Afghans Say Bank "Out of Danger"
07 September 2010
Afghans Say Bank "Out of Danger", VOA News, 6 September 2010
EXCERPT: "Top finance officials in Afghanistan are trying to reassure depositors that their money is safe. This comes after reports that the nation's biggest bank was in trouble. Last week, Kabul Bank's chairman and chief executive quit to comply with new rules that shareholders in a bank could not hold those positions. However, the Washington Post newspaper reported that the...
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Taliban Vow to Disrupt Elections in Afghanistan
07 September 2010
Taliban Vow to Disrupt Elections in Afghanistan, Daily Times, 7 September 2010
EXCERPT: "The Taliban said on Sunday they would attempt to disrupt elections this month and warned the Afghans to boycott the vote, the first explicit threat against the poll by them. The threat came just a day after Afghan President Hamid Karzai said he would soon announce members of a peace council to pursue talks with the Taliban, another step in his...
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NATO Eyes 2,000 Extra Troops for Afghanistan: Official
07 September 2010
, AFP, 6 September 2010
EXCERPT: "US General David Petraeus, the commander of the war in Afghanistan, has requested 2,000 extra troops to bolster a crucial mission to train Afghan security forces, a NATO official said Monday. The mission would come on the heels of the deployment of tens of thousands of soldiers who were sent as part of a surge strategy aimed at crushing a resilient Taliban...
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Lacking Money and Leadership, Push for Taliban Defectors Stalls
07 September 2010
, The New York Times, 6 September 2010
EXCERPT: "A $250 million program to lure low-level Taliban fighters away from the insurgency has stalled, with Afghans bickering over who should run it, and international donors slow to put up the money they had promised. Six months after Afghanistan's foreign backers agreed to generous funding for a reintegration effort, only $200,000 has...
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