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High-level Afghan officials implicated in war crimes
AFP - Numerous officials in Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government are implicated in war crimes that took place at the start of the country's bloody civil war in the early 1990s, Human Rights Watch said in a report
Ref. https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...ticsrightscrime
Am I reading this wrong or did he say an entire 'generation'? If so, that is a very long time:
GENERAL WARNS OF LONG MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN
One of Canada's top generals predicts Canadian troops will likely have to stay in Afghanistan for at least a generation to help that country break out of "a cycle of warlords and tribalism."
Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/20...tan-050808.html
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U.S. SOLDIERS ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING AFGHAN PRISONERS
Two American soldiers have been charged with assaulting two detainees at a military base in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military says.
Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/200...tan_051030.html
[b]Canada's View: Afghanistan[b]
Read a background report on the country and Canada's military involvement in the region.
Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/news/background/afghanistan/index.html
Good News in Afghanistan
Former warlords, ex-communists, Taliban defectors and women activists were sworn in yesterday as members of the first parliament in Afghanistan in more than 30 years amid hopes of national reconciliation after decades of bloodshed. The inauguration was peaceful, despite threats by Taliban guerrillas, and was greeted with tears of emotion although there is disappointment that many in the parliament are accused of serious rights abuses and links to the drugs trade.
Ref. https://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_brit...ticle334176.ece
Well this is a surprise:
QUOTE (CNN) |
BUSH MAKES SURPRISE AFGHAN VISIT U.S. President George W. Bush made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Wednesday, his first to the country where U.S. forces ousted the Taliban following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/01/bush/index.html |
International Level: International Guru / Political Participation: 3241 100%
With words like 'totally oblivious', one has to wonder what Musharraf knows that Karzai does not. However, one should not talk so brave where the US is claiming that Osama is stationed somewhere in Pakistan and others have been found in the out skirts.
PAKISTAN PRESIDENT BLASTS AFGHAN LEADER
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf ripped the president of neighboring Afghanistan on Sunday, telling CNN that Hamid Karzai is "totally oblivious of what is happening in his own country."
Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/0...rraf/index.html
International Level: International Guru / Political Participation: 3241 100%
Canada's PM Visits Afghanistan
Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrived in Afghanistan on Sunday in a carefully planned and closely guarded mission to show support for Canadian troops and diplomatic staff in the volatile country.
Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/