Interview with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
08 November 2010
Hekmatyar auf Deutsch [blog], The Kings of War, 6 November 2010
EXCERPT: "German public TV channel ZDF has interviewed Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Snippets of the interview were broadcast yesterday in their heute-journal, and can be viewed here. It is unclear when they will broadcast more. Hekmatyar said some obvious things that are to be expected. Like: 'It is a reality that America has lost the war, it can only withdraw now.' He...
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Canada Considers Staying in "Non-combat", Training Role
08 November 2010
, The Associated Press via The New York Times, 7 November 2010
EXCERPT: "Canada's defense minister said Sunday that Canada is considering a U.S. request to keep troops in Afghanistan past 2011, but switch them from a combat to a training role. Defense Minister Peter MacKay said the troops would not remain in Afghanistan's volatile southern Kandahar province. 'It will be out of Kandahar...
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Tens of Thousands of Uncounted Election Ballots Found in Warehouse
08 November 2010
, The Washington Post, 7 November 2010
EXCERPT: "The official, Abdullah Ahmadzai, said the commission plans to announce this week that the additional votes will be added to the preliminary results that were released publicly last month. However, he said there likely will not be significant changes among the winners of the 249 seats of the...
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Afghanistan Looks to Indict Officials on Corruption Charges
08 November 2010
, The Canadian Press, 6 November 2010
EXCERPT: "Afghanistan's former commerce minister is poised to be indicted for allegedly overcharging the government nearly $20 million for fuel, a top prosecutor said Saturday while outlining some 20 cases involving high-ranking officials accused of corruption and misuse of power. Deputy Attorney...
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Afghan Forces Hurt by Attrition, Leadership Gaps: NATO
08 November 2010
Afghan Forces Hurt by Attrition, Leadership Gaps, NATO Finds, The Wall Street Journal, 7 November 2010
EXCERPT: "Significant progress has been made in building up the Afghan security forces, but continuing attrition among police officers and a dearth of midlevel military leaders pose major challenges, according to a report on the international training effort to be released Monday. The review by the NATO Training Mission Afghanistan...
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Taliban Claim Afghan Soldier Killed Two US Troops
08 November 2010
Afghan Soldier Turns Weapon on American Troops, Kills 2, McClatchy, 6 November 2010
EXCERPT: "A soldier from the U.S.-trained Afghan army apparently turned his weapon on American troops in volatile southern Afghanistan, killing at least two U.S. soldiers, NATO officials said Saturday. The incident is the latest that calls into question the allegiances of at least some members of the Afghan security forces, which the Obama administration...
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