Doctors Without Borders to Withdraw from Afghanistan

[Literate Tar Heel]

http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20040728001709990004

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 28) -- The relief agency Medecins Sans Frontieres said Wednesday it is pulling out of Afghanistan, discouraged about a fruitless investigation into the slayings of five of its workers and fearful of new attacks.

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Taliban-led militants have been blamed for attacks that have killed more than 30 aid workers since March 2003 and made much of the south and east virtually off-limits. The killings of the MSF workers occurred in the northwest and raised fears that the violence was spreading was also becoming too dangerous.

http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20040728001709990004

um ... would that be the same Taliban that we have supposedly defeated and driven out of Afghanistan while bringing democracy and a better life to its citizens? ... just wondering

[redqueen]

1. Wow

Posted at the same exact time, even!

:hi:

[Literate Tar Heel]

2. yeah, weird

I had heard about it on NPR early this morning but just read the article a couple minutes ago