31 August 2010

Afghan Authorities Take Over Biggest Bank to Avoid Meltdown, The Washington Post, 31 August 2010

EXCERPT: "Afghanistan's Central Bank has taken control of Kabul Bank, a politically potent financial institution partly owned by President Hamid Karzai's brother, and ordered its chairman to hand over $160 million worth of luxury villas and other property purchased in Dubai for well-connected insiders, according to Afghan bankers and...

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31 August 2010

NATO Chief Backs Starting Security Handover to Afghans Next Year, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, 31 August 2010

EXCERPT: "NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says he hopes NATO member states will agree at an upcoming summit to start handing over security responsibilities in Afghanistan to Afghan authorities next year. The NATO chief's comments came on August 30, as the deaths of four more NATO soldiers were reported...

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31 August 2010

Britain Confirms Afghan Combat Mission to End 2015, Reuters, 31 August 2010

EXCERPT: "British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg confirmed Tuesday that Britain's combat mission in Afghanistan would end by 2015 and pledged to protect frontline troops from sudden cuts in government spending. Visiting soldiers at Camp Bastion in southern Helmand province, Clegg also called on Taliban fighters to become part of the political future of...

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31 August 2010

22 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan in Four Days, The Daily Telegraph, 31 August 2010

EXCERPT: "A series of bomb attacks have badly hit US troops in eastern and southern Afghanistan in the past 48 hours, contributing to the toll. Violence is predicted to rise towards the September 18 parliamentary elections and as American troops begin operations west of Kandahar after the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Deaths among the Nato-led coalition...

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