ISAF Is Its Own PR Nightmare

Published September 17, 2009 4:53pm ET



Today’s suicide attack in Kabul comes as the debate over European involvement in Afghanistan heats up. Apparently the Taliban carefully chose their latest target well: six Italian soldiers and 10 Afghans were killed in the attack, which took place very close to a U.S. military base and outside the gates of the U.S. embassy. The attack has reignited the debate in Italy and prompted the government to reaffirm its commitment. The suicide attack prompted a quick look at the ISAF webpage to see what the military had to say about the incident. Unsurprisingly, and sadly, the ISAF webpage looked like a laundry list of the most recent Coalition casualties. The top six items (five of them pictured) all discussed death notices for ISAF troops killed in combat.

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