maandag 23 januari 2006

Nederland en Afghanistan 27

Nu de Nederlandse regering nog meer troepen naar Afghanistan wil sturen is journalistiek onderzoek in de regio noodzakelijk. De Nederlandse journalisten doen dit niet, de Amerikaanse wel. De Washington Post bericht: 'Attacks Strain Efforts On Terror. Alliance Is Tested By Incidents Along Afghan Frontier. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 22 -- Events along the ever-volatile Afghanistan-Pakistan border this month have exposed deep fault lines in the anti-terrorism alliance among the United States, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and officials on all sides say their joint efforts against militants in the region are now highly precarious. The heightened tension comes as militant extremists and the United States have both become more aggressive in their tactics, with the Pakistani government caught in between. Two incidents in particular, which each killed more than a dozen people, have revealed just how tenuous relations among the countries have become.' Lees verder:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/22/AR2006012200759.html?referrer=email&referrer=email

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