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Prospect of More U.S. Troops Worries Afghan Public
From the NY Slimes, a bucket of old chestnuts: In bazaars and university corridors across the country, eight years of war have left people exhausted and impatient. Completely ignore the 22 years of invasion and rule by terrorists that provoked the US to show up in force in 2001. "In the first days of the war, the Americans defeated the Taliban in just a few days," said Mohammed Shefi, a graduate student in the pharmacy school at Kabul University. "Now they have more than 60,000 forces and they cannot defeat them." Mohammed wouldn't recognize a real Taliban defeat if it bit him in the rear. Maybe he'll see the light when his head is cut off by his beloved Taliban. Afghanistan has pharmacies? With less certainty about America's continued commitment, there is a growing sense that the only sure way to peace is through negotiations with the Taliban. "They are the sons of this country, it is right to negotiate with the Taliban," said Mohammed Younnis, a shopkeeper in Charikar who sells tea, sugar and grains. "This government is Afghan, and the Taliban are Afghan; they should build the country together," he said. Mohammed and Osama bin Laden are Afghan too, by his calculation.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-11-07 |
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