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Afghans are seen over the graves of family members allegedly killed after a US raid on Azizabad in Afghanistan in August. Photograph: Fraidoon Pooyaa/AP
US expresses regret for deaths last August but blames Taliban for taking position near village
The issue of civilian deaths has outraged Afghans and strained relations with foreign forces which are in Afghanistan to help fight the insurgency. The Afghanistan president, Hamid Karzai, has warned US and Nato for years that they must stop killing civilians on bombing runs against militants, saying the deaths undermine his government and the international mission.The US military sound exactly like the Israeli IDF - "It's their fought - They made us kill them!"
Adam Gadahn, the American-born Al-Qaida member, made a new videotape message that offers proof of life, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security said. In a joint bulletin issued Saturday night to U.S. law-enforcement officials, the FBI and DHS said the videotape was likely made weeks ago, NBC News has learned. "The video probably was created in mid September," the FBI bulletin said.
An Afghan election official registers Afghan men for their voter identity card at the voter registration office in Parwan province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. Afghanistan began registering voters Monday for next year's presidential polls, an election likely to be the most dangerous and challenging since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
A former Taliban ambassador said Monday that the hard-line militants sat with Afghan officials and Saudi King Abdullah over an important religious meal in Saudi Arabia late last month as the insurgency raged back home.
Afghan National Army soldiers raise their rifles as they train in Kabul September 21, 2008. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)
The war in Afghanistan cannot be won militarily and success is only possible through political means including dialogue between all relevant parties, the United Nations' top official in the country said Monday.
First, the British, now the United Nations admit what many of us knew all along - Afghanistan cannot be taken militarily. So, what does the US, the main culprit in this entire sorted affair intend to do? Why, send in more troops of course... Go figure...
Britain's most senior military commander in Afghanistan has warned that the war against the Taliban cannot be won. Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith said the British public should not expect a “decisive military victory” but should be prepared for a possible deal with the Taliban.
"NATO" is starting to sound like the man who wanted to let go of the tiger's tail - but, was afraid too. That's got to be a bad situation to be in - NATO can't hold on much longer but if it lets go, it'll be eaten...
Afghans are seen over the graves of family members allegedly killed after a US raid on Azizabad in Afghanistan in August. Photograph: Fraidoon Pooyaa/AP
