Fakhr Uddin, an Afghan soldier, participates in an explosive ordnance disposal exercise while U.S. airmen with disposal expertise observe on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, March 13, 2012. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Biondo
NATO Fatalities In Afghanistan: 22 Percent This Year At Hands Of Afghan Army, Police -- Christian Science Monitor
Gen. John Allen urged Congress yesterday to 'stay the course' but offered little encouraging data.
Gen. John Allen, commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, gave a typically upbeat assessment of the war's progress to Congress yesterday. He urged lawmakers to "stay the course," claimed that "the campaign is on track," and that the multibillion dollar effort to train and expand the Afghan military is going well.
Perhaps. But his remarks, which come after US troops burned Qurans at an airbase outside Kabul and the apparent murder of 16 Afghan civilians in their homes in the south of the country by a US sergeant, also acknowledged the increasing toll on NATO troops in the country from their erstwhile Afghan partners.
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Update #1: ‘Insider’ Afghan killings of Nato forces rise to 13 -- Financial Times
Update #2: 20 Percent of Military Fatalities in Afghanistan Are "Insider" Shootings -- Mother Jones
Update #3: Unfriendly fire: US hush-up over Afghan allies killing American troops? -- RT
My Comment: These stats are not encouraging .... not encouraging at all.
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