Karzai and US VP Cheney urge more from NATO in Afghanistan

[maddezmom]

Source: AFP

KABUL (AFP) - US Vice President Dick Cheney and Afghan President Hamid Karzai jointly urged NATO Thursday to sustain and even expand its work to crush extremists in Afghanistan and rebuild the war-torn country.

"We believe that that commitment needs to continue and perhaps be reinforced," said the vice president, who made a surprise trip here from Oman during a nine-day visit to the Middle East and Turkey.

Cheney met Karzai to assess internationally aided efforts to fight the Taliban, a focus of a NATO summit in early April where Washington hopes alliance members will increase troops and resources.

"The United States and the other members of the coalition need to have a sufficient force here to be able to ensure security," Cheney told reporters after meeting Karzai in the fortress-like presidential palace.

Karzai said that Afghan security forces, being built with international assistance, would not be able to stand on their feet for some time.



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[Javaman]

1. So the ex-unical and the ex-haliburton execs are whining again

about how they just aren't getting the return on their investment they were promised.

funny how that works, huh?

:banghead:

[saigon68]

2. The Mouse (The Mayor of Kabul) That Roared

The ex-CIA operative anointed to protect the oil interests for multi-national Corporations (and Halliburton)

[Tempest]

3. Just like wanting the Fed to bail out the banks

They want NATO to bail them out in Afghanistan.

[moondust]

4. Do it yourself, Dick.

Nobody wants to place themselves under the control of incompetent criminals.