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If you can't beat them, get them to join you. That's the idea behind a new effort by the Afghan government and the U.S. military to win over low-level insurgents and split them from their Taliban leaders. Eight years have elapsed since the U.S. and other...
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With world leaders attending his inauguration, Afghan President Hamid Karzai must address corruption and sideline warlords, Human Rights Watch said. Afghan President Karzai was sworn in for a second term before foreign dignitaries in Kabul on Thursday...
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Afghanistan _ Hamid Karzai was sworn in today for a second-five year term as Afghanistan's president, assuming leadership of a war-battered nation and a government that the West is demanding be cleansed of corruption. The ceremony took place in a soaring,...
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Clinton was in Afghanistan to take part in the ceremony at the heavily fortified presidential palace Thursday, where Karzai will be sworn in for the second five-year term, the US embassy said in a statement. "Clinton arrived in Afghanistan today for a...
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Transparency International�s 2008 Corruption Perceptions Index found Greece to be the 71st least-corrupt country surveyed with a score of 3.8 out of 10. This represents a substantial deterioration compared to last year when Greece was ranked 57th with...
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Afghanistan authorities and international forces are securing the capital Kabul against Taliban attacks expected to coincide with the inauguration of President Hamid Karzai, scheduled for Thursday. AFP. "There will be no air movements in or out, except...
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Afghanistan will form a high-level anti-corruption unit to investigate graft among senior officials, the Interior Ministry said on Monday, after widespread criticism and demands from Washington the government must do more. "President Hamid Karzai, after...
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In a ComRes poll for the IoS this weekend, an overwhelming proportion – 71 per cent – supported this newspaper's call for a phased withdrawal of British forces from Afghanistan within a year or so, while just 22 per cent disagreed. Nearly half – 47 per...
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In a last-minute dissent ahead of a critical war cabinet meeting on escalating the Afghan war, US Ambassador Karl Eikenberry has cast doubt on a troop escalation until the Afghan government can address corruption and other internal problems.
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The UN Security Council gave the UN mission in Afghanistan the mandate to support the Afghan electoral institutions in the holding of "free, fair, inclusive and transparent" elections. Unfortunately, Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC),...
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