Latest news out of Kabul, Afghanistan is that President Hamid Karzai has condemned a U.S. operation he says killed 16 Afghan civilians. Hundreds of villagers denounced the American military during an angry demonstration. Karzai said that the killing of innocent Afghans is strengthening the terrorists. What many people don't realize is that civilian casualties are often a part of war. It just can't be helped and often many of them are the enemy as well. They join the terrorists and are not suspected of being the enemy too.
He also announced that his Ministry of Defense sent a draft of a technical agreement to Washington. He also sent it to NATO headquarters. It seeks to give Afghanistan more oversight over U.S. Military operations. I doubt that is a very good idea. The president's criticism follows a U.S. raid early last Saturday that American officials said killed 15 armed militants. Afghan officials said those killed were civilians. Demonstrators rallied in Laghman province Sunday, near the site of the raid.
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