Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Afghanistan, Canada, Civilian Casualties, Compensation, ISAF, Kandahar, Karzai, Nato, United Kingdom, Unted Nations, US forces on June 9, 2011 |
The Canadian Press | Steve Rennie | June 9, 2011
OTTAWA — The Canadian government has shelled out more than $1 million in goodwill payments to compensate hundreds of Afghans for deaths and damages incurred over the course of Canada’s mission in Afghanistan. (more…)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Afghanistan, Air Strike, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, Helmand, ISAF, Karzai, Nato, Obama, Osama bin Laden, US forces, White house on June 8, 2011 |
AFP | June 8, 2011
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama on Wednesday expressed his “sorrow” in a video conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai over recent civilian casualties in Afghanistan, his spokesman said.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Obama spoke to Karzai for an hour and discussed a number of topics, including the implications of the death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a US special forces raid in May.
“The president expressed his sorrow over tragic civilian casualties, most recently in Helmand province,” Carney said. (more…)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Civilian Casualties, General Petraeus, Helmand, Karzai, Nato, Pakistan on June 3, 2011 |
Boston Globe | Associated Press | June 3, 2011
KABUL — The top NATO commander in Afghanistan said yesterday that he is committed to reducing the loss of innocent lives to an absolute minimum. (more…)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Afghanistan, airstrike, Civilian Casualties, Hamid Karzai, Helmand, ISAF, Karzai, Nato, Taliban, US forces on June 2, 2011 |
Foreign Policy | Erica Gaston | June 2, 2011
This week Afghan President Hamid Karzai kicked off the Afghan fighting season with strong words, not for the Taliban, but for his international allies. On Tuesday Karzai demanded that international forces halt airstrikes on Afghan homes, or leave. “From this moment, airstrikes on the houses of people are not allowed,” Karzai announced at a press conference. Karzai accused international forces of acting like occupiers, rather than allies, and implied that if their demands on civilian casualties were not heeded Afghans would respond with force. “[H]istory is a witness how Afghanistan deals with occupiers,” Karzai said. (more…)
Posted in Afghanistan, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Government, ISAF, United Nations, tagged Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, civilians, conflict, Kabul, Karzai, United Nations on December 8, 2008 |
By Kirk Semple
The New York Times
KABUL – In unusually blunt remarks, the chief of the United Nations mission in Afghanistan warned in an interview this weekend that unless Afghanistan’s international partners conducted their military operations with more care and cultural sensitivity, redoubled their work to minimize civilian casualties and accelerated their reconstruction programs, they risked jeopardizing their efforts to stabilize and rebuild the country. (more…)
