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Article: Jawad seeks Columbia's support on terror, narcotics.
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- Pajhwok
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- November 3, 2009
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Lalit K Jha - Nov 3, 2009 - 13:20 WASHINGTON (PAN): Afghan Ambassador to the US Said T Jawad on Tuesday met the Columbian President Alvaro Uribe Velez to expand security and development cooperation between the two countries. Jawad, who also holds the charge of the Afghan Ambassador to Columbia, sought Columbias help in fighting both terrorism and counter-narcotics operations in Afghanistan. We need Colombias assistance with deployment of your special forces to help us fight terrorism, as well as training our counter-narcotics police and the Afghan National Armys counter-narcotics battalion, Jawad specifically requested President Uribe. He also asked for establishment of a ...