Monday, March 2, 2009, 10:07am
Parliamentarian Shukria Barakzai says she has an innovative amendment to Washington's planned injection of up to 30,000 new troops here.
"Send us 30,000 scholars instead. Or 30,000 engineers. But don't send more troops -- it will just bring more violence."
Ms. Barakzai is among the growing number of Afghans -- especially in the Pashtun south -- who oppose a troop increase here, posing what could be the biggest challenge to the Obama administration's stabilization strategy.