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| Afghanistan | |
| 'Foreign forces fuel Afghan extremism' | |
| 2008-12-22 | |
| Iran holds the foreign forces in Afghanistan responsible for the escalation of insecurity and spread of extremism in the war-torn country. "Seven years after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, which was amid at curbing insurgency and drug trafficking, we are witnessing a surge in drug production and an increase in violence and extremism," Iran's Parliament Speaker, Ali Larijani said in a Sunday meeting with the Afghan Vice-President, Abdul Karim Khalili in Tehran.
Earlier in December, Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki warned against the spread of extremist policies in the Middle East, suggesting that the US was provoking violence and aggression. The seven-year US occupation of Afghanistan has not made the country a safer place. This year alone, over 5,000 people have been killed and US military casualties have reached their highest levels since the 2001 invasion. "The fight against the production and transit of narcotics in Afghanistan was among the main pretexts of foreigners' presence in the region," Larijani said. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 See also WAFF > BRITISH MUSLIMS TRAIN FOR TERROR IN TRIBAL AREAS, to include likely TERROPS = ATTACKS AGZ LONDON, BRITAIN??? Also, WORLD AFFAIRS BOARD > TALIBAN [+ various Locals] PAID PROTECTION MONIES AGZ ATTACK BY NATO CONVOYS [MNC Contractors, Afghan-Pak Govt. Agencies]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-12-22 23:22 |