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Published on Thursday, 17 May 2012 06:44
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Category: Links World
Authors: From Foreign Policy's AfPak Channel
The Brief
Sneak attack: Four men wearing Afghan police uniforms stormed the governor's compound in the western province of Farah on Thursday, killing at least seven people and wounding 12 others when two of the attackers detonated their suicide vests (AFP, NYT, CNN, AJE, BBC, AP). The two other attackers were shot and killed by police at the compound, while the governor and his deputy were unharmed.
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari confirmed Thursday that -- accompanied by Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar -- he will attend this weekend's NATO summit in Chicago, which is likely to focus on negotiating funding for Afghan security forces and the Afghan government in the years following NATO's withdrawal in 2014 (AP, AFP). Australia pledged on Wednesday to contribute $100 million per year for three years beginning in 2015, a small portion of the estimated $4 billion annual cost of sustaining the Afghan National Security
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