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Bad Math in Afghanistan: Deaths vs. Compensation

Sarah Holewinski | Posted 11.21.2009 | World

Read More: Civilian Deaths, General Mcchrystal, Australia, Afghanistan, Nato, United States Foreign Policy, Civilian Casualties, Afghan Civilians, Us Troops Afghanistan, Canada, Afghanistan War, World News
Sarah Holewinski

Nobody's manning the calculator at NATO. War never delivers clean numbers, but no matter how you look at these, something doesn't add up.

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President Obama: Afghanistan Needs More Than a Military Solution

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Department of Defense, Anthony Zinni Obama, Anthony Zinni, War in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama, Afghan War, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Mcchrystal Afgahn Strategy, Department of State, Civil-Military Relations, Robert Gates, John Abizaid, Stanley McChrystal, Congressional Oversight, Afghan Civilians, Aghanistan, Afghanis, World News
Patricia DeGennaro

The news media has an annoying tendency to focus on the symptoms, not the disease.

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Afghanistan Bombing That Killed Civilians Violated US Military Guidelines

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — American troops made substantial errors and did not strictly follow rules for avoiding casualties during an air assault on Taliban ...

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Afghan Suicide Bomber Kills Civilian Family Of At Least 6 Near Bagram

Quqnoos | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

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At least six civilians were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a civilian vehicle in Bagram on Tuesday, officials said. The civilians, including t...

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Afghan Villagers Get Reparation Payments For Killed Civilians

Los Angeles Times | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

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A government commission concluded that 140 civilians died, more than twice the figure cited by the United States....

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US Refutes 147 Afghan Civilian Death Toll

Associated Press | Fisnik Abrashi | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Civilian Deaths, US Military, Afghanistan, Farah, Foreign Affairs, Civilian Casualties, Taliban, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Elizabeth Mathias, Afghan Civilians, Hillary Clinton, Afghan Civilian Deaths, Afghan Taliban, Advocacy, World News

By Fisnik Abrashi, Associated Press The US military says reports that as many as 147 civilians died in fighting involving American forces and the Tal...

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US Afghan Airstrike Spurs Protests

Quqnoos | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

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Hundreds of locals in a protest rally criticised the US-led fatal air-bombing in which locals claim at least 200 casualties...

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Afghan Civilian Deaths: Clinton Expresses Deep Regret

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO and LARA JAKES | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

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KABUL — Villagers dug dirt graves Wednesday to bury what the international Red Cross said were dozens of Afghans _ including women and children ...

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NATO High Commander: Kill Afghan Drug Producers

SPIEGEL | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

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A dispute has emerged among NATO High Command in Afghanistan regarding the conditions under which alliance troops can use deadly violence against thos...

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Deadly US Afghan Raid Disputed By Village Elders

Al Jazeera English | Posted 02.24.2009 | World

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A claim by US forces in Afghanistan that they killed 15 Taliban fighters in the eastern province of Laghman, has been disputed by village elders. A...

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Afghan Civilian Deaths Acknowledged By Pentagon, Officials Say 30 Killed In Strike

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The military said Wednesday that U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan on Aug. 22 killed 33 civilians, far more than previously acknowledg...

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UN To Probe Iraqi, Afghan Civilian Deaths

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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A United Nations expert said Friday he plans to study whether members of the U.S. military or government contractors such as Blackwater USA violate in...

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