Women Joining Afghan Armed Forces in Greater Numbers, Challenging Convention
01 November 2010
Afghan Women Joining Armed Forces In Greater Numbers, Challenging Convention, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, 1 November 2010
EXCERPT: "Women can play a key role in the government's efforts to build a modern military and defense force. But recruiting is no easy task in Afghanistan's deeply conservative society, where many don't even approve of women leaving their homes, let alone joining ranks in traditionally male-dominated...
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NATO Looks "Offshore" to Deal with Shortfall of Instructors for Afghan Forces
01 November 2010
NATO Faces Afghan Training Shortfall and Looks Offshore, Reuters, 31 October 2010
EXCERPT: "NATO still faces a shortage of specialist instructors to train Afghan forces and has begun sending hundreds to study outside Afghanistan as a stopgap solution, the head of NATO's training mission said on Sunday. With the Afghanistan war entering its tenth year, NATO wants to build up the local army and police to around 300,000 troops by October...
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Sweden Plans to Start Withdrawal of Troops in 2012
01 November 2010
, The Canadian Press, 1 November 2010
EXCERPT: "Sweden's centre-right government said Monday it plans to start withdrawing its 530 troops from northern Afghanistan in 2012 and complete the hand-over of security tasks to Afghan forces by the end of 2014. Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt announced the plans after his minority government reached an agreement with two opposition...
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Dozens of Insurgents Killed as NATO Repels Attack on Outpost in SE Paktika Province
01 November 2010
, AFP, 30 October 2010
EXCERPT: "International forces in Afghanistan Saturday fought off a Taliban attack on a combat post in a remote and mountainous region bordering Pakistan, killing more than 30 insurgents, NATO said. Insurgents attacked the post "from all directions" using rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and small arms fire, NATO's International Security Assistance...
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Taliban Briefly Overrun Ghazni District, Abduct 16 Police Officers
01 November 2010
Taliban Briefly Overruns Afghan District, Abducts 16 Police Officers, Los Angeles Times, 2 November 2010
EXCERPT: "The Taliban didn't even need to fire a shot. A band of insurgents overran a small rural district in eastern Afghanistan before dawn on Monday, setting government buildings and vehicles ablaze and abducting at least 16 police officers, provincial authorities said. Some observers warned that the overnight incident in the...
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Karzai Protests Russian Involvement in Drug Raid, Calls Operation "a Violation of Sovereignty"
01 November 2010
, The Washington Post, 30 October 2010
EXCERPT: "The inclusion of a small number of Russian anti-narcotics agents in a large drug raid here has touched a raw nerve among Afghan government officials, prompting President Hamid Karzai to condemn NATO for the operation and demand an investigation. The seizure of $55.9 million worth of heroin - more than 2,000 pounds - and the discovery...
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