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'Hatred is growing rapidly': Afghan soldiers killing more of their US allies
KABUL, Afghanistan American and other coalition forces here are being killed in increasing numbers by the very Afghan soldiers they fight alongside and train, in attacks motivated by deep-seated animosity between the supposedly allied forces, according to American and Afghan officers and a classified coalition report obtained by The New York Times.
A decade into the war in Afghanistan, the report makes clear that these killings have become the most visible symptom of a far deeper ailment plaguing the war effort: the contempt each side holds for the other, never mind the Taliban. The ill will and mistrust run deep among civilians and militaries on both sides, raising questions about what future role the United States and its allies can expect to play in Afghanistan.
The violence, and the failure by coalition commanders to address it, casts a harsh spotlight on the shortcomings of American efforts to build a functional Afghan Army, a pillar of the Obama administrations strategy for extricating the United States from the war in Afghanistan, said the officers and experts who helped shape the strategy.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46068115/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times/
greytdemocrat
(3,299 posts)Get out and stay out of there.
whathehell
(29,067 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)We've only been there 10 years, what's the problem?
Yes,
msongs
(67,420 posts)Zorra
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One truth is we never learn
Satellites will make space burn
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One way people starting to brag around
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(1980, From the album Sandinista!, from The Clash)