Afghanistan

NATO Vows To Cut Down On Afghan Civilian Casualties

An injured Afghan receiving medical treatment (file photo) (epa) January 3, 2007 -- NATO says it will work hard to bring down the number of civilians killed by its forces in Afghanistan.

A spokesman for the alliance, Brigadier Richard Nugee, said that NATO forces had killed a number of Afghan civilians during military operations last year, but that the alliance was working to change that in 2007.


Nugee said NATO forces have killed far fewer civilians than the Taliban, which significantly increased its attacks during the past year.


(AP,dpa)

The Afghan Insurgency

The Afghan Insurgency

A U.S. military vehicle damaged by insurgents near Kandahar (epa)

HOMEGROWN OR IMPORTED? As attacks against Afghan and international forces continue relentlessly, RFE/RL hosted a briefing to discuss the nature of the Afghan insurgency. The discussion featured Marvin Weinbaum, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and RFE/RL Afghanistan analyst Amin Tarzi.


LISTEN

Listen to the entire briefing (about 83 minutes):
Real Audio Windows Media


ARCHIVE

RFE/RL's coverage of Afghanistan.



SUBSCRIBE

For weekly news and analysis on Afghanistan by e-mail, subscribe to "RFE/RL Afghanistan Report."