The rebuliding of Afghanistan is a noble deed and it is a project that is needed to keep those nice people from coming under the Taliban fist of tyranny again. If those women once again come under Taliban oppression then we should all be shamed.

Anthony, Los Angeles, USA

Sad but wrong strategy. The Pashtun are ferocious nationalist with zero worldwide terrorist agenda. Their alliance with Al-qaeda there is only reinforced by our posture towards them. Accommodate rather than try to beat the Pashtun and organise containment of the real global terrorists in the region.

stephan, Birmingham, UK

Afghanistan now produces more than 90 percent of world's heroin. This was not the case before Alliance invaded Afghanistan. It is not possible to hide such vast vields of opium. Are NATO forces protecting drug producers?

Dan, Yoshkar Ola, Russia

Sad but wrong strategy. The Pashtun are ferocious nationalists with zero worldwide terrorist agenda. Their alliance with Al-qaeda is only maintained by our posture towards them. Accommodate the Pashtun raher than try to beat them and organise containment of the real global terrorists in the region.

stephan, Birmingham, UK

Yeah the world might be or might not be a safer place if the Iraq war was waged. Guess what? This isn't Iraq & even if it was, the surge over there is working. As for Afghanistan, If I need to explain how NATO is fighting terrorists and not the people or the country then you are all idiots.

Gusteau, Chicago, USA

The Iraq and Afghanistan wars reveal the consequences of leaving foreign policy in the hands of politicians interested in their agenda,ego, reward and legacy i.e. Bush, Blair, Sarkozy. Military intervention should be determined by a mix of an independent judiciary, civil service and the people.

RAYMOND, LONDON, UK

My heart-felt sympathies. Remember A terrorist has to succeed just once, whereas we need to succeed always. If the Iraq war is not waged, then Afghanistan and the world would have been a better place. I wish Dick Chenney/Bush, travels without their armour to see how unsafe the world is.

Srini, Herndon, USA

Afghanistan has been bombed and attacked relentlessly, by Russians and soon after, by coalition forces, and despite this they have managed to produce record breaking levels of opium, some people are now wandering how this has happened, it seems invading forces have protected and promoted heroin

Arshad, Nelson,

No one has won a war against the Afghans and no one ever will. As Churchill said during the Anglo Afghan war of the early 20th Century - "The Pashun has the cunning of the Mohawk, the ferocity and bravery of a Zulu, the shot of a Boer - a truly formidable opponent".

Samuel, Glasgow,

donald.
i think any woman in afghanistan would agree with you. at least now they are allowed to go to school. not to mention the thousands of civillians that have been saved from afghanistan based alqaeda attacks that would have probably made 9/11 look small scale.

will, grimsby, uk

The French need to be in Afghanistan.The moment they pull out, the country falls to the enemy and becomes a terrorist country. Imagine if the Taliban didn't have to work out of cells in the mountains but had a full country to operate in. America, UK, and France would be the 1st to be attacked.

Yon, Boston, USA

Leave Iraq and send more troops to Afgan. The terrorist network there is the key to all attacks across the globe.
Let the Iraqi's ruin their own country, the cowardly terrorists need stopping now!

Chris, Sheffield,

Firepower is not a substitute for brainpower. Rember the Boer war in 1900 & 1901. You got to have a strategic plan not strategic wishful thinking and political hot air with home legacy as the final aim.

Hans, Bury St Edmunds, UK

Do the honourable thing and get out of Afghanistan and Iraq before you have more grieving families. Your presence doesn't serve any purpose

donald, essex, uk

Stupid politicians can't explain why soldiers are losing lives and limbs in Afghanistan.
They think that we are stupid and give us stories like - 'front line against barbarians', 'freedom struggle', 'spreading democracy', etc.
The only one who benefits is Karzai (and his team) - but why?

savo, london, uk

My condolences to the French military, their families and their countrymen.

However, the truth is that we in the western alliance face a common enemy and will only win if we present a unified front. Hopefully, once Iraq is wrapped up soon, the west can return to form and unite in Afghanistan.

H. Juneja, London, UK

What on earth are the French doing there. Did any Afghans go to Algiers in the fifties?

Dr I Khan, aberdeen, UK

My heart goes out to the families of these French soldiers. We need to be on our guard at all times to defeat this obscene enemy..

kirk, Rotherham, UK