Word: afghanization
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That would have worked, even in this case of such overpowering emotions, had those on our side fighting the so-called war on terrorism not made certain tactical decisions early on. As the dusty rabble of Afghan fighters moved to the newly opened Guantánamo in early 2002 and the first al-Qaeda operative--the pint-size Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi--was picked up, debate raged inside the Administration as to what would produce the highest-quality "yield" from interrogation with the greatest speed. There was fear of a second-wave attack, after all, and U.S. intelligence was panicked...
...gain access to the Presidential Palace in Kabul, his office is nearly invisible, tucked into the corner of a two-story building and marked only by a plainclothes security guard who sits outside its wooden door holding a machine gun. The interior of the office is adorned with large Afghan rugs, cream-colored sofas and a marble fireplace; behind Karzai's desk is a bookcase that prominently displays the collected writings of George Washington. From the serenity of that perch, it's tempting to gaze down at the blossoming rose garden below and convince yourself that the war being waged...
...Karzai: It is definitely not. What the world should see is the desire of the Afghan people, not the problems we have along...
...That is something with which I have been engaged with the international community very seriously almost on a daily basis. Now when an engineer from America is killed on an Afghan road, reconstructing one of our roads or building a new road. Or when a soldier from Canada is killed in our country, or when an engineer from Germany or Turkey or India is killed, we should immediately think, who did that? Are these Afghans that are killing engineers that are building schools for us, that built clinics for us, that build hospitals for us? If Afghans are doing this...
...TIME: The way you describe those who are attacking the engineers, it indicates that it could be either external elements or it could indicate a division within Afghan society itself, about what the future of the country should be. Karzai: No, it isn't. Within Afghanistan it is very clear as to what the Afghan people want this country to be. Eight and a half million Afghans participated in the elections. That's very clear. That's almost half of Afghanistan's population. We have a parliament. The whole country got together to have a constitution. The whole country cried...