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Afghans Fed Up With Government, US

Afghans prepare graves for people killed by a US airstrike on Azizabad village in Herat province. The US-led coalition in Afghanistan said that its investigation into a controversial missile strike thought to have killed 90 civilians had found that only seven non-combatants died. (AFP/File/Reza Shirmohammadi)

GHANI KHIEL, Afghanistan - The bearded, turbaned men gather beneath a large, leafy tree in rural eastern Nangarhar province. When Malik Mohammed speaks on their behalf, his voice is soft but his words are harsh. Mohammed makes it clear that the tribal chiefs have lost all faith in both their own government and the foreign soldiers in their country.

Such disillusionment is widespread in Afghanistan, feeding an insurgency that has killed 195 foreign soldiers so far this year, 105 of them Americans.

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