Afghan Security At Seven-Year Low

From The Ottawa Citizen:

OTTAWA - Security in Afghanistan has deteriorated to a seven-year low, Canada admitted Wednesday, as President Hamid Karzai continued to vent frustration at the slow pace of progress and accidental civilian deaths caused by Western forces.

"Numbers of insurgent incidents and casualty rates among civilians and soldiers reached levels higher than in any year since the Taliban regime was overthrown in 2001," concluded the assessment tabled by the Conservative government in Parliament. "Security conditions in this quarter were worse than in the previous quarter, and worse than a year ago."

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