NATO's Handling of Afghan Mission Under Fire
12 December 2007
Jeff Davis, 'NATO's Handling of Afghan Mission Under Fire', Embassy, 12 December 2007.
EXCERPT: "An eminent group of scholars, bureaucrats and diplomats aimed scathing criticisms at NATO's handling of the mission in Afghanistan this week, criticizing its general lack of co-ordination and the failure of many countries to share the burden in the volatile southern region.
"Charles-Philippe David, a professor of strategic and diplomatic...
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Ottawa Planning Long-Term Canadian Presence in Afghanistan
12 December 2007
Murray Brewster, 'Plans for Canada's Afghan reconstruction base stretch to 2015: insiders', Macleans, 12 December 2007.
"The Foreign Affairs Department has developed plans to keep a Canadian provincial reconstruction base in Kandahar until at least 2015, say federal officials. The department has also started recruiting diplomatic staff to fill posts at the base for one-year assignments that stretch beyond Parliament's self-imposed February...
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UK Prime Minister Outlines New Afghanistan Strategy
12 December 2007
'Brown Unveils New Afghanistan Strategy,' Telegraph, 12 December 2007
EXCERPT: "Gordon Brown has unveiled a new long-term strategy to 'isolate and eradicate' the Taliban that will see British troops fighting in Afghanistan for years to come. The Prime Minister told MPs that Britain will support efforts by the Afghan government to negotiate with tribal fighters now supporting the Taliban - but only if they renounce violence and accept...
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Slovakia to Increase Afghan Troop Commitment
12 December 2007
'Slovakia leaves Iraq, sends more troops to Kosovo, Afghanistan,' People's Daily, 12 December 2007
EXCERPT: "Slovakia will definitively withdraw all troops from Iraq after almost four and a half years, and send more soldiers to NATO operations in Afghanistan and Kosovo, the Slovak parliament confirmed on Tuesday... Slovakia will send another 50 troops to Afghanistan next year so their total number will increase to 111. A new 35-member...
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