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"As was the case in Iraq, " he said, "we cannot do for Afghans what they must ultimately do for themselves. "

There have been two moments in the last 40 years when life might have improved for ordinary Afghans, particularly women.

The Afghans had been rough with him, he said.

And he never felt secure living alongside Afghans, she said.

But security is not the only issue, a just released U. N. report says Afghans see corruption as an even bigger problem.

Some Afghans suspected the school closure might have had political motives to avoid demonstrations by the political opposition.

The attack took place in the early evening when Afghans were breaking their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Some think the volunteers should think the volunteers should not be blamed for unselfishly trying to help poor Afghans.

Lost her to a fate most Afghans considered far worse than death: She ran off with a clan of traveling singers and dancers.

Unless the Afghans can hold what the Americans give up, he said, "more space is going to turn red. "

It is at least the second occasion on which the Afghans have been duped by people posing as Taliban envoys.

There was one other thing, he said: "I'm one of the first Afghans that has actually won a gold license. "

Meanwhile, some of Flushing's Afghans worry that their chance at the American dream might be flouted by the U. S. government.

He said that military means alone would not be enough and that there has to be the promise of a better life for impoverished Afghans.

Faced with these problems, Afghans have gathered their ancient treasures into a dazzling exhibition and sent it on an international tour.

Too few Afghans and Pakistanis have thrown in their lot with the West, because too many think America has no stomach for the fight.

If the terms of its contract are to be believed, M. C. C. will also build schools, roads, even mosques for the Afghans.

But the tender process designed by the task force did not allow the Afghans to take such considerations into account.

For most Afghans, the face of government is not the president, but the provincial and district governors.

Urban Afghans do not turn to Taliban courts to resolve their disputes, as do many in rural parts of the country.

Many Afghans don't believe their nation's forces are ready to take the lead.

Only a clean and an effective administration might inoculate Afghans against the lure of the Taliban's shadow government.

Many Afghans too are disinclined to see anything but a bleak future.

The United States and other conference participants, he added, will continue to stand by Afghans as they work to meet the challenges ahead.

But Afghans say the corruption they see now has no precedent, in either its brazenness or in its scale.

Less than 20 percent of Afghans have access to electricity; many homes are lit by kerosene lamps, with only fans running to combat the heat.

Partly for that reason, many Afghans will regard the election result as a convenient fiction.

Finally, coalition casualties are perhaps not the best measure of the violence ordinary Afghans suffer.

America maintains a prison at Bagram air base in Afghanistan, but this will be turned over to the Afghans by the end of the year.

Mr. Obama said he was struck by the courage of Afghans who went to polling stations despite the threats of violence by the Taliban.

Rather, Afghans have reacted in an entirely logical and rational way to a set of incentives and circumstances.

The police are in even worse shape, regarded by most Afghans as little better than robbers in uniform.

But unlike Sunnis in Iraq, the Pashtun and the Taliban represent the majority of Afghans, at least in the south.

The main reason cited for the drop was the number of Afghans returning home.

But the foreign presence is not the only reason Afghans fight.

The Strategic Partnership Agreement that President Karzai and I signed in Kabul ensures that as Afghans stand up they will not stand alone.

But then the Germans asked the Afghans to help secure the road to allow asecond patrol to drive through the ambush point.

More than 20 years of economic and social ruin have also left a generation of Afghans largely illiterate and unskilled.

An unnamed official told Reuters the Greek Coast Guard, who claim to be Afghans rescued, intended immigrants to other countries.

Taliban insurgents and criminal gangs are blamed for a recent wave of killings and kidnappings targeting Afghans and foreigners.

The plan is for American troops to begin leaving in July and for Afghans to control their own security by the end of twenty-fourteen.

On any morning, you can stand on the steps of the Secondary Courthouse in downtown Kabul and listen to the Afghans as they step outside.

For the fifth day, Afghans have taken to the streets to protest the burning of a Quran by Florida pastor Terry Jones.

"We Afghans are patient people, " she said.

However, General Allen went on to insist that most Afghans supported the western military presence in their country.

up for re-election next year, to convince Afghans that they are better off than they were before the Taliban were driven from power.

US Army Specialist Jeremy Morlock, who admitted being part of the 'kill team' that murdered unarmed Afghans. Photograph: Reuters.

