Well, nothing really changed since the Soviets were there...same barbaric Afghans, different enemy. These people were never civilized and never will be. There is nothing in Aghanistan that is worth even one Westerner's life.
Amen. At least one person here gets it.
One Mohammad Sultan begs to differ:
[U.S. trained] Afghan Army Liberates Bamiyan [rule of law slowly being secured in Afghanistan]
Mohammad Sultan stood straight and tall at the Madar village checkpoint, watching for smugglers and weapons as residents came and went. Snow fell on his new national army uniform, but he didn’t mind.For many soldiers it would be tedious, boring work, but for this 28-year-old, it was an extraordinary and happy moment.
At last he was doing what he had been trained to do: serve his country by trying to bring about stability. “I will go to any place when ordered,” he told IWPR proudly, “and will bring peace to the residents of our regions.”
On February 24, the second battalion of 600 soldiers graduated from training by American forces and took control of Koh-e-Mard district in northern Bamiyan – chasing out the local warlords.
The people of Bamiyan province, one of the central provinces of Afghanistan and famous for its historic monuments, have been suffering at the hands of cruel local strongmen. Koh-e-Mard district is one of the very first unstable areas to come under the control of the central government, and represents one small step in the long battle to unite the country under the rule of law.