Aid comes at a price for 'AfPak' leaders

The Independent by Andrew Buncombe, Omar Waraich | Mar. 29, 2009 (News Report)

The leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan (now yoked together in Washington as AfPak) publicly welcomed the Obama administration's new policy for the region yesterday, but experts warned that the US and its allies faced huge challenges in achieving their aim of neutralising militancy in South Asia.

The Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, said he supported the proposal for increased civil and military aid and highlighted a plan for reaching agreements ... Full Story »

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 by Patricia L'Herrou - Mar. 29, 2009

recent history surrounding this is not in depth here,but the article points out both the new hopes of the leadership of both countries for president obama's new policy for the region, and the problems likely to be encountered based on changes in both policy and within those countries, making clear that this is still a very difficult undertaking for all involved.

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