NATO Offers More Than 1,800 Additional Troops
04 April 2008
'NATO Offers More Than 1,800 Additional Troops for Afghanistan', Voice of America, 4 April 2008
EXCERPT: "NATO leaders, at their summit in Bucharest, have pledged to dispatch more than 1,800 additional troops for the allied force in Afghanistan. France committed an additional 700 soldiers. Georgia, which hopes to become a NATO member, offered 500 and Poland will send 400 more soldiers and eight badly-needed helicopters. Italy, Romania...
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Afghanistan Community Schools Case Study - Report
04 April 2008
'', EQUIP2 / USAID, 4 April 2008
EXCERPT: "CARE Afghanistan launched its first small pilot education access programme in Khost province in 1994. The initiative has evolved into the Community Organized Primary Education (COPE) programme and now operates in nine provinces. This EQUIP2 Case Study examines the model and outcomes of the COPE programme as well as the institutional and cultural...
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Hungary Assures Long Presence For Afghan Security
04 April 2008
'', China View, 4 April 2008
EXCERPT: "Hungary plans to be in Afghanistan along with the international community for the long term, until the Afghan army and police can guarantee its security, Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom said after talks with visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday [4 April 2008]. Solyom said that Hungary would continue with its policy of support...
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Afghanistan Still Copes With Landmines
04 April 2008
'On International Mine Awareness Day Afghanistan Still Copes With Landmines', United Nations Children's Fund, 3 April 2008
EXCERPT: " Landmines have killed or injured more than 70,000 Afghans in the last two decades, and they continue to cause hundreds more casualties each year. As the United Nations prepares to mark the second annual International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action tomorrow [4 April 2008], Afghans struggle...
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Canadian PM Leaves Door Open To Extend Afghan Mission
04 April 2008
'Canadian PM Leaves Door Open To Extend Afghan Mission', The Globe and Mail, 4 April 2008
EXCERPT: "Canada is serious about withdrawing its soldiers from Afghanistan in 2011 now that NATO allies have promised additional troops to help battle the Taliban for the next two years, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said yesterday [3 April 2008], while leaving open the door to another extension of the mission. Mr. Harper said other NATO leaders...
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Military Helicopter Shortage Affects Greek Readiness
04 April 2008
'Military Helicopter Shortage Affects Greek Readiness', Spero News, 4 April 2008
EXCERPT: "Greece is under pressure to allocate Chinook transport helicopters to NATO's mission in Afghanistan. Greece is also being pressed to help beyond its infrastructure and medical support units. The government says it cannot provide more troops since it already has around 3,300 tied up in missions abroad. Instead, there is pressure to ship Chinook transport...
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Russia, NATO Agree on Transit of Non-Lethal Cargo
04 April 2008
'Russia, NATO Agree on Transit of Non-Lethal Cargo to Afghanistan', RIA Novosti, 4 April 2008
EXCERPT: "Russia and NATO have agreed on land transits for non-lethal freight through Russian territory to NATO troops deployed in Afghanistan, Russia's envoy to NATO said on Friday [4 April 2008]. 'Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer exchanged letters on transits of NATO non-lethal cargo across...
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US Commits to More Troops
04 April 2008
'', The Associated Press, 4 April 2008
EXCERPT: "The United States intends to send many more combat forces to Afghanistan next year, regardless of whether troop levels in Iraq are cut further this year, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday [4 April 2008]. It is the first time the Bush administration has made such a commitment for 2009. Gates, speaking to reporters on his way to Muscat, Oman, from a NATO...
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More British Troops Set For Afghanistan
04 April 2008
'More British Troops Set For Afghanistan As NATO Snubs Call For Reinforcements', The Daily Record, 4 April 2008
EXCERPT: "Hundreds more British troops will be ordered into Afghanistan after Nato allies snubbed pleas for them to send reinforcements yesterday [3 April 2008]. Gordon Brown challenged other countries to "step up to the plate" at a summit in Romania he was attending along with US president George Bush. But only France...
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