A former Afghan president framed US bombing as weapons testing, not counterterrorism
Evidence
The attack drew criticism from Afghanistan’s former president Hamid Karzai, who declared: “This is not the war on terror but the inhuman and most brutal misuse of our country as testing ground for new and dangerous weapons. It is upon us, Afghans, to stop the USA.” This attack was the largest bombing campaign since the start of the war in 2001.53 In 2019, the United States was responsible for larger numbers of civilian casualties than the Taliban. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 532
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