By detaining people during night raids and torturing them in
Afghan field prisons, the US military officials are not battling
the insurgency, but actually creating it, believes investigative
journalist Anand Gopal.
“I do not think it is realistic that they are going to
pull out [of Afghanistan] by the end of 2011,” said Gopal,
adding that American troops in Afghanistan will be there for
five to seven years. “It really depends on how the war
turns in the next couple of years.”
“The Afghan state cannot survive without foreign [funding].
If the US government stops financing it, the Afghan government
will collapse tomorrow. The military, the police – everything
is propped up by the US. So they completely rely on the United
States,” explained Gopal.
The next year is going to be crucial for US forces in Afghanistan,
predicts Anand Gopal, because “it will really test whether
the troop surges work.”
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