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| Afghanistan |
| Afghan president lashes out at Pakistan |
| 2013-03-04 |
| Afghan President Hamid Karzai lashed out once again at his supposed ally, Pakistan, saying Monday that a statement by a Pakistani cleric endorsing suicide bombings in Afghanistan shows the neighboring country is not sincere in efforts to fight terrorism. "Afghanistan wants a real struggle against terrorism and wants the Pakistani government to realize that both our nations are burning in the same fire," the Afghan leader said, speaking at a press conference with visiting NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. "The Pakistani government has an essential and important role in putting out this fire," Karzai added. Karzai made the comment in response to a question about a statement last week by the head of the Pakistani clerics' council who had been scheduled to travel to Afghanistan for a meeting of the two countries' religious leaders. The cleric, Tahir Ashrafi, said in a television interview that suicide attacks in Afghanistan are lawful because NATO troops are invaders that have occupied the country. Karzai noted that Ashrafi was appointed to the delegation by the Pakistani government, implying that the government in Islamabad was backing his views. "We see that practical steps are not being taken to fight terrorism," Karzai said, and added that a series of recent attacks in Pakistan show that the neighboring country is falling into chaos. Neither Ashrafi nor Pakistani officials could be immediately reached for comment. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 I read an interesting book called "confessions of a mullah warrior" -- described the fight against the russkies and then the arab radicalization after. Author claimed that Bin Laden was among a small group of arabs involved (they only had 1 arab unit) and trying to say the mujahadeen turned into the talaban and were thus created by the U.S. is a farce. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2013-03-04 15:53 |
| #1 We wont win the war until we admit to the world we are fighting Pakistan in Afghanistan. |
| Posted by: Snomomp Schwarzeneggar3438 2013-03-04 13:28 |