Karzai held up 8 years old girl pic-only one left to recover bodies of her12 relative

[Caoriben]

Afghan President repeats peace call

2010-02-21 08:33 BJT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has opened this year's first session of parliament, where he repeated his call to Taliban fighters to renounce al-Qaida and join mainstream society.

During his speech, Karzai held up a picture of an eight-year-old girl. He said she was the only one left to recover the bodies of her 12 relatives, all killed when two NATO rockets struck their home during the offensive in the southern town of Marjah.

He called the incident a tragedy for all Afghanistan.

Hamid Karzai, Afghan President, said, "The movement of Taliban, Hezb-e-Islami and other groups who are still involved in fighting must know that they share a large responsibility for this."

http://english.cctv.com/program/worldwidewatch/20100221/101103.shtml

[hulaku]

The actual headline on this article is

Afghan President repeats peace call:roll:

Nice try by the CCP's Propaganda Department troll.

Please collect your .50 yuan

[Caoriben]

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NATO still causes too many civilian deaths: Karzai

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday that NATO’s efforts to prevent civilian deaths during its operations are not enough because innocent people keep dying, as the military alliance continued its offensive in a key Taliban stronghold.

In a speech at the opening session of the Afghan parliament, Mr. Karzai also repeated his call to Taliban fighters to renounce Al-Qaeda and join with the government — an appeal that may have more resonance after recent arrests of Taliban leaders in Pakistan.

Mr. Karzai held up a picture of an 8-year-old girl who he said was the only one left to recover the bodies of her 12 relatives, all killed when two NATO rockets struck their home during the offensive in the southern town of Marjah. He called the incident a tragedy for all Afghanistan.

Mr. Karzai said NATO has made progress in reducing civilian casualties and air bombardments — which have been responsible for some of the largest incidents of civilian deaths. And he thanked NATO commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who attended the speech, for “standing with us honestly in this effort.”

However, Mr. Karzai stressed that the effort is not sufficient.

“We need to reach the point where there are no civilian casualties,” Mr. Karzai said. “Our effort and our criticism will continue until we reach that goal.”

His comments came as NATO reported that its troops killed another civilian in Marjah, bringing the civilian death toll from the operation to at least 16.

The week-old operation in Marjah is a major test of a new NATO strategy that stresses protecting civilians over routing insurgents as quickly as possible.

Mr. Karzai also pressed Taliban fighters once again to put down their guns and join with the Afghan government.

“Stop the war. Come back to your home and help with the reconstruction,” Mr. Karzai said. He said he was confident the appeal he has been making for years has more chance of succeeding now that the international community is supporting the idea.
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/international/article110183.ece

Karzai criticizes NATO over civilian deaths

Errant rockets

Most of the civilian deaths came on the second day of the operation when a pair of rockets struck a building on the outskirts of town, killing 12 people — at least nine of them civilians including the family of the 8-year-old girl. The alliance first said the rockets strayed 300 yards off course but later acknowledged they hit the intended target.

The civilian was killed Friday after he dropped a box which soldiers feared contained a bomb and began running toward a coalition position, NATO said. The box contained materials that could be used to make a bomb but no explosives NATO said.

"This is truly a regrettable incident, and we offer our condolences to the family," said a NATO spokeswoman, Navy Capt. Jane Campbell, said in a statement.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35495070

[ggk]

The actual headline on this article is

Afghan President repeats peace call:roll:

Nice try by the CCP's Propaganda Department troll.

lol

Please collect your .50 yuan


gone were the days when i use these very same words on you........ oh the nostalgia.

[Caoriben]

Nice try by the CCP's Propaganda Department troll.

Please collect your .50 yuan


Do you have any constructive comments about this tragedy instead of that crap?

[hulaku]

gone were the days when i use these very same words on you........ oh the nostalgia.

Dearest GGK I always used whatever the article was headlined as and never used selective text to post as the header.

And Im sorry honey, didnt know it still hurts:lol:

[ggk]

oh my mistake... .. (the horror!) its Indian papers who like to changed original news excerpt and replace them with weird title... im sorry for accusing you.

[hulaku]

oh my mistake... .. (the horror!) its Indian papers who like to changed original news excerpt and replace them with weird title... im sorry for accusing you.

In case you haven't noticed Honeybuns, I usually:) post from Non-Indian sources. Sorry to have upset you sweetie.:hug:

[ggk]

luls... 'always'...