Most IEDs Detected by Soldiers, Dogs as "Simple" Bombs Defeat High-tech Solutions
21 October 2010
Simple, Deadly Afghan Bombs Frustrate High-tech US Solutions, VOA News, 20 October 2010
EXCERPT: "[...] The U.S. government has spent nearly $17 billion trying to defeat IEDs [Improvised Explosive Devices], partly by developing a variety of high-technology solutions including jammers to block remote detonation signals, various types of detectors to sense the presence of metal and other IED components, better armored vehicles and unmanned...
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21 October 2010
, The Globe and Mail, 20 October 2010
EXCERPT: "Canada's non-military future in Afghanistan needs to be the subject of a much 'richer' debate that ought to be taken up by Parliament, a leading aid agency says. That suggestion by CARE Canada on Wednesday echoed recent demands by federal opposition parties for a more robust debate in Parliament on what Canada will...
21 October 2010
, The New York Times, 20 October 2010
EXCERPT: "American and Afghan forces have been routing the Taliban in much of Kandahar Province in recent weeks, forcing many hardened fighters, faced with the buildup of American forces, to flee strongholds they have held for years, NATO commanders, local Afghan officials and residents of the region said. A series of civilian and military...
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"Systemic" CIA Failures Blamed for Deadly Attack on Afghan Base
21 October 2010
, The Independent, 21 October 2010
EXCERPT: "The deadly suicide bombing at a remote CIA base in Afghanistan last December was the result of 'systemic failures', including basic security lapses and ignoring a prior warning from Jordanian intelligence that the bomber might be an al-Q'aida double agent. This was the harsh verdict of Leon Panetta, the agency's...
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Americans Split on Afghan War: Poll
21 October 2010
, Angus Reid, 19 October 2010
EXCERPT: "People in the United States appear skeptical about the military operation involving American soldiers in Afghanistan and?for the first time?are evenly divided on whether the war was the right course of action, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found. In the online survey of a representative national sample of 1,003...
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Peace Council to Offer Concessions to Taliban; Calls for Saudia Arabia's Help
21 October 2010
Afghan Peace Council to Offer Concessions to Taliban, Reuters Canada, 21 October 2010
EXCERPT: "Afghanistan's new peace council said on Thursday it would be willing to make concessions to bring insurgents to the negotiating table, and called for Saudi Arabia's help in mediating peace talks. Qiyamuddin Kashaf, the spokesman for the High Peace Council, also appealed to all Muslim nations for help brokering an end to a war now in...
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