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| Top Officials Discuss Runoff Security, Point Blame at