Afghans, US say deal reached on night raids

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Source: Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The Afghan government and the U.S. have reached a deal governing controversial night raids by American forces, both sides said.

A memorandum of understanding on "Afghanization of special operations on Afghan soil" will be signed later Sunday by Kabul's Defense Minister Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak and the commander of U.S. forces, Gen. John Allen, the Afghan Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Details were not immediately released, but the name of the memorandum suggests that it will apply to a range of quick-strike raids in villages, not just nighttime operations.

A U.S. military spokesman in Afghanistan confirmed that the agreement would be signed Wednesday but declined to go into details.

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1. Cryptic.

Need the details.

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2. Here's yer details

The U.S. will continue bombing houses and population centers indiscriminately, initially claim everyone killed was a terrorist or a militant, the Afghans will impotently complain about it, and the survivors will be induced to accept a blood money payment of $500 or so, while fat-faced fucks in the U.S. opine about how even that's too much to "give" to some ignorant goat-herder.

What do I win?