Helmand Refugees Disheartened by Insecurity, US Presence
22 November 2010
, The Washington Post, 22 November 2010
EXCERPT: "Coalition commander Gen. David H. Petraeus now points to parts of Helmand, such as Nawa, as examples of counterinsurgency success. But the Helmand refugees living in this squalid camp, known as Charahi Qambar, offer a bleaker assessment. They blame insecurity on the presence of U.S. and British troops, and despite...
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22 November 2010
Children Safe in Kabul, Says NATO Ambassador; Aid Groups Disagree, VOA News, 22 November 2010
EXCERPT: "A comment by NATO's Ambassador to Afghanistan, Briton Mark Sedwill, that Kabul is safer for children than New York or London has angered children's aid organizations which say Afghanistan is one of the worst places on the planet to be a child. Ambassador Mark Sedwill was talking to a BBC News program aimed at children in an...
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Whistleblower Details Bribes, Fraud by USAID Contractor
22 November 2010
Whistleblower Details Bribes, Fraud in Afghanistan, McClatchy, 21 November 2010
EXCERPT: "A corporate whistleblower, whose evidence of fraud led to one of the largest fines ever against a war-zone contractor, said that he was ordered to facilitate bribes, keep information from government auditors and inflate overhead rates. Former Louis Berger Group employee Harold Salomon, in his first interview since the case was settled earlier this...
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22 November 2010
, AFP, 21 November 2010
EXCERPT: "Afghanistan's election watchdog on Sunday stripped 19 winners in the country's parliamentary election, including President Hamid Karzai's first cousin, of their victories because of fraud. The candidates were disqualified as part of a probe by the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) into widespread claims of irregularities that tarnished the...
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22 November 2010
NATO Sets 2014 Target for Afghan Pullout, Los Angeles Times, 21 November 2010
EXCERPT: "A NATO summit originally intended to allow members to signal an exit date for the unpopular 9-year-old war in Afghanistan instead concluded Saturday with an agreement leaving open the possibility that allied forces will remain in the unstable country for years to come. North Atlantic Treaty Organization leaders gathered in Lisbon signed an...
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