Het Westen, inclusief ons christelijk/sociaal democratisch kabinet, besteedt miljarden aan zijn geweld in Afghanistan en om er de krijgsheren die miljarden verdienen aan de opiumhandel in het zadel te houden. De volksvertegenwoordigers snurken en de commerciele pers doet doorgaans geen onderzoek. Even een tussenstand:
'Military Chief: US Doesn't Have Enough Troops To Send To Afghanistan
Washington Post July 3, 2008 08:56 AM
From The Washington Post:
The nation's top military officer said yesterday that more U.S. troops are needed in Afghanistan to tamp down an increasingly violent insurgency, but that the Pentagon does not have sufficient forces to send because they are committed to the war in Iraq.
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Washington Post July 3, 2008 08:56 AM
From The Washington Post:
The nation's top military officer said yesterday that more U.S. troops are needed in Afghanistan to tamp down an increasingly violent insurgency, but that the Pentagon does not have sufficient forces to send because they are committed to the war in Iraq.
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En: 'One in five Afghan troops leave fledgling military force: documents
Steve Rennie, THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA - As many as one of every five soldiers in the Afghan National Army leaves the fledgling fighting force, which Canada hopes will eventually take the lead in the war-ravaged country, say newly released documents.
Defence Department documents prepared in May 2007 say between 10 and 20 per cent of Afghans who go through military training end up leaving the army.
The documents, obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act, note dropout rates are seasonal, with more soldiers typically leaving in the winter.
Afghan soldiers' absenteeism is often described as temporary, as they return to other parts of the country for an extended break or to bring money home to their families.
"In general the current attrition rate of the Afghan National Army (ANA) is 10-20 per cent," says one document.' Lees verder:
http://www.mytelus.com/ncp_news/article.en.do?pn=regional/ontario&articleID=2949910\\
En: 'Children suffer more in Afghanistan than any other country: UN KABUL (AFP) - Children in Afghanistan suffer more than in any other country in the world from violence, war and poverty, and sometimes become suicide bombers, the United Nations Children's
Fund (UNICEF) said Thursday Afghan children were not only caught up in fighting between Taliban rebels and international forces, but there was evidence of an increasing number ending up on the frontlines.
Radhika Coomaraswamy, the UN's Special representative for Children in Armed Conflict, said Afghan children were the "forgotten victims" of three decades of war and violence.
"I can't think of any country in the world where children suffer more than in Afghanistan," Coomaraswamy told reporters.
She said her organisation was to present a comprehensive report on the plight of children in Afghanistan to the United Nations Security Council in October.
Children in Afghanistan are suffering "not only because of the terrible violations due to war, but also the terrible poverty and hard work they have to endure," she said.' Lees verder:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080703/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestchildren;_ylt=A0WTcVYCDm1I7L0AGSRvaA8F
En:
Steve Rennie, THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA - As many as one of every five soldiers in the Afghan National Army leaves the fledgling fighting force, which Canada hopes will eventually take the lead in the war-ravaged country, say newly released documents.
Defence Department documents prepared in May 2007 say between 10 and 20 per cent of Afghans who go through military training end up leaving the army.
The documents, obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act, note dropout rates are seasonal, with more soldiers typically leaving in the winter.
Afghan soldiers' absenteeism is often described as temporary, as they return to other parts of the country for an extended break or to bring money home to their families.
"In general the current attrition rate of the Afghan National Army (ANA) is 10-20 per cent," says one document.' Lees verder:
http://www.mytelus.com/ncp_news/article.en.do?pn=regional/ontario&articleID=2949910\\
En: 'Children suffer more in Afghanistan than any other country: UN KABUL (AFP) - Children in Afghanistan suffer more than in any other country in the world from violence, war and poverty, and sometimes become suicide bombers, the United Nations Children's
Fund (UNICEF) said Thursday Afghan children were not only caught up in fighting between Taliban rebels and international forces, but there was evidence of an increasing number ending up on the frontlines.
