Two Afghan boys walk home wearing warm boots and carry their new clothes between them in a bag. They are the recipients of winter supplies from Afghan security forces and members of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul in the Safidar village, Afghanistan, Feb. 1, 2011. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian FergusonAfghan Imams Wage Political Battle Against U.S. -- Washington Post
KABUL - For the U.S. government, and for the 100,000 American troops fighting in Afghanistan, the messages delivered last Friday could hardly have been worse.
Under the weathered blue dome of Kabul's largest mosque, a distinguished preacher, Enayatullah Balegh, pledged support for "any plan that can defeat" foreign military forces in Afghanistan, denouncing what he called "the political power of these children of Jews."
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