Remember Afghanistan? Osama, 9/11, we'll hunt him down wherever he is, etc?
Apparently their president isn't happy with the way the war is being waged. Excerpts; link below.
“President Hamid Karzai called Thursday for a reassessment of the U.S.-led coalition's strategy for fighting terrorism, saying the current approach of hunting down militants does not focus on the root causes such as money, training, and motivation.”
“A clearly frustrated Karzai complained that the coalition's hunt for Taliban militants was killing hundreds of Afghans, saying that "is not acceptable." More than 600 people, mostly militants, have been killed in recent weeks as insurgents have launched their deadliest campaign of violence in years.
"I strongly believe ... that we must engage strategically in disarming terrorism by stopping their sources of supply of money, training, equipment and motivation," Karzai said at a news conference.
"It is not acceptable for us that in all this fighting, Afghans are dying. In the last three to four weeks, 500 to 600 Afghans were killed. (Even) if they are Taliban, they are sons of this land," he added.”
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