What a difference a day makes
Saturday…
BBC News: Karzai shock at US Afghan ‘abuse’
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has demanded action from the US after new details emerged of alleged abuse of prisoners by US troops in Afghanistan.
Sunday…
BBC News: Afghan president pressed on opium
US officials say Afghan President Hamid Karzai is partly responsible for the failure of poppy eradication efforts in Afghanistan, a US newspaper has said.
Completely unrelated of course.
In other news…
The Scotsman: Secret UK troops plan for Afghan crisis
DEFENCE chiefs are planning to rush thousands of British troops to Afghanistan in a bid to stop the country sliding towards civil war, Scotland on Sunday can reveal.
Posted on May 22nd, 2005 at 11:08 am
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Thanks. See also here.
Madness. Surely the point of the Afghan war was to go in, whack the Al Q and the Taliban, and go home.