USA Worries about Afghanistan Victims

A group of aid agencies has shown serious concern over the number that continues to soar from the civilian casualties at the hands of the US-led Western forces in Afghanistan. More than two dozen aid agencies said in a joint brief paper in Kabul on Friday (19/11) local time that they were worried about the increasing variety of quick fixes when foreign forces trying to pull back from war.

The group indicated concern that the handover of power to the Afghan forces were facing severe difficulties. The aid agency has also urged NATO to do more to protect civilians when the turnover of responsibility to local security forces in Afghanistan.

It also comes when the leaders of NATO member countries will meet in Lisbon on Friday. Afghanistan war is expected to dominate discussions at the summit two days. The warning came as civilian casualties continue to climb at the highest rate since the US-led invasion of that country began in 2001. Recently there are more than 150,000 US-led foreign troops stationed in Afghanistan. Human rights groups based in London, Amnesty International recently warned that the US-led forces violated international law by killing Afghan civilians without any accountability.

Hundreds of civilians have lost their lives in air strikes and ground operations in various parts of Afghanistan over the last few months, with the citizens of Afghanistan are becoming more angry against the number of deadly attacks that seemed without end.

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Posted by Jhon on Nov 20 2010. Filed under Breaking News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry