{"id":20040,"date":"2010-08-07T07:50:26","date_gmt":"2010-08-07T11:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=20040"},"modified":"2010-08-07T11:57:20","modified_gmt":"2010-08-07T15:57:20","slug":"whos-killing-afghans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=20040","title":{"rendered":"Who’s killing Afghans?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve all heard the Karzai Administration complain about Americans not using enough caution and as a result, innocent Afghans die in military engagements. But has anyone heard him complain about the number of civilians that the Taliban kill intentionally<\/a>?<\/p>\n

There have been 1,859 civilian deaths from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) this year across Afghanistan. That compares with 1,057 in the same period last year.<\/p>\n

In the Taliban stronghold of southern Afghanistan, where thousands of U.S. forces have been brought in to protect Afghans, civilian deaths from roadside bombs have soared 132% since last year, the reports show.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Associated Press<\/a> reports that 10 members of a medical team in Afghanistan were ambushed by Taliban and murdered while they were making their way back to Kabul after a two-week mission in the Badakhshan province. Six of the 10 were Americans.<\/p>\n

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told The Associated Press in Pakistan that they killed the foreigners because they were “spying for the Americans” and “preaching Christianity.”<\/p>\n

Frans said the International Assistance Mission is registered as a nonprofit Christian organization but it does not proselytize.<\/p>\n

“This tragedy negatively impacts our ability to continue serving the Afghan people as IAM has been doing since 1966,” according to a statement released by the charity. “We hope it will not stop our work that benefits over a quarter of a million Afghans each year.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess it’s just more profitable to complain about Americans. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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