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| Afghanistan |
| Afghans expect NATO to revise strategy |
| 2014-09-05 |
| [Iran Press TV] As the US plans to leave about 10,000 soldiers in Afghanistan after the 2014 withdrawal deadline, people in Afghanistan hope that the US-led NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... will not repeat its past war mistakes, Press TV reports. The Western military alliance's planned withdrawal from Afghanistan is one of the issues on the agenda of a two-day NATO summit underway in the Welsh city of Newport. Washington has repeatedly threatened the Afghan government that it would pull all its troops out of Afghanistan if the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) between the two countries is not signed, claiming that the troops' mission is to train Afghan forces. "The US and NATO did not do anything for the people of Afghanistan, they only kept supporting the corrupt officials who pocketed billions of aid money," a Kabul citizen told Press TV. The US and Afghanistan are still at odds on some of the terms of the agreement, including immunity for American troops and their attacks on Afghan villages and homes whish have so far killed many people across the country. "The US and NATO have not fully supported our forces. Afghan forces and police still do not have better weapons than the Taliban, so we call on NATO in Wales to fully support our forces," the Afghan citizen added. Outgoing President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtunface on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use... has refused to sign the BSA, saying he would prefer that his successor to be the one to sign the accord. |
| Posted by:Fred |