Afghanistan's Dirty Little Secret
30 August 2010
Afghanistan's Dirty Little Secret, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 August 2010
EXCERPT: "Western forces fighting in southern Afghanistan had a problem. Too often, soldiers on patrol passed an older man walking hand-in-hand with a pretty young boy. Their behavior suggested he was not the boy's father. Then, British soldiers found that young Afghan men were actually trying to 'touch and fondle them,' military investigator AnnaMaria Cardinalli told...
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Karzai "Fired" Anti-Corruption Lawyer after Top Official Stung
30 August 2010
Karzai "Fired" Anti-Corruption Lawyer after Top Official Stung, The Guardian, 30 August 2010
EXCERPT: "One of Afghanistan's most senior government prosecutors said yesterday that he was forced into retirement after aggressively promoting corruption investigations against top officials, including one of Hamid Karzai's most trusted aides. Fazel Ahmed Faqiryar, a lawyer well-regarded by foreign rule-of-law experts, lost...
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Afghan President Criticizes Anti-Terror Strategy
30 August 2010
, The Associated Press, 30 August 2010
EXCERPT: "President Hamid Karzai renewed his criticism of coalition strategy in fighting Afghanistan's stubborn insurgency, saying it has thus far produced nothing but civilian deaths. Karzai's sharp comments delivered Sunday fit a pattern of greater outspokenness by the Afghan leader as he appeals for support among the beleaguered Afghan public. In...
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Toll from Afghan Base Raids Rises
30 August 2010
Toll from Afghan Base Raids Rises, Reuters, 29 August 2010
EXCERPT: "The NATO-led force in Afghanistan said on Sunday more than 30 insurgents, including at least 13 suicide bombers, were killed when foreign and Afghan troops repelled al Qaeda-linked fighters who attacked two bases. Despite the presence of almost 150,000 foreign troops, violence across Afghanistan is at its worst since the Taliban were ousted by U.S.-backed Afghan...
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