Weekend Edition Sunday, January 4, 2009 · Last year was the most violent year in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban, with civilians often paying the highest price. About 1,200 men, women and children considered non-combatants were killed in 2008.
"Afghans are very, very angry, but surprisingly, their anger is directed mainly at Western forces because many people here believe the West is leaving a trail of innocent victims in their war on terror," Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, who reports for NPR from Afghanistan, tells Liane Hansen.
Afghanistan Is Not Iraq. It’s Harder.
Monday, January 05, 2009
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