U.S. soldiers in
Afghanistan have shot dead four Afghans as the number of civilian casualties
continues to mount after over one decade of U.S.-led war in the
country.
Two women and
two children were killed after American forces opened fire on them in Shindand
district in western Herat province.
Local officials
have strongly condemned the attack. The U.S. military has confirmed the incident
but claimed that the dead were militants.
On October 7,
2001, former president George W. Bush announced the beginning of the war on
Afghanistan. It has now become the longest-running war in U.S. history, and
there is no end in sight. The Taliban remain in control of major parts of the
nation. Civilian and troop casualties continue to mount. Democracy
Now After returning
from a fact-finding mission to Afghanistan in May 2012, Senator Dianne
Feinstein, D-Calif., and Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich. reported that the Taliban
were stronger than they had been before the surge of troops to the
country. Anti-American
sentiment is at record high levels in Afghanistan.
eurasianet.org U.S. officials
have indicated that roughly 3,000, 6,000, or 9,000 U.S. troops would stay in
Afghanistan beyond 2014 while Dec. 31, 2014 is the deadline for NATO operations
in Afghanistan. WSJ The Taliban has
vowed a prolonged war in Afghanistan if U.S. troops stay after the end of 2014,
the deadline for the withdrawal of coalition forces from the country.
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