Christian Aid: US Strategy for Afghanistan 'Missed Opportunity'
(06 Dec 09 - RV) Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced today that he will unveil
his new cabinet within days, adding that efforts to start talks with Taliban insurgents
and implementing anti-corruption measures were underway.
Also today
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates rejected claims that President Barack Obama’s target
date for withdrawing U.S. forces will embolden the Taliban.
Serena Di Matteo
is director of programs for Christian Aid in Afghanistan.
She says US President
Barack Obama’s new strategy for Afghanistan launched this week has missed an opportunity
to focus on long-term development for some of the world’s poorest people: