Thursday, May 16, 2013

The U.S. Is Not The Only Country Abandoning It's Allies In Afghanistan

Interpreters gathered in Kunduz to demand better protection from the Taliban.

Alone Among Enemies In Afghanistan -- Deutsche Welle

The Bundeswehr is packing up and withdrawing from Afghanistan. Threatened by Taliban and unemployment, local Afghan employees feel abandoned and fear for their safety.

"What is going to happen to us once the Bundeswehr withdraws?” This is the question that looms uneasily in the minds of most Afghan translators engaged by the Bundeswehr in Kunduz. Around 30-40 men recently gathered in front of the German Armed Forces camp to draw attention to their plight. This is their second protest in the last two weeks. They fear for their future, even their lives, due to unemployment, on the one hand, and the wrath of Taliban insurgents on the other. The translators are considered traitors and infidels by the Taliban because they have been working for years with German troops.

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My Comment: These Afghans know that their time is up in Afghanistan.

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