- What are private security companies doing in Afghanistan? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-46400647 43 comments politics
- President Karzai Calls for Ban on Private Security Companies in Afghanistan. http://online.wsj.com/article/sb10001424052748704268004575417293032620332.html?mod=wsj_share_reddit 89 comments worldnews
- Private security companies will have to end operations in Afghanistan in four months' time, President Hamid Karzai has ordered. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10999753 15 comments worldnews
- Afghanistan has formally banned eight foreign private security firms, including the controversial company formerly called Blackwater, a spokesman for Afghan president Hamid Karzai said. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/04/3028381.htm 52 comments worldnews
- Blackwater et al. Ousted From Afghanistan - Afghanistan's president is setting a four-month deadline for private security companies to cease operations in the country, his spokesman said Monday. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100816/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_security_contractors 4 comments politics