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By Common Dreams

As 2,000th American soldier killed in Afghanistan makes headlines, estimates put Afghan civilian dead at over 20,000.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32598.htm

Morale among US troops in Afghanistan is disintegrating, writes Jonathan Neale

Last week Ryan Crocker, former US ambassador to Afghanistan, was a guest on a US public radio programme. He said the occupation had to stay to help the Afghan security forces grow strong enough to stop Al Qaida coming back.

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U.S. General: 'We're Willing To Sacrifice' In Afghanistan 'But We're Not Willing To Be Murdered'

Watch the interview here:
http://is.gd/w0n8nK

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Starmail - 1. Okt, 05:37

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Dienstag, 25. September 2012

Civilian Blood Continues to Spill in Afghanistan

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Starmail - 25. Sep, 05:49

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Sonntag, 23. September 2012

War against terror cannot be fought in Afghan homes: Karzai to Obama

President Karzai stressed that in addition to the enemy infiltration into security forces, inappropriate treatment of Afghan troops by the foreign forces is an important cause that has instigated the unfortunate phenomenon.

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Payback time

Op-Ed

Afghan security forces trained by Western officers are turning their guns on their trainers.

http://www.flonnet.com/stories/20121005291905600.htm

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Starmail - 23. Sep, 15:04

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers called anew Thursday for the end of the Afghanistan war, citing the recent rash of incidents in which U.S. forces have been killed by Afghan troops as evidence that the war has no hope of succeeding.

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Soldier s E-mail Changes House Defense Chair s Position on Afghanistan

''I feel myself and my soldiers are being put into unnecessary positions where harm and danger are imminent,'' Sitton wrote in an e-mail. ''There is no endstate or purpose for the patrols given to us from our higher chain of command, only that we will be out for a certain time standard.''

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Serving soldier tells British MP he s right: the government is lying about Afghanistan

IT S A BALD-FACED LIE to say that the Taliban are a terrorist threat to the UK. It s the fantasy used since 2001 to send our forces into deadly peril. It was repeated in parliament on three consecutive days.

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Starmail - 22. Sep, 10:19

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Donnerstag, 20. September 2012

Taliban Infiltration Worse Than Estimated

Taliban infiltration of the Afghan army and police is much worse than the U.S. military and NATO have admitted and was the main factor in the surprise move to limit contacts with Afghan security forces to curb insider attacks, former ranking U.S. officials in Afghanistan said.

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Banned Labour MP Paul Flynn stands by 'Afghan lies' Commons outburst

Labour MP Paul Flynn, who was suspended from the Commons for calling the government liars over the need to keep our troops in Afghanistan, has refused to back down over the outburst.

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US Gen 'mad as h...' over insider attacks

THE top US commander in Afghanistan says he is ''mad as h...'' about insider attacks following a firefight between NATO troops and their Afghan allies that killed five people.

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Starmail - 20. Sep, 05:33

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Sonntag, 16. September 2012

7 women among 23 Afghans killed in US-led airstrikes

At least 23 people, including seven women, have been killed in two US-led airstrikes on the eastern provinces of Kunar and Laghman in Afghanistan.

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Karzai condemns killing of civilians by US-led forces

The condemnation comes after at least 24 people, including eight women, were killed in two US-led airstrikes on the two provinces on Sunday.

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Six Nato occupation force troops killed by Afghan allies hours after Taliban attack airbase

Fifteen Taliban fighters who fought their way on to Helmand s main airbase destroyed six jets worth millions of pounds in an assault that was the start of a bloody weekend for Nato forces, in the last 48 hours six UK and US troops have died at the hands of their Afghan allies.

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Recent US-led airstrike killed Afghan civilians: Fact-finding mission

The fact-finding mission set up by President Hamed Karzai announced on Wednesday that seven women and a child were killed in the airstrike that was conducted in Alingar district on September 16. Nineteen other women and children were also injured in the attack, the mission said.

http://is.gd/Vi6fDq

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After NATO Strike Kills 8 Afghan Women, Pundits Still Wonder: Why Do They Hate Us?
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