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Afghans Want (and Got) Greater Control Over U.S. Military Operations

By | 02.24.09 | 1:08 pm

A couple weeks ago, a dispatch from The Associated Press reported that Afghan President Hamid Karzai had delivered an “11-point plan” to U.S. and NATO officials for “greater Afghan involvement in operations, Afghan approval of where U.S. and NATO troops can be deployed, and an end to arrests and More…

Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan Spike by 40 Percent

By | 02.17.09 | 4:01 pm

A new United Nations report found that civilian deaths increased in Afghanistan by 40 percent in 2008. That’s a death toll of more than 2100 civilians due to war-related activities in one year. Something like 55 percent of those casualties are attributable to the Taliban-led insurgency, meaning a More…