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Afghanistan’s President Karzai promised to close foreign private security companies by the end of the year. International officials are urging Karzai to reverse his decree. They warn that aid workers can’t rely on Afghan police to protect them. As it turns out, US forces in Afghanistan have been trying for some time to improve the performance of the local police forces. Progress has been erratic. Ben Gilbert was embedded with the 504th Military Police Battalion in Kandahar City when he sent this report on the training of the Afghan police. Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
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Operations around the southern Afghan city of Kandahar have stepped up a notch recently. The fighting has escalated without a great deal of fanfare but a lot of firepower has been deployed and international forces say they are killing a lot of bad guys.The World’s Ben Gilbert is at an outpost in Zari district from Kandahar City. Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
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In October 2001, the US military began its operations in Afghanistan – nine years later, there are more US troops in Afghanistan than ever. And yet the situation on the ground remains extremely difficult. Parts of the country remain under the sway of the Taliban, especially in the south and east. The country’s second-largest city, Kandahar, remains a hotbed of Taliban support. Lisa Mullins talks with The World’s Ben Gilbert in Kandahar. (Photo: Ben Gilbert) Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
The US continues to warn that al-Qaida may be planning to attack targets in Europe. The warning seems to be based largely on intelligence about a German-based group of militants. Yesterday, a US missile strike in Pakistan killed eight militants, including four suspected German nationals. And today, French police detained 12 people, suspected of links to Islamist extremism. Lisa Mullins gets an assessment from the BBC’s defense and security correspondent Nick Childs is in London. Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
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In Afghanistan, around 140,000 US and NATO troops are fighting the resurgent Taliban. That’s almost double the number that were there when President Obama came into office. This influx of forces has come in a short period of time. 30,000 them have arrived in just the past eight months, that’s put a strain on the troops who build the bases and keep the supplies coming. The World’s Ben Gilbert has the story. (Photo: Ben Gilbert) Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Pakistan is fighting against a Taliban-led militant insurgency in the north of the country. But there is another, altogether different guerilla war being waged in western Pakistan. Baloch separatists say their ethnic community has been excluded and oppressed by Islamabad for over sixty years. The World’s Fahad Desmukh reports the battle is not just being fought by fighters, but by musicians as well.(Photo: Dr. ShaggyWikipedia) Download MP3
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The US military operation in Kandahar is currently focusing on a district to the north, called Arghandab. Arghandab holds the key to controlling the northern roads coming into Kandahar, the area once posed a serious challenge to Soviet military planners, and now NATO troops. Ben Gilbert was in the district last month with troops from the 82nd airborne division. (Photo: Ben Gilbert) Download MP3
It’s a summer of leaks, really big leaks. First it was BP oil. Now it’s WikiLeaks. Mel Gibson mouths off and digital signs of the times at summer camp.
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Pakistan has strongly denied claims in leaked US military records that its intelligence agency, the ISI, backed the Taliban in the war in Afghanistan. Many Pakistanis seem unconcerned about those claims – it seems, they have come to expect that the ISI and other agencies are meddling in Afghanistan, so the Wikileaks revelations have not come as a huge surprise. Fahad Desmukh reports. (Peshawar flickr image: Azfar.2010) Download MP3 Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
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