Afghanistan – Hillary Clinton calls for Hamid Karzai to halt Afghan corruption (Daily Telegraph)
Hillary Clinton calls for Hamid Karzai to halt Afghan corruption (Daily Telegraph)
Hillary Clinton the US secretary of State has urged Afghan President Hamid Karzai to “do better” if he wanted US support and that included creating a major crimes tribunal and anticorruption commission.
Rockets hit Afghan market, killing 12 civilians in attack on meeting with French general (Times & Transcript)
Rockets slammed into a market northeast of Kabul on Monday, killing 12 civilians but missing their presumed target: a meeting between France’s top general in Afghanistan and dozens of tribal elders and senior local officials. The attack also wounded 38 people, 20 of them critically. The market was crowded with shoppers because Monday is bazaar day in Tagab, a sprawling town of mud brick fortress …
Rockets hit Afghan market, killing 12 civilians in attack on meeting with French general (Kitchener – Waterloo Record)
TAGAB VALLEY, Afghanistan – Rockets slammed into a market northeast of Kabul on Monday, killing 12 civilians but missing their presumed target: a meeting between France’s top general in Afghanistan and dozens of tribal elders and senior local officials. The attack also wounded 38 people, 20 of them critically. The market was crowded with shoppers because Monday is bazaar day in Tagab, a …
Afghan forces get 2 C-27 military support planes (AP via Yahoo! News)
Two C-27 military support planes have been delivered to the Afghan National Army Air Corps a small step on the road to helping Afghanistan’s security forces develop a modern aerial fleet.
Afghanistan launches three-day nationwide polio vaccination (People’s Daily)
&$ &$An Afghan health worker administers polio vaccine to a child in the old city of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Nov16, 2009. Afghanistan launched a three-day nationwide polio vaccination in order to immunize children less than five-year-old against polio. Afghanistan aims to eradicate polio in the country till 2011. (Xinhua/Zabi Tamanna) &$
Afghan force to fight corruption (BBC News)
Afghan officials launch a force tasked with fighting corruption, amid increasing Western pressure for the government to tackle the problem.
EU urges Afghan leader to appoint clean government (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The European Union warned Afghan President Hamid Karzai Monday that international cooperation with his insurgency-hit country hinges on good governance and his willingness to battle corruption.
Karzai looks to restore trust (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Eight years after he took power, Afghan leader Hamid Karzai will have to work hard to restore shattered Western faith in his leadership when he is sworn in for another five-year mandate Thursday.
Taliban rockets kill 12 Afghan civilians (Press TV)
Taliban militants fired two rockets on Monday, killing 12 Afghan civilians and wounding at least 38 others, the French military reported.
US shifted Hakimullah Mehsud, Taliban leaders to Afghanistan: General Beg (New Kerala)
Lahore, Nov 16 : Former Pakistan Army Chief General (retired) Mirza Aslam Beg has alleged that the US has shifted the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakimullah Mehsud and the other Taliban leadership to Afghanistan.
French general narrowly escapes death in Taliban rocket attack on Afghan market (Daily Telegraph)
A French general narrowly escaped death when Taliban insurgents fired at least two rockets on a crowded marketplace in Afghanistan on Monday.
Villagers welcome Canadian, Afghan troops after Taliban ousted (Canada.com)
Afghan and Canadian troops captured the Taliban-controlled village of Hajji Baba southwest of Kandahar City on Monday with hardly a shot being fired.
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