Sunday 4 January 2009

2008 - Grim Year for Afghan Civilians


First Post of 2009. Happy New Year to all readers and those of Wolves In The City.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has publicly lambasted the West on many occasions, saying it is not doing enough to prevent civilian casualties. It even got to the point where he and his government were talking about changing the status of forces agreement to restrict what the west does in Afghanistan on the ground in their fight against 'terror'.

This audio clip is courtesy of NPR.

1 comment:

  1. The Australians are in on the act as well.A group of Australian soldiers is being investigated over claims they killed several Afghan civilians. Their own defence minister has admitted that they have been asked to investigate by the Afghan Goverment.

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