Attacks On NATO

From Yahoo:
"Koran Burning: Can U.S. and Afghan Troops Work Together?"

As the anger over the Koran-burning controversy continued to convulse Afghanistan, another violent incident disrupted how the Kabul government interacts with its Western allies. On Saturday afternoon, a member of the Afghan Interior Ministry opened fire on two U.S. advisers -- a lieut. colonel and a major -- at the ministry's command-and-control center in the capital. The Americans were shot in the back of their heads as they sat at their desks, news reports said. "A countrywide manhunt is under way for the fugitive," Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqi told TIME. Since the news broke, speculation has raged over whether the killer was an insurgent infiltrator or simply motivated by the Koran burnings at the Bagram airfield earlier this week. Sediqi denied the idea of infiltration, saying it is "clear that insurgent groups are not able to have such connections as this. The ministry is very secure, and we have not had any such incidents in the past. It cannot be suggested that he has links with some groups. But we will have to investigate." After reading the initial reports, one Afghanistan-based security expert does not believe the killer was a Taliban plant -- as the militant group has claimed. The growing divide between Afghan soldiers and their mentors has already been stretched to the breaking point after six days of violent and deadly protests over the Koran burning that have left around 30 dead, including four U.S. troops previously killed by Afghan soldiers or men in Afghan-security-force uniforms. The burning of Korans by foreign troops on one side and the killing of foreign troops by Afghan soldiers on the other have pushed the level of alienation between the two sides to what could be an all-time high.

^ It seems that the Afghanis (including those in power) do not want Americans or other Western troops in their country and are doing everything they can to stop whatever progress was made over the past 10 years. What the Afghani government officials need to realize is that without our troops there protecting them the Taliban would get back in power and punish the officials. It seems just like what happened in Iraq. The Iraqis spent all their time trying to hurt and kill Americans and when we left Iraq the violence didn't stop - and in some cases it got worse. I know the Iraqis like to blame Americans for all the problems, but now that we are out they can't. I believe the same would happen in Afghanistan if Americans and the other NATO troops left. There are only two real options I see NATO and the US doing in Afghanistan right now. Either we completely withdraw all forces and support from the country and let the Taliban and Afghani Government fight each other or we stop giving control to the Afghani Government until they can prove they are capable of governing and keeping things secured - which they currently can not do. The fact that an Afghani from the Interior Ministry was able to have a gun and kill the Americans inside the secured building shows that the Afghanis can't protect a thing or allowed the attacks to happen. NATO needs to stand firm and not allow its soldiers or contractors get hurt or killed. ^

http://news.yahoo.com/koran-burning-riots-u-afghan-soldiers-together-142000334.html