Afghan Town Falls to Rebel, Foreign Troops Attacked

[UpInArms]

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5458723

KABUL (Reuters) - In a fresh challenge to the election plans of Afghanistan's U.S.-backed government, a rebel commander seized a remote provincial capital Friday after clashes that killed several and forced the governor to flee.

In separate attacks in the south and center of the country, an Afghan interpreter was killed and two U.S. soldiers and two New Zealand special forces troops wounded, while the U.N. refugee agency office was hit by rockets in the city of Kandahar.

Violence across the war-ravaged country has worsened markedly in recent months as Islamic insurgents from the ousted Taliban militia seek to disrupt elections due in September and renegade commanders refuse to give up territory and power without a fight.

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It coincided with Karzai's return from the United States, where he and President Bush gave what many analysts believed was an overly rosy assessment of Afghanistan's progress since U.S.-led forces overthrew the Taliban in late 2001.

Afghans believe Karzai is being pushed by the Bush administration to hold elections on time so the U.S. President can portray Afghanistan as a foreign policy success to balance against Iraq as he bids for re-election in November.

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More of the "success" story!

[uptown ruler]

1. hmmm

/sarcasm on

are we still in afganistan?

/sarcasm off


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[UpInArms]

2. Welcome to DU uptown ruler!

:hi:

Glad to have you here :D

[AlinPA]

3. That place is in big trouble. Bush* people still call it a "victory".

The elections there will be a farce.

[AlinPA]

4. I should have said farcical. n/t

[NewYorkerfromMass]

5. Maybe it's time to kick this thread....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=624447

[jukes]

6. another

:kick: