We need foreign troops for ten years: Karzai

[JoFerret]

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_18-4-2004_pg7_5Eight Afghan soldiers killed in Taliban attack

BERLIN: Afghanistan will still need the presence of foreign soldiers for another 10 years, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said in an interview with a German news magazine to appear on Monday.

Asked how long the international community would go on having to deploy troops in Afghanistan, Karzai said:” About 10 years, I think.”

“That’s the time we will need to have a completely operational army and police force,” he told Der Spiegel. Setting up an independent and professional administration would taker longer, he said adding “probably about 20 years.”

He was also asked about drug trafficking and the possible involvement of government members or those close to them in the trafficking of poppy. “Whoever is involved in drugs trafficking cannot be an honourable man.” “He will face action whatever position he holds.”

Suspected Taliban guerrillas opened fire on a security checkpoint in Afghanistan’s insurgency-gripped south, killing eight soldiers, a provincial official said on Saturday. Using machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades, the militants ambushed the soldiers late on Friday evening in Nimroz province, about 700 km southwest of Kabul, said Nimroz provincial governor Abdul Karim Brawy.

<more>

[BostonTeaParty04]

1. What is Karzai yammering about????

we were in and out of Afghanistan in a matter of months over 2 years ago.

Freedom and democracy rules in that country.

Women are FREE.. just ask laura bush.

Girls are going to school.

We SAVED Afgh from the Taliban.

Foreign troops? What? For window dressing??

/end sarcasm

[imwatchingem]

2. Is there another link...

I'm getting an error message with yours.

Thanks.

[ConcernedCanuk]

4. Jo just furgot to leave a space before the "Eight"

.
.
.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_18-4-2004_pg7_5

:dunce:

[bvar22]

3. Karzai will need foreign troops to protect him....

...for as long as he continues the farce as the pretend president of Afghanistan

[Turbineguy]

5. No, we just need a Plan