Showing posts with label Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan. Show all posts
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July 31, 2013

DOD Releases Report on Progress in Afghanistan

The July 2013 “Report on Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan,” a biannual report to Congress in accordance with Section 1230 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181) as amended; section 1221 of the NDAA for FY 2012 (Public Law 112-81); and sections 1212, 1217, 1223, and 1531(d) of the NDAA for FY 2013 (Public Law 112-239), as amended, was provided today to Congress.

 It is posted at http://www.defense.gov/pubs/Section_1230_Report_July_2013.pdf.

India, Pakistan will play significant roles in Afghanistan: US

Afghanistan Sun | IANS | Wednesday 31st July, 2013 - As a new US defence department report suggested that the "zero option" in Afghanistan - a complete pullout of US troops - is unrealistic, a Pentagon official said India and Pakistan would play significant roles there in future.

"I think both Pakistan and India will play and ought to play very important, significant roles going forward in Afghanistan," Peter Lavoy, the Pentagon's top policy official on Afghanistan told reporters Tuesday in response to a question.

"Those countries and other immediate and nearby neighbours of Afghanistan are affected by the security conditions in Afghanistan," he said briefing reporters on Pentagon's twice-a-year report to Congress on "Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan."

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