Canada Learning Hard Lessons In Aid To Afghanistan
03 March 2008
Stephanie Levitz,'Canada Learning Hard Lessons In Aid To Afghanistan: Senior Aid Official', 680News, 3 March 2008
EXCERPT: "Reconstructing Afghanistan is not going exactly as everyone had hoped, a senior Canadian aid official admits. It's not just the lack of security that poses a problem but the challenge of figuring out what actually works on the ground, said Stephen Wallace, vice-president of the Afghanistan Task Force of the Canadian...
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Will Germany Be Forced to Raise Troop Limit?
03 March 2008
'Will Germany Be Forced to Raise Troop Limit?', Der Spiegel, 3 March 2008
EXCERPT: "Germany's plans to send a Quick Reaction Force to northern Afghanistan are set to cause problems for the mission's parliamentary mandate, SPIEGEL has learned. According to an internal military memorandum obtained by SPIEGEL, around 450 soldiers, including logistics and reconnaissance personnel, will be required for the QRF instead of the approximately...
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Canadian MPs To Vote On Fate Of Afghan Mission March 13
03 March 2008
'MPs To Vote On Fate Of Afghan Mission March 13', Macleans, 3 March 2008
EXCERPT: "The minority Conservative government has set aside March 13 as the day Parliament will vote on the fate of Canada's Afghan mission. Tory sources say there will be one more day of debate and a vote prior to the two-week House of Commons Easter break. The government's motion - a compromise with the opposition Liberals - calls for Canadian troops to...
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Afghan Government Controls Only 30 Percent of Country, US Director of National Intelligence Says
03 March 2008
Deborah Tate, 'US Official Says Afghan Government Controls Only 30 Percent of Country', Voice of America, 27 February 2008
EXCERPT: "The U.S. Director of National Intelligence, Michael McConnell, says the Afghan government controls only 30 percent of the country. His assessment came in to a Senate panel Wednesday, as VOA's Deborah Tate reports from Capitol Hill. Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell told the...
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