The two men also discussed the timing of the planned transition of security responsibility from U. S. and coalition forces to the Afghans.

The UN takes the lead in all civilian efforts in Afghanistan, from humanitarian assistance for starving Afghans to paying the police force.

"They will help create the conditions for the United States to transfer responsibility to the Afghans, " Obama said.

From the 13th century onwards, India was subject to invasions from the Arabs and other Islamised communities like the Turks and Afghans.

Afghans have voted in a president, a parliament and a new constitution.

It will re-emphasise that the main goal of ISAF and American troops is to protect Afghans, not kill the Taliban among them.

There part of the "reintegration" strategy that military planners are gambling will win over sceptical Afghans.

About five million Afghans have returned since the fall of the Taleban in 2001. Some three million remain abroad.

It is also because, after a quarter of a century of ruinous war, Afghans are more willing to take help from any hand.

A "tactical directive" , issued at the start of Thrust of the Sword, says that winning the support of the Afghans overrides all else.

The kidnapping of foreigners and Afghans for ransom has become a serious hazard in rural parts of Afghanistan.

US authorities criticised the leak, saying it could put the lives of coalition soldiers and Afghans, especially informers, at risk.

An estimated 17 million Afghans are eligible to vote. The legitimacy of the election depends on a sufficient turnout.

The planned Quran-burning by the small Florida church sparked protests this week by several-hundred Afghans in Kabul.

The claim comes after the bodies of eight foreigners and two Afghans were found shot to death in a mountainous area of Badakhshan Province.

In a statement , Karl Eikenberry, the outgoing U. S. ambassador, sought to reassure Afghans of America's staying power.

Despite the poor conditions, millions of Afghans have returned home from abroad.

But, as was the case in Iraq, we cannot do for Afghans what they must ultimately do for themselves.

Here, a French soldier was teaching the Afghans how to retreat from the enemy.

Coll says NATO plans to create an environment of security in Kandahar that would allow Afghans to create fresh political equations.

Babur was ambitious, and his dominion in Kabul was limited by the Afghans' insubordination.

The suicide attack was made using a Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) killing three Afghans and injuring several others.

In July, Afghans will take a security lead in seven provinces and districts, representing 25% of the population.

Tuesday was the official deadline for Afghans to file complaints.

For most Afghans, corruption outranks insecurity and unemployment as the country's greatest challenge.

He says that without more Western troops and massively larger Afghan forces, more Afghans could throw in their lot with the Taliban.

There are reasons to think that many Afghans would like to be rid of the Taliban, if only they could believe in an alternative.

It said about a million Afghans - 8% of the population - now abuse drugs including opiates, cannabis and tranquilisers.

Civilian casualties are up and many Afghans fear their nation will plunge into civil war once the foreign forces go home.

Those high-profile arrests were done by Afghans, reviewed by Afghan judges. . . They're finding things, and becoming more aggressive.

Many whisper that they joined NATO for protection against Russia, not to fight Afghans.

America has broad international backing for its actions, and still enjoys a good measure of consent among ordinary Afghans.

In these areas, ordinary Afghans may suffer harassment, expropriation, and intimidation.

He says intelligence sources and methods will become known, and Afghans who have helped American forces may now be in danger.

And if the goals aren't achieved by Obama's timeline, the Afghans may not mind an extension of the deployment.

But some of the posted texts contain details of Afghans who have dealt with the coalition.

The UN commended Afghans for "their courage and determination in exercising their democratic right to vote. "

"I need ten Afghans for every British soldier, " says one British commander. Worse, Afghan battalions are exhausted.

The Oxfam letter says development is the key to lifting Afghans, the majority of whom live in rural areas, out of their poverty.

Afghans carry balloons to sell, as they walk toward the Sakhi Shrine for new year's ceremonies in Kabul on March 21.

Hired guards, mostly Afghans, will keep watch over anyone who approaches the elite commandos' remote outposts.

Yasui's hotel opened in 2007. Rooms cost $100 a night, pricing them far out of the range of most Afghans.

But within neighborhoods like Flushing, Afghans remain divided about their own loyalties and expectations.

Yasui's hotel opened in 2007. Rooms cost $100 a night, pricing them far out of the range of most Afghans.

But within neighborhoods like Flushing, Afghans remain divided about their own loyalties and expectations.

