The Obama administration appears ready to make a concession on night raids in negotiations with the Kabul government for a strategic partnership deal in Afghanistan beyond the withdrawal date of 2014.
Negotiators are close to a deal in which night raids after 2014 would be led by Afghan security forces and would be subject to Afghan judicial oversight. This was a compromise proposed by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, for whom the two sticking points for a deal for U.S. activity post-2014 were night raids and domestic control of prisons.
In March, the Obama administration also yielded to Karzai on the issue of Afghan control of prisons. After instability following recent outrages like the U.S. military’s Koran burning, the unprovoked massacre of 17 civilians, and leaked video of Marines urinating on Afghan corpses, the Obama administration has had its bargaining chips weakened.
The Obama administration’s concessions are apparently a recognition of the intractable nature of the conflict. The lauded troop surge has only led to more chaos and intensified violence. Just this week, nine Afghan troops were killed and 11 were abducted across the nation, as militants step up their attacks on security forces. Similarly, Taliban militants on Tuesday set fire to a convoy of up to six NATO tankers carrying fuel for occupation forces in southwestern Afghanistan.
syria – must withdraw its military from its own country, i mean what kind of threat does an armed rebellion really pose
america – must continue to fight people on the farthest point on earth from its borders, after all the talbian is grave threat.
Wow, how very generous of the Empire to do that!
Yeah, very generous seeing it won't kick in until after 2014 — think of all the fun night-raiding they can have until that time!