Karzai's Brother Made Nearly $1 Million on Deal Funded by Kabul Bank
08 September 2010
, The Washington Post, 8 September 2010
EXCERPT: "The brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai made nearly $1 million on a Dubai property deal financed with money from Kabul Bank, according to a person familiar with the transaction and a property sales registry. It was not previously known that the president's brother, Mahmoud Karzai, had benefited financially...
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Petraeus Expects Sustained Violence
08 September 2010
Petraeus Expects Sustained Violence, The Wall Street Journal, 8 September 2010
EXCERPT: "Gen. David Petraeus, anticipating sustained violence in Afghanistan in the coming months, said in an interview that he wants to overhaul how the U.S. measures progress here leading to a crucial Obama administration war-strategy review in December. The counterinsurgency campaign being waged by North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces in Afghanistan...
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UNAMA Supports Decision on Final List of Polling Centres for Afghan Elections
08 September 2010
UNAMA Supports Decision on Final List of Polling Centres for Afghan Elections, UN News Centre, 8 September 2010
EXCERPT: "The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has voiced its full support for the decision of the country's independent election authorities to reaffirm the final list of polling centres for parliamentary elections later this month. The Independent Election Commission (IEC) confirmed on Sunday that...
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Britain's Envoy to Afghanistan Quits After "Taliban Strategy Clash"
08 September 2010
Britain's Envoy to Afghanistan Quits After "Taliban Strategy Clash", The Daily Telegraph, 8 September 2010
EXCERPT: "The UK's special representative on Afghanistan and Pakistan was appointed in March last year after being UK ambassador in Kabul the two previous years. In June he took an 'extended leave' from the role just a month before a crunch international conference in Kabul, in what observers described as...
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