Now Afghans are slowly receiving back some basic freedoms, although there is still much work to be done.

Afghans descend a mountain after watching the rising of holy mace in Sakhi Shrine on the occasion of Nowruz, a new year ceremony, in Kabul.

Afghans are happy to have American troops, one villagersaid. "But if they kill a single civilian, people will turn against them. "

A German engineer and four Afghans were released safely after nearly three months of detainment in Afghanistan.

Naturally, neither the West nor the Afghans want the Americans to stay indefinitely.

Tang said China has always believed that problems in Afghanistan could only be resolved by Afghans themselves.

S. to stop night raids that he says aggravate Afghans and could incite some people to join the Taliban insurgency.

Foreign help for the Afghans after 2014 will largely involve money and training for its civilian government and security forces.

Foreign help for the Afghans after 2014 will largely involve money and training for its civilian government and security forces.

As often with outsiders, helping the Afghans may not actually be the main point.

He argues that extra American troops will only antagonise the Afghans and give the Taliban a recruiting tool.

The Taliban ran a brutal regime and are loathed by most town-dwellers; but many rural Afghans share their mores.

The UN refugee agency says it is also concerned about ten thousand Afghans currently on river islands between Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

Sahar said that Afghans really want is autonomy, and ordinary Americans in addition to that food, housing and education.

It warns poverty is driving ordinary Afghans into the arms of insurgents and drug gangs.

Afghans and Africans, in particular, are targeted by right-wing, anti-Islamic Greek groups.

The flight of Afghans from surrounding villages reduces the risk of killing civilians.

Mr Ganesh's job, issuing Indian visas to Afghans, often for medical treatment, sounds humdrum.

Mr Ganesh's job, issuing Indian visas to Afghans, often for medical treatment, sounds humdrum.

Afghans use donkeys to carry election ballot boxes.

But no one, least of all Afghans, expects states to actively work against their own strategic interests.

His commitment to bringing Afghans together through music is admirable.

The country would slip back into civil war, with terrible consequences for the Afghans.

And they will help create the conditions for the United States to transfer responsibility to the Afghans.

We seek government of Afghanistan by the Afghans themselves.

Security from violent insurgents and access to basic services is what Afghans most want.

Among ordinary Afghans, opinions about the decade-long, multi-billion dollar effort are mixed.

"British soldiers are not dying simply to provide an electoral opportunity for Afghans, " he told BBC1's Politics Show.

"British soldiers are not dying simply to provide an electoral opportunity for Afghans, " he told BBC1's Politics Show.

For Afghans at a more grass-roots level, there is little faith in either the Afghan government or the Americans.

The problem of knowing what Afghans think is an obstacle more generally.

Millions of Afghans consider him the nation's greatest modern hero.

Afghans guarding U. S. bases don't exactly have the best track record.

The day the Iraqis voted for the first time. The day the Afghans voted for the first time.

Afghans, Bangladeshis and Ghanaians will be casting their votes this Friday in the world's first cross-border election.

The reason that the Afghans have an opportunity for a new tomorrow is because of you.

three million Afghans and 20 million of their largely Pashtun relatives live inside Pakistan.

Thousands of Afghans protested about the actions of Christian bigots in Florida who had burned a Koran on March 20th.

Thousands of Afghans protested about the actions of Christian bigots in Florida who had burned a Koran on March 20th.

Afghans are also proud, because it has changed the global point of view [in relation to al-Qaeda].

In addition to safeguarding the treasures, the Afghans hope the exhibit will elevate the image of their country.

Now Afghans could finally drive as fast as they wanted.

One thing is for sure: If we really want Afghans to attain the future they deserve, clinging to a fake version of their history won't help.

"The sooner we stand on our own feet, the better it is for us Afghans, " Naderi says.

Afghans should be given air to breath instead of being preached on different values.

Most of all, he needed money-to pay civil servants, to disburse services to ordinary Afghans, to finance economic projects.

Army Specialist Jeremy Morlock, 23, told a military court he had helped to kill three unarmed Afghans.

Afghans are tired of war and long for peace, justice, and economic security.

Many Afghans believe America craves such bases to keep Iran, Russia and other regional powers in check.

Levin quoted the president as saying it is time for Afghans to start taking responsibility for their own future.

The Times also quotes Afghans as saying the plan could lead to new local militias and potentially spark a civil war.

