Ahmadinejad visits Afghanistan

President Mahoud Ahmadinejad visited Afghanistan last Wednesday, and criticized the United States. According to Christian Science Monitor, the president was accusing the United States were not doing any good in resolving the problems in Afghanistan. “They are not successful in their fight against terrorists because they are playing a double game,” said Ahmadinejad. “They themselves created terrorists, and now they say they are fighting them. It’s not possible; we can see that. Billions of dollars spent [with] casualties on both sides" (Peterson). The article doesn't seem to have any bias, it includes quotes from different sources, Afghanistan, Iran, and the United States.

Al Jazeera reported the same story, but only really had quotes from Iranian and Afghanistan sources. This article focused on the same things Christian Science Monitor focused on, how Iran is accusing the United States to be "double dealing" This article did go into what Ahmadinejad and Karzai were discussing when Ahmadinejad visited Afghanistan. One of Karzai's spokesmen said,
"Ahmadinejad and Karzai had met to talk about "bilateral relations between the two countries and expansion of economic relations between the two countries" (Iran). This article also mentioned about the common concerns of the two countries, Iran and Afghanistan. They are both worried about the Taliban.

BBC news talked more about the Taliban and US soldiers in Afghanistan and also mentioned Robert Gates visit to Afghanistan a little more in depth. BBC also included this quote from Ahmadinejad, talking about how he doesn't understand why the US has troops over in the Middle East. "Your country is located on the other side of the world, so what are you doing here" (Mahmoud)? The BBC as usual has a straightforward, unbiased point of view. They take the intellectual road.

The most outspoken news source, at least on this subject, seems to Al Arabiya. Right in the first sentence they say "Iran's outspoken president" and "President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at arch foe the United States" Both use quite strong words, and they seem to be not in favor of the Iranian President. The article just uses a lot of describing words, but reports the facts nonetheless.


"Iran attacks US Afghan role." Al Jazeera English. Al Jazeera Net, 10 Mar. 2010.
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"Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attacks US for Afghan 'double game.'" BBC News. BBC, 10
Mar. 2010. Web. 14 Mar. 2010. 8559084.stm>.

Peterson, Scott. " Iran President Ahmadinejad attacks US during Afghanistan
visit." Christian Science Monitor. The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar.
2010. Web. 14 Mar. 2010. 2010/0310/Iran-President-Ahmadinejad-attacks-US-during-Afghanistan-visit>.

"US and Iran accuse eachother of playing 'double game.'" Al Arabiya News
Channel. Alarabiya Net, 10 Mar. 2010. Web. 14 Mar. 2010.
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