Karzai Wants Security Firms Out of Afghanistan -- Time Magazine
Afghan President Hamid Karzai's decree ordering private security companies operating in Afghanistan to leave the country by year's end complicates U.S. strategy in an already troubled, nearly nine-year-old war. Confronted with a robust Taliban-led insurgency and slow progress in raising capable Afghan security forces, U.S. officials have complained that Karzai's deadline for getting rid of the contractors, on whom allied forces are heavily reliant, is unrealistic. And it could have a major impact on Afghanistan's security situation.
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Karzai to Bar Security Firms -- Wall Street Journal
Karzai to Afghan contractors: Join us or leave -- CNN
Afghan presidential decree bans security firms -- AP
President's Decree Bans Private Security Firms From Afghanistan -- Radio Free Europe
Karzai deadline for security firms 'very aggressive': US -- AFP
Officials: Karzai Blindsided U.S. Embassy With Contractor-Ban Announcement -- Newsweek
Canadian Forces to review Afghan security contracts -- CTV News
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