May 2009
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Rumsfeld's renegade unit blamed for Afghan deaths →
The Independent
By Jerome Starkey in Kabul
A single American Special Forces group was behind at least three of Afghanistan’s worst civilian casualty incidents, The Independent has learnt, raising fundamental questions about their ongoing role in the conflict.
Troops from the US Marines Corps’ Special Operations Command, or MarSOC, were responsible for calling in air strikes in...
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Civilian deaths cast a shadow over US unit's... →
The Scotsman
By Jerome Starkey in Kabul
A SINGLE American special forces group was behind at least three of Afghanistan’s worst civilian casualty incidents, The Scotsman can reveal, raising fundamental questions about its ongoing role in Afghanistan.
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Girls targeted in 'Taliban gas attack' →
The Independent
By Jerome Starkey, in Kabul
The pupils were lining up outside their classrooms for morning assembly when one girl suddenly collapsed unconscious. “She was only little,” said Gulcheena, a 13-year-old student of the school who fell ill herself moments later.
They were among 90 Afghan school girls rushed to hospital yesterday unconscious and vomiting, possibly victims...
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Karzai in move to share power with warlord wanted... →
The Sunday Times
By Christina Lamb and Jerome Starkey, Kabul
ONE of Afghanistan’s most wanted terrorists is to be offered a power-sharing deal by the government of President Hamid Karzai as the country’s warlords extend their grip on power.
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who is on America’s “most wanted” terrorist list, is to hold talks with the Kabul government within the next few weeks.
Hekmatyar...
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