Karzai slams US for civilian killings in Afghanistan
Karzai strongly denounced the US-led night raid, saying it violated a security deal under which the foreign troops are obliged not to carry out such attacks unless they are coordinated with Afghan officials.
http://is.gd/wZhW9E
A Crisis of Trust in Afghanistan
By Gwynne Dyer
''A defeatist position [in Afghanistan] is not possible for us. We cannot leave in our underpants...or without any.'' Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987, two years before the Soviets pulled out. Two years before NATO pulls out, the same frantic search is underway for something that could be called a victory, or at least ''peace with honour''.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32347.htm
From Information Clearing House
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Afghanistan s Base Bonanza
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/09/04-8
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Afghanistan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Karzai
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=NATO
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=night+raid
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=civilian+deaths
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Gwynne+Dyer
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Nick+Turse
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http://is.gd/wZhW9E
A Crisis of Trust in Afghanistan
By Gwynne Dyer
''A defeatist position [in Afghanistan] is not possible for us. We cannot leave in our underpants...or without any.'' Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987, two years before the Soviets pulled out. Two years before NATO pulls out, the same frantic search is underway for something that could be called a victory, or at least ''peace with honour''.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32347.htm
From Information Clearing House
--------
Afghanistan s Base Bonanza
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/09/04-8
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Afghanistan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Karzai
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=NATO
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=night+raid
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=civilian+deaths
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Gwynne+Dyer
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Nick+Turse
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Starmail - 3. Sep, 07:55
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