ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) – Progress in Afghanistan has cost thousands of military lives and it would be helpful if Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed gratitude for that sacrifice, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Friday, bluntly rejecting the Afghan leader’s recent criticism of the war effort. “We have made progress in Afghanistan because there are men and women in uniform who have been willing to fight and die for Afghanistan’s sovereignty and their right to govern and secure themselves,” Panetta told reporters aboard his plane to Latin America. …
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