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| Afghan leader denies al-Qaeda report |
| 2002-12-18 |
| Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has contradicted suggestions that Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network has set up new training camps in eastern Afghanistan. Mr Karzai, commenting on a UN report that al-Qaeda had activated training camps in the east of the country, said he was "certain there are no large-scale camps in Afghanistan." However, President Karzai told reporters in the Swedish capital Stockholm on Wednesday that there were individuals and small groups active in his country. President Karzai said some people hiding in Afghanistan occasionally come out and "do certain things like they did yesterday in Kabul, throwing a grenade at a jeep carrying American soldiers." "Hard to kill every single cockroach, they keep crawling in from the neighbors." He said such small incidents would continue for a long time but the major activities of the past had ended. We hope so. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #2 I think Karzai's probably more accurate in his assessment than the UN is. If there were large-scale camps, they'd be inviting targets for U.S. forces and for the fledgling Afghan army. Major camps are more likely in NWFP and/or Kashmir, with infiltration in onesies-twosies. The question I have is how much involvement ISI still has with trying to subvert Afghanistan - we know the Pak fundos are involved, but if "rogue" elements of the Pak government are involved it means there's no end in sight until Pakland has a new (non-Islamic) system of government, preferably as a part of India. |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-12-19 09:12:20 |
| #1 I really agree with Mr. Karzai, Now that the Major Activities of the past ended we can go search for the Real Killers out there. p.s. Hamid, could you please forward me some information about Kabul area Golf Courses and Country Clubs |
| Posted by: O.J. Simpson 2002-12-19 06:41:05 |