Radhika Coomaraswamy, the UN's Special representative for Children in Armed Conflict, said Afghan children were the "forgotten victims" of three decades of war and violence.
"I can't think of any country in the world where children suffer more than in Afghanistan," Coomaraswamy told reporters.
She said her organisation was to present a comprehensive report on the plight of children in Afghanistan to the United Nations Security Council in October.
Children in Afghanistan are suffering "not only because of the terrible violations due to war, but also the terrible poverty and hard work they have to endure," she said.' Lees verder:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080703/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestchildren;_ylt=A0WTcVYCDm1I7L0AGSRvaA8F
En:
'Bewoners Uruzgan negatief over ISAF
Van onze correspondente Deedee Derksen
Van onze correspondente Deedee Derksen
gepubliceerd op 04 juli 2008 02:46, bijgewerkt op 4 juli 2008 07:32
KABUL/TARIN KOWT - De door NAVO geleide troepenmacht doet het slecht in Uruzgan. Dat zeggen de inwoners van de Afghaanse provincie, waar ongeveer 1.600 Nederlandse militairen zijn gelegerd. De houding van de bewoners ten opzichte van ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) en de Afghaanse overheid is in Uruzgan beduidend negatiever dan elders in Afghanistan.
Dat blijkt uit een geheime opiniepeiling van ISAF. Regelmatig houdt de internationale troepenmacht een peiling in Afghanistan. 5.500 Afghanen in het hele land zijn ondervraagd over onder meer veiligheid, (lokaal) bestuur en ISAF. De houding van de bevolking is cruciaal in de ‘counterinsurgency’-strategie van de internationale troepenmacht.
Belangrijke vragenUruzgan scoort verreweg het slechtst op vier belangrijke vragen. Zo staat 58 procent van de Uruzgani’s negatief ten opzichte van ISAF. Dat is een veel hoger aantal dan de volgende op de lijst: de provincie Wardak. Daar staat ongeveer 35 procent van de bewoners negatief tegenover de aanwezigheid van ISAF.
Het hele zuiden van Afghanistan scoort slecht als het gaat om de acceptatie van ISAF en de veiligheidssituatie. Maar zelfs binnen die regio scoort Uruzgan opvallend negatief. Bijna 60 procent van de bewoners vindt bijvoorbeeld dat het met de veiligheidssituatie slecht gesteld is in deze provincie. Dat staat tegenover 40 procent in het eveneens zeer turbulente Helmand, ten zuiden van Uruzgan.'
Dat blijkt uit een geheime opiniepeiling van ISAF. Regelmatig houdt de internationale troepenmacht een peiling in Afghanistan. 5.500 Afghanen in het hele land zijn ondervraagd over onder meer veiligheid, (lokaal) bestuur en ISAF. De houding van de bevolking is cruciaal in de ‘counterinsurgency’-strategie van de internationale troepenmacht.
Belangrijke vragenUruzgan scoort verreweg het slechtst op vier belangrijke vragen. Zo staat 58 procent van de Uruzgani’s negatief ten opzichte van ISAF. Dat is een veel hoger aantal dan de volgende op de lijst: de provincie Wardak. Daar staat ongeveer 35 procent van de bewoners negatief tegenover de aanwezigheid van ISAF.
Het hele zuiden van Afghanistan scoort slecht als het gaat om de acceptatie van ISAF en de veiligheidssituatie. Maar zelfs binnen die regio scoort Uruzgan opvallend negatief. Bijna 60 procent van de bewoners vindt bijvoorbeeld dat het met de veiligheidssituatie slecht gesteld is in deze provincie. Dat staat tegenover 40 procent in het eveneens zeer turbulente Helmand, ten zuiden van Uruzgan.'
Lees verder: http://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/article1039713.ece/Bewoners_Uruzgan_negatief_over_ISAF
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