Warlords get away with murder in Afghanistan

[dArKeR]

One late-spring evening last year, five employees of Doctors Without Borders were ambushed on their way home from a rural clinic in northwestern Afghanistan and shot to death in their car. Ten months later their killers remain at large, and the man suspected of being behind the attack has been reappointed police chief of his district.

The case highlights the lawlessness of much of Afghanistan, where crimes frequently go unsolved and where the armed and powerful get away with murder. A month after the ambush, which took place on June 2, Doctors Without Borders, one of the largest and most respected medical charities in the world and the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999 for its work, pulled out of Afghanistan to protest the government's failure to conduct a credible investigation.

Afghan government officials told the charity shortly after the attack that they had evidence that a local strongman was behind the killings, and also provided the names of two of the suspected gunmen involved, the organization said. Yet the Afghan authorities have done little to bring the perpetrators to justice, said Kenny Gluck, the group's director of operations.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/04/11/2003250029

[Erika]

1. Doctors without Borders are a great humanitarian group

No, they cannot operate safely in Afghanistan and have withdrawn.

Laura Bush, the stepford wife's visit, was totally misleading. In fact, she should be ashamed of herself for indicating that Afghanistan was a forward looking nation. I'll be so glad when we can wash our hands and get rid of the dirt of the Bush clan.

[PartyPooper]

2. But, didn't Junior say things are just hunky-dory in Afghanistan?

:shrug:

[Erika]

3. Yes. he lied once again

No surprise.

[LynnTheDem]

4. Then there's the warlord bush's hand-picked puppet president just hired

as chief of military.

The warlord with the very long list of atrocities cited by various Human Rights groups.

The warlord bushCartel praised Karzai for hiring.

bushCartel & all rightwingnuts; stupidest MFers on the planet.

[Erika]

5. Yep

Globalist one world puppets.

[rodeodance]

6. Laura flew in and out within a few hours. It is a lawless country outside

of Kabel.

[lumpy]

8. Laura was on the ground

for 5 hours under the tightest of security. What a travesty. Her trip was in the makings for some time; she desired so very much to 'visit Afghanistan'. PR that didn't go anywhere. Bushco is so desperate, maybe they should send the twins to entertain the troops and Good Queen Barbara could bake some cookies for the Afghan children.

[teryang]

7. If I lose my job, security will deteriorate...

W 2004

[leesa]

9. So do US troops...what's the point?