With a bandoleer of bullets across his chest, Bacha Khan said he has 6,000 fighters ready to do battle again with forces loyal to the Gardez town council, or shura, who oppose his appointment as governor of surrounding Paktia province. "They are no town council," Khan thundered. "They are an al-Qaida council and a Taliban council." He added: "We are ready to fight al-Qaida today, tomorrow or any time." Gardez shura leaders deny being al-Qaida or Taliban members and accuse Khan of being unscrupulous and corrupt.
Ummm. Yes. That sounds about right. Hopefully this Neanderthal will be offered the chance to die for his cause soon.
Posted by Tom Roberts 2/10/2002 4:03:55 PM Unfortunately, it's usually not the head cheeses who get shot.
Posted by Fred 2/10/2002 4:08:03 PM Isn't the solution obvious? We just set up Khan and his followers with suspended-animation deep-range sublight spaceship...
Posted by Kirok 2/11/2002 11:19:18 AM |