The new directive will certainly make the fight harder in the short term, but it is winning kudos from Afghans.

Local Afghans find it easier to do development work.

Gunmen kidnapped 2 Chinese engineers and 4 Afghans in northern Faryab province in Afghanistan, Reuters reported Monday.

It is true that there are many brave and decent Afghans who have put a lot of faith in the Nato-led war.

We know how many American troops have been killed in this decade's wars. How many Afghans and Iraqis have lost their lives isn't clear.

Afghans often vote in blocks according to the dictates of local leaders, so irregularities are almost impossible to spot.

This view has been "Afghans for peace" organization Sura Asaph Hall agreed.

Authorities say two other Afghans, standing outside the DHL office, were wounded in the shooting.

Afghans are being trained to defend themselves.

The Afghans I met were neither xenophobic nor bellicose.

Grover, a character from "Sesame Street" walks with Afghans at the French Culture Center in Kabul, on November 30, 2011.

Thanks to our heroic troops and civilians, fewer Afghans are under the control of the insurgency.

She is working with a non-profit organization, Afghans for Civil Society.

About 3. 5 million Afghans have returned home since 2002 from Pakistan with the assistance of aid agencies, the United Nations said.

Angry Afghans took to the streets for the third straight day on Sunday to protest the incident.

The Tajiks were successively ruled by Uzbeks and then Afghans until claimed by Russia in the 1860s.

Some Afghan blogs also got established by Afghans who live in Canada, the US and other parts of the world.

But once they do, she believes, all Afghans will benefit.

In fact, he's one of a countless number of ordinary Afghans who pass between the fronts every day.

It is to help the Afghans create a government, which is responsive to the needs of the people and which the people regard as a friend.

Eight percent of Afghans are addicted to drugs, often opium or heroin, arate that has risen sharply in the past five years.

And you certainly can't tell the Afghans to do things the way we would.

More happily, most Afghans still welcome foreign help. But not all.

"The Afghans use hyperbole of history to exaggerate [their] strengths in order to deter invaders, " he says.

Afghans are very different from 11 years ago when the Taliban was thrown out.

If Afghans think the Taliban are winning, they will be more likely to throw in their lot with them.

Afghans, too, are losing faith in the West.

But no matter how integrated into the team the interpreters might seem, there remains a suspicion, simply because they are Afghans.

That must surely be true for most Afghans.

That was for discussion this week in Kabul, at a loya jirga, a grand council of 2, 000 leading Afghans.

We still think we can offer Afghans the fruits of our all-so-perfect Western society.

Afghans should be fighting for their own security.

President Obama on Friday praised the millions of Afghans who took part in their country's presidential and provincial elections.

This will be another step toward Afghans taking full lead for their security as agreed to by 2014 when the ISAF combat mission will end.

Sooner or later, most Afghans and foreigners agree, this is inevitable.

Certainly, Afghans are apprehensive about a rising tide of violence and what the future may have in store for them.

All of you who are Afghans are my men.

The Taliban had vowed to avenge the massacre of 16 Afghans, many of them women and children.

This was very important, because the family is central in Afghans' social system.

We support what the Afghans are doing.

The reason I keep going back is that the Afghans are amazing.

I think the Afghans wanted to vote.

But, as the World Bank notes, the development of farming and even simple industries calls for Afghans to show more enterprise.

Today we can be proud that there are fewer areas under Taliban control, and more Afghans have a chance to build a more hopeful future.

In the cities many Afghans live in apartments.

So, despite the presence of hundreds of NGOs in the country, there are few places Afghans can safely go to seek vital assistance.

April 23, 2007: Afghans walk down a hill in Kabul, in front of snow-covered mountains.

Seventy three percent of Afghans questioned are happy with central government performance - about the same as last year.

Whatever happened that night in Koshkaky, many Afghans suspect the worst.

At the same time, IRI found that 83% of Afghans thought their country needed to change direction.

In short, these resources will allow us to make the final push that is necessary to train Afghans so that we can transfer responsibility.

"We are Afghans fighting the jihad and defending our country under the leadership of Jalaluddin Haqqani, " the commander said.

These Afghans, known as the Rohilla Afghans, caused the area to be known as

Even for those Afghans who are not anxious about the security situation when foreign troops withdraw,