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08 October 2010
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Report Finds Dutch 3D Approach Brought "Positive Change" to Uruzgan
08 October 2010
[pdf], The Liaison Office, August 2010
EXCERPT: "The Dutch had led the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Uruzgan since 2006. Despite the short span of four years, the Dutch have brought positive change to Uruzgan through a comprehensive ?3D? engagement approach (development, diplomacy/governance, and defence/security), that emphasized ?development where possible?, ?force where...
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Report Slams Pakistani Effort On Militants, Notes Only Few Key Afghan Districts Improved
08 October 2010
U.S. Slams Pakistani Effort On Militants, The Wall Street Journal, 6 October 2010
EXCERPT: "A new White House assessment steps up criticism of Pakistan's campaign against militants, stating bluntly that its government and military have been unwilling to take action against al Qaeda and like-minded terrorists. The aggressive language of the report?which also criticizes the leadership of President Asif Ali Zardari?could further strain...
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"Irreplaceable" bin Laden Aide Allegedly Killed in Drone Attack
08 October 2010
, Asia Times Online, 9 October 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistani Mohammad Usman was little-known other than for being wanted for the killing of a police officer in 1997 and his connections with prayer leaders at the Taliban-friendly Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) in Islamabad in the early 2000s. His death this week in a United States drone strike in the North Waziristan tribal area along with several other militants therefore...
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Officials Claim Taliban on Verge of Collapse as Militant Leaders Targeted
08 October 2010
Taliban on Verge of Collapse, NATO and Afghan Officials Believe, The Australian, 8 October 2010
EXCERPT: "THE NATO coalition assault on Taliban insurgency chiefs has led to low-level fighters taking on the US and Afghanistan is now at a watershed as the war enters its 10th year today. The best Taliban commanders are dead or captured. Their men are harried and subject to constant attack and betrayal. They are under-equipped, overwhelmed...
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Mosque Bombing Kills Anti-Taliban Governor as North Sees Upsurge in Violence
08 October 2010
Mosque Bomb Kills Afghan Governor and At Least 12 Others, Reuters, 8 October 2010
EXCERPT: "A large bomb blast tore through a mosque in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing a provincial governor and at least a dozen others attending prayers, in the highest-profile assassination in over a year. The death of Mohammed Omar, the governor of Kunduz, leaves a power vacuum in the heart of the country's once peaceful northeast, where...
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Money from Private Security Contracts "Funneled" to Warlords, Militants
08 October 2010
Military Security Contracts Aided Taliban, Senate Inquiry Finds, Los Angeles Times, 7 October 2010
EXCERPT: "Millions of dollars, and sometimes sensitive information, have flowed to militants via Afghans hired to provide security at military bases in Afghanistan, a Senate report says. Defense Department security contracts in Afghanistan have funneled millions of dollars to local powerbrokers, some with ties to the Taliban and who carried...
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