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22 Afghan civilians killed in US-led op
"Their bodies are on the ground. If you do not believe us, you have helicopters and you should come to the area and see that these are civilians," Malik Rahman Gul, a village elder, was quoted by Reuters. http://www.press tv.com/detail.aspx?id=8355 7&sectionid=351020403... ...
U.S. Keeps Silent as Afghan Ally Removes War Crime Evidence
By Tom Lasseter Seven years ago, a convoy of container trucks rumbled across northern Afghanistan loaded with a human cargo of suspected Taliban and al Qaida members who'd surrendered to Gen. Abdul Rashid... ...
Forgotten Victims: Inside Kandahar's Main Hospital
Video Civilians in Afghanistan have paid the heaviest price for the conflict in their country, caught up almost daily in both Taliban attacks and air raids by US force. Al Jazeea's David Chater has been... ...
The Slaughter Continues: US Kills Dozens of Wedding Guests
By JESSICA LEEDER AND ALEX STRICK VAN LINSCHOTEN The bodies of at least 36 women have been identified, and hundreds more men and women have been injured. Local leaders have yet to establish a firm casualty... ...
U.S. war aims in Afghanistan grow doubtful
U.S. war aims in Afghanistan that call for the defeat of the Taliban and a strong central government in Kabul have become increasingly unrealistic in the face of growing violence and corruption. http://africa .reuters.com/energyandoil/ news/usnN31353518.html F rom... ...
‘We’re not going to win this war’
Asia Times by China Hand 10/29/08 It may come as a shock that the combined military muscle of the West can’t defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan, but according to top military officials it is true. The... ...
Verlängerung des Afghanistan-Einsatzes am 16. Oktober 2008
Gert Weisskirchen (Wiesloch) (SPD): "Wer sich bei der Abstimmung der Stimme verweigert, stärkt die Taliban" Abschließende Debatte und Abstimmung über die Verlängerung des Afghanistan-Einsatzes - alle... ...
Hit and miss with Afghan air strikes
Asia Times by Gareth Porter 10/21/08 Air strikes against suspected Taliban leaders in Afghanistan were halted in 2004, in the belief they were ineffectual and caused too many civilian deaths. They resumed... ...
Afghanistan's Emerging Antiwar Movement
Anand Gopal, The Christian Science Monitor: "In a musty room near the edge of town, a group of bearded men sit on the floor and heatedly discuss strategy. The men are in the planning stages of an event... ...
Why The Afghan War Is Unwinnable
By Gwynne Dyer It would make sense to announce a deadline for pulling out the foreign troops and start negotiating for a final peace settlement in Afghanistan now. Waiting is unlikely to produce a better... ...