In an attempt to blunt the criticism, President Karzai just announced the creation of a new anti-corruption unit.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

Prime Minister Brown was blunt. "Confronted with the serial deception of many years, the international community has no choice today but to draw a line in the sand,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

In blunt terms,the Foreign Affairs Select Committee report says Britain's military mission in Afghanistan has failed to deliver what it promised, because troops are being asked to do too many different tasks.

VOA: standard.2009.08.02

Two hundred seventy people were killed in the attack. Opposition Scottish Labor leader Iain Gray was blunt in his criticism of Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill, who made the call to allow Abdel Basset al-Megrahi to leave prison and return home to Libya on compassionate grounds because he is terminally ill.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24