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Pentagon source: strike killed 30 Afghan civilians
The probe found that the strikes against a "suspected Taliban compound" in the western province of Herat killed about 30 civilians - not the five to seven the U.S. originally acknowledged, according to... ...
US Study Is Said to Warn of Crisis in Afghanistan
Mark Mazzetti and Eric Schmitt, The New York Times: "A draft report by American intelligence agencies concludes that Afghanistan is in a 'downward spiral' and casts serious doubt on the ability of the... ...
Brits Say: We Can't Win in Afghan
"The current situation is bad, the security situation is getting worse, so is corruption, and the government has lost all trust. ... The presence of the coalition, in particular its military presence,... ...
U.S. Expects Afghan Violence to Worsen
U.S. commanders in Afghanistan say they expect the Taliban to launch a winter offensive, a move that could bring bloodshed during a time of year that historically has been relatively peaceful. http://tinyurl. com/52y9yn... ...
Rights group criticizes bloody Afghanistan air war
Miami Herald 09/17/08 U.S. and NATO air bombings in Afghanistan have killed more than 500 civilians since 2006, fueling a public backlash against the coalition’s war effort, a prominent human rights... ...
Anwesenheit von ausländischen Truppen stärkt Taliban
Experten malen düsteres Bild von der Situation in Afghanistan. http://www.he ise.de/tp/r4/artikel/28/28 720/1.html ...
Our deafening silence on Afghanistan
Toronto Star [Canada] by Haroon Siddiqui 09/14/08 Have Canadian soldiers been dying in vain in disproportionate numbers in Afghanistan? It’s a reasonable question, given that NATO is panicking over the... ...
US Carnage In Afghanistan
Harrowing video film backs Afghan villagers' claims of carnage caused by US troops Tom Coghlan in Kabul These are the images that have forced the Pentagon into a rare U-turn. Until yesterday the US... ...
US occupation forces bomb kill up to 19 civilians: Afghan parliamentarian
''Instead of bombing the Taliban, they bombed civilians in the area twice and killed up to 19 people, including women and children,'' he said, adding that 12 others were wounded. http://www.japan today.com/category/world/v iew/air-strikes-kill-up-to -19-civilians-afghan-parli amentarian From... ...
US Frustrated by Taliban Resilience
The Taliban are demonstrating a resilience and ferocity that are sowing alarm here, in Washington and in other NATO capitals, and engendering a fresh round of soul-searching over how a relatively ragtag... ...