WikiLeaks: Review of Today's Afghanistan Releases
03 December 2010
WikiLeaks Cables, Day 5: Summary of Today's Key Points, The Guardian, 3 December 2010
EXCERPT:
- "The British military was criticised for failing to establish security in Sangin by the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, and the US commander of Nato troops, according to diplomatic cables.
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Rampant government corruption in Afghanistan is revealed by the cables, including an incident last year when the then vice-president, Ahmad Zia Massoud,...
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03 December 2010
Afghanistan Sees New Breed of Dangerous Young Taliban Leader, The Telegraph, 2 December 2010
EXCERPT: "The special forces onslaught hailed by Nato as helping turn the momentum against the Taliban was in fact making peace more remote he claimed. Mullah Abdul Hakim Mujahid, a deputy leader of Hamid Karzai's peace council tasked with finding a political settlement, said the attempt to wipe out the Taliban hierarchy was 'in vain'....
Dutch Hostage, Afghan Driver Freed: Govt
03 December 2010
Kidnapped Dutch Aid Worker, Driver Freed in Afghanistan, RTT News, 3 December 2010
EXCERPT: "Kidnapped Dutch relief worker and his Afghan driver have been released after being held hostage by unknown gunmen in northern Afghanistan for more than a month. Peter Oosterhuis, who was handed over to Dutch Embassy personnel on Thursday after tribal elders successfully negotiated with the kidnappers, is being treated in a German military...
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US Takes on Tutoring Role as Afghans Start Leading Development Projects
03 December 2010
Experiment in Afghanistan: Largesse is Out, Self-help Is In, McClatchy, 2 December 2010
EXCERPT: "The funding for U.S. projects wasn't always steady, nor was the oversight, and the planning was often criticized. Now there's a change of focus. Goss and his contingent, who arrived here in late October, still oversee the construction of desperately needed infrastructure and promote the role of women in this deeply conservative region,...
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