US diplomat quits over Afghan war
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- News Source: Inter Press Service | about 1 month agoEven Washington's precise war aims in Afghanistan more than seven years after U.S.-backed forces chased the Taliban out of the country appear subject to continuing debate, as, in the face of what virtually all analysts and officials concede is a...
- News Source: The Guardian | about 1 month agoA senior American diplomat in Afghanistan has become the first US official to resign over a war he says is only being perpetuated by the presence of foreign troops and international support for a corrupt, unpopular government.
- News Source: War In Context | about 1 month agoI have doubts and reservations about our current strategy and planned future strategy, but my resignation is based not upon how we are pursuing this war, but why and to what end. To put simply: I fail to see the value or the worth in continued U.S.
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- News Source: Reuters | about 1 month agoA run-off vote in Afghanistan's presidential election must take place even if President Hamid Karzai's challenger quits the race, Karzai's camp said on Tuesday. Karzai agreed to a run-off under severe international pressure last week after a U.N.-...
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