Around 3,000 protesters clashed with police in London as they rallied at the Israeli embassy calling for an end to the Israeli military's attacks on the Gaza Strip. Over a thousand marched in a similar rally in Berlin, while smaller rallies were reported in Paris,...
Germany’s Police, Military Bicker Over Whose Fault Afghan Mission Failure Is
Less than a month ago, German General Hans-Cristoph Ammon declared the effort to train Afghanistan's police, Germany's whole raison d'etre in the seemingly endless war, "a miserable failure," and said that at the current rate of progress "it would take 82 years to...
German General: Afghan Police Training a ‘Miserable Failure’
Germany's military commitment to the NATO mission in Afghanistan is focused almost exclusively on training Afghanistan's floundering police force, but is having very little success. So little success in fact that General Hans-Christoph Ammon has condemned the training...
The War in Afghanistan: Unpopular Among Afghans, Unpopular Among Allies
Besides provoking a series of anti-US protests, last month's Herat airstrike brought harsh condemnation from Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Not long after, Karzai blamed the British government for the upsurge in Taliban activity in Helmand Province. These were just...