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From: Abe Rein (ARein@sorosny.org)
Date: Wed Apr 02 2003 - 14:52:13 EST
U.S. CONCERNED ABOUT ESCALATION OF ATTACKS IN AFGHANISTAN
U.S. State Department Deputy Spokesman Philip Reeker said on 1 April
that the United States has "been following with concern the recent
security incidents directed at U.S. forces, nongovernmental
organizations, and other foreign nationals in Afghanistan," AFP
reported. "These attacks have complicated the international community's
ability to carry out assistance activities in some parts of
Afghanistan," he said. As regards concerns expressed by Afghan, Russian,
and UN officials that the U.S.-led war in Iraq could lead to a reduction
in the allocation of needed resources and in attention paid to Afghan
reconstruction efforts, Reeker said the United States "is a long-term
partner in Afghanistan's reconstruction" and will remain so,
irrespective of U.S. "responsibilities elsewhere." In the past week, two
U.S. soldiers were killed in an ambush in Helmand Province; an engineer
working for the International Committee for the Red Cross was killed in
neighboring Oruzgan Province; and rockets were fired at the headquarters
of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul and at
U.S. bases in southeastern Afghanistan (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 28 and 31
March 2003). AT
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