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"This War is Continuing": As U.S. Prepares 2014 Pullout, No End in Sight to Afghan Occupation

3,275 views · Published 12 March 2013 · 8:17 · Indexed 30 October 2026

Channel: Democracy Now! · 2013 · News & Politics

http://www.democracynow.org - Monday marked the deadliest day for U.S. troops this year in Afghanistan after seven soldiers perished in two separate incidents. Five U.S. servicemembers were killed in a helicopter crash outside Kandahar city. Hours earlier, two U.S. soldiers were shot dead in a so-called insider attack at a special operations site in Wardak province when a person in an Afghan military uniform turned his gun on U.S. and Afghan forces. Three Afghan police officers and two army officers were also killed in the attack, according to a senior police official. The attack took place as a deadline expired for U.S. special forces to leave Wardak. Afghan President Hamid Karzai ordered their departure over accusations of the torture and killing of innocent people by Afghan forces under U.S. command. We're joined by Heather Barr, the Kabul-based Afghanistan Researcher for Human Rights Watch.

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"This War is Continuing": As U.S. Prepares 2014 Pullout, No End in Sight to Afghan Occupation

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