Monday, March 7, 2011

Casualties take focus on Gates’s Afghan trip (Reuters)

KABUL (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Robert Gates met Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday at a time of increased strain between Kabul and its Western backers and with important security transition milestones looming.
Karzai complained ahead of Gates’s unannounced visit after nine Afghan children were mistakenly killed by helicopters from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
Karzai will soon unveil a timetable for the start of a handover of security

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