Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Aiding Afghanistan

Passing the supplemental spending bill "would signal a long-term commitment to Afghanistan," Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad told the American Enterprise Institute yesterday.
Mr. Khalilzad urged lawmakers to understand Afghans' fear that the United States will abandon the nation, as it did after the end of Soviet occupation in 1989.

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