Winning Hearts and Minds?: Aid and Security in Balkh Province
16 November 2010
[pdf], Feinstein International Center // Tufts University via the Human Security Gateway, 1 November 2010
EXCERPT: "The Balkh Province case study is part of a larger five-province Afghanistan country study looking at the assumption that humanitarian and development assistance projects can help to bring or maintain security in...
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Kidnapped Afghan Diplomat Freed after Two Years
16 November 2010
Afghan Diplomat Set Free after Two Years, DAWN, 14 November 2010
EXCERPT: "Abdul Khaliq Farahi, the Afghan consul general in Peshawar who had been kidnapped two years ago, was released by his captors on Saturday night. An Afghan diplomat in Islamabad confirmed his release. 'Yes, Abdul Khaliq Farahi has been freed,' Abdul Jalil told Dawn on telephone. But he did not disclose the place where he was set free. Sources said the diplomat...
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Bomb Kills Parliamentary Candidate, Wounds Mayor in North
16 November 2010
Afghan Poll Candidate Killed during Holiday Prayers, Reuters, 16 November 2010
EXCERPT: "A bomb in a graveyard in northern Afghanistan killed a parliamentary candidate and a retired policeman and wounded five, including a mayor, on Tuesday, an intelligence official said. The attack happened in the Khan Abad district of northern Kunduz province as the men prayed inside the graveyard to mark the start of the Muslim Eid al Adha holiday, provincial...
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Election Panel to Unseat Over a Dozen Candidates
16 November 2010
Afghan Election Panel to Unseat Candidates, CBC, 15 November 2010
EXCERPT: "A panel charged with investigating cheating and misconduct from Afghanistan's September parliamentary election expects to unseat a number of candidates who were declared winners in preliminary results ? but nowhere near the hundreds some had predicted, officials said. The panel ? which finished its rulings on these potential swing races Monday and plans to...
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16 November 2010
950 Soldiers, Staff to Remain in Afghanistan: Sources, CTV, 16 November 2010
EXCERPT: "The federal government plans to keep 950 soldiers in Afghanistan past the scheduled July 2011 end to combat operations, sources have confirmed to CTV News. The figure includes 750 soldiers to train Afghan troops and police, and 200 support staff. While their exact responsibilities and where they will be stationed are not yet clear, a senior official...
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