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December 17, 2010

New U.S. Guidelines Reject Afghan Demand to End Night Raids
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The Pentagon has issued new operational guidelines in Afghanistan
rejecting President Hamid Karzai’s call for an end to nighttime raids.
The Wall Street Journal reports the U.S. commander in Afghanistan,
General David Petraeus, has issued a directive the U.S. claims will
expand protections for civilians targeted in the raids. But the move
rejects calls from Karzai and top Afghan officials for the raids to
stop. A senior military official in Afghanistan also called the new
rules "mostly administrative [with] no impact on operations."



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