Pakistan urges UK and US to pull out of Afghanistan

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/03/wafg103.xml

Britain and America have been urged to prepare an exit strategy from Afghanistan by sources within the Pakistan government as the number of fatalities among Nato forces fighting the Taliban grows.

The remarks, by a senior foreign ministry official, reflect the growing belief in Islamabad that Nato is as much to blame for the endurance of the Islamic rebel army as Pakistan, which has been accused by the United States of failing to destroy Taliban training camps on its border.

Nato has had to review tactics after a series of blunders in which large numbers of civilians were killed in raids intended to hit Taliban fighters.

The Afghan government has claimed that the attacks acted as a recruiting sergeant for the rebels seeking to restore a hardline Islamic regime.

[Dhalgren]

1. Well the Crusaders are going for the trifecta, aren't they?

Man could this get any worse! Total failure on every front, in every arena, and on every issue - except in thwarting congress at every turn. In that the Busheviks are batting a 1000...

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2. Instead of the giant chess board...

I'm thinking poker...with high cards being China, Russia, Iran, India...maybe with a little 'Go-Fish' going on, on the side.