afghanistan
24 August 2010
, The Globe and Mail, 24 August 2010
EXCERPT: "The Canadian government has mapped out plans for a non-combat mission in Afghanistan after 2011 that would spend close to $600-million over three years to prevent the country from becoming a 'haven for terrorists,' declassified documents show. A spring 2010 PowerPoint presentation, stamped 'Secret, Canadian Eyes Only,' offers...
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Afghan Forces Will Not Meet Takeover Deadline: US General
24 August 2010
, The New York Times, 24 August 2010
EXCERPT: "The US commander in charge of building up Afghanistan's security forces has said that in the next 15 months he would have to recruit and train 141,000 soldiers and police officers to meet President Barack Obama's goals for getting Afghan forces to fight the war on their own. That figure is more than the current size of the Afghan army. Lieutenant-General...
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Commission Tracks Billions of Contracting Dollars Wasted in Afghanistan
24 August 2010
Commission Tracks Billions of Contracting Dollars Wasted in Afghanistan, The Washington Examiner, 24 August 2010
EXCERPT: "American taxpayers have picked up the tab for billions of dollars worth of shoddy schools, phantom health care clinics and government buildings abandoned before completion in Afghanistan, according to members of a U.S. team that arrived in Kabul on Monday to document the waste and fraud. The Commission on Wartime...
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