Thursday, September 27, 2012

Casualties Rise in Afghanistan

On September 24, 2012, David Zuccihno of the Los Angeles Times wrote the article called "Drone strikes in Pakistan have killed many civilians, study says". He is reporting casualties that have begun to rise because of United States drone strikes on tribal villages around Pakistan. The number of civilian casualties have risen to 130 in the past two weeks, and it continues to rise. Now why would the United States begin to attack tribal locations? Terrorist groups have been using these tribes as hideouts and have been working with them. Unfortunately, with little hesitation the United States are attacking these tribes. As the number of casualties rise, the anger of the Islamic population in Pakistan and Afghanistan rises also. They have started to burn United States flags in public, and have protested for the past two months. Many professors and people that are expert around the Middle Eastern region say this is a start of something new. For once, the people and terrorist groups have problems against one nation, and that nation is the United States. This is a huge problem for both human rights and the United States because the US are starting to attack innocent citizens, and now the civilian population are against them. The situation is getting much worse, and people are beginning to realize that America's time in Afghanistan and Pakistan is coming to an end. Of course, America will not back down from a fight ever, and this can potentially cause a huge conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

No comments:

Post a Comment