Conference on Afghanistan:
Britain Must End the Occupation and
Bring the Troops Home
On 28 January, a major international
conference on the future of Afghanistan was hosted by the government at
Lancaster House in London. Participants included representatives from the US,
NATO and the other forces occupying Afghanistan, led by the Anglo-American
alliance, as well as the IMF, World Bank and the UN. Hamid Karzai, the head of
the government of Afghanistan installed by the occupiers, was also a major
participant. The UN, alarmed at the dire situation within Afghanistan,
originally called the conference and it was planned that it would be held in
Kabul. That it was eventually held in London speaks volumes about the actual
situation on the ground in Afghanistan. ...more
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