14 September 2010

British Army Rules on Handling Detainees "Need Strengthening", BBC News, 14 September 2010

EXCERPT: "British Army procedures for handling detainees in Afghanistan and other areas of operation overseas still need to be strengthened, an official report has warned. The Army inspector said more needed to be done to ensure all troops had the skills to deal with prisoners. Brig Robert Purdy said it was about improving a system that now worked,...

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14 September 2010

Special Forces Actions in Afghanistan Probed, CBC News, 13 September 2010

EXCERPT: "Canada's Defence Department quietly began a major inquiry into the Afghanistan operations of the military's elite special forces unit two years ago, CBC News has learned. The investigation began in 2008 after a member of the highly secretive task force, known as Joint Task Force 2 or JTF2, raised serious allegations against another member of the force and...

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14 September 2010

U.S. Military Report: Taliban Uses Youths in Afghan Fight, USA Today, 12 September 2010

EXCERPT: "Afghan children as young as 3 years old are being used by the Taliban as human shields or to gather spent cartridges, and teen-agers are being given motorcycles for planting roadside bombs, U.S. Marines say. 'We've seen children actually dropping mortar rounds in the (firing) tubes against us,' says Lt. Col. Michael Manning,...

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14 September 2010

 Afghan Central Bank Takes Over Kabulbank, Reuters AlertNet, 14 September 2010

EXCERPT: "Afghanistan's central bank has stepped in to take control of the troubled Kabulbank, its governor said on Tuesday, after suspected irregularities raised concerns over the country's top private financial institution. Central Bank Governor Abdul Qadir Fitrat told Reuters investigations had also started into the dealings of the bank's...

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