30 October 2009

'South Korea Plans Afghan Deployment', BBC News, 30 October 2009

EXCERPT: "South Korea has announced it will send troops and police to Afghanistan to protect an expanded civilian reconstruction team. The troops would not take part in combat operations, officials said. The plan must be approved by parliament, where the ruling Grand National Party has a majority. The announcement comes two years after South Korea pulled...

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30 October 2009

'Taliban Leader Rejects US Attempts To Lure Away Fighters With Money', CNN, 30 October 2009

EXCERPT: "A top Taliban political leader delivered a message Friday to President Obama, calling his attempt to lure away Taliban fighters with money 'an old weapon that has failed already.' 'The Mujahedeen of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan are not mercenaries and employed gunmen like the armed men of the invaders and their...

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30 October 2009

Astri Suhrke, 'Electing To Fight In Afghanistan', Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 29 October 2009

EXCERPT: "The move to hold a second round of elections in Afghanistan on 7 November underscores the limitations of Western democratic election processes in a deeply divided society that, moreover, is at war with itself and with external forces. Apart from the inherent potential of the elections for generating violence, the...

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30 October 2009

Vanda Felbab-Brown, 'Narco-Belligerents Across The Globe: Lessons From Colombia For Afghanistan?', Real Instituto Elcano, 28 October 2009

EXCERPT: "With the great increases in insecurity in Afghanistan and the overwhelming sense that the counter-insurgency in Afghanistan is not being won, analysts and policymakers are looking for analogies to understand the conflict's dynamics and devise counter-measures. One of the analogies...

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