By M. Karim Faiez and Laura King
Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan, and Istanbul, Turkey — Tensions between Western forces and the Afghan government flared anew Monday when President Hamid Karzai and a provincial governor accused the U.S.-led coalition of killing 14 Afghans who were guarding a road construction project.
Karzai has repeatedly demanded that Western troops take urgent measures to avoid killing and injuring Afghan civilians. Recent high-profile instances of civilian casualties have inflamed public sentiment not only against foreign forces in Afghanistan, but against the U.S.-backed government as well. Read the rest of this entry »
