War in Afghanistan Claims 2,000th American Life

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  • 2000 Américains morts en Afghanistan, mais combien d’Afghans ?

    War in Afghanistan Claims 2,000th American Life - NYTimes.com
    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/22/us/war-in-afghanistan-claims-2000th-american-life.html?pagewanted=1&emc=na

    La guerre la plus longue menée par les Etats-Unis dans leur histoire

    But this year, a new threat emerged: attacks by Afghans dressed in the uniforms of Afghan security forces. In just the past two weeks, at least 9 Americans have been killed in such insider attacks, and for the year to date, at least 39 non-Afghan troops, most of them American, have been killed by men dressed as members of the Afghan security forces, the most since the war began.

    Those insider attacks have increased concerns about NATO’s ability to turn security operations over to Afghan forces by 2014, the deadline set by President Obama for withdrawing the remaining American forces. For families, the deaths have raised hard questions about whether the Pentagon is doing enough to protect its troops from their own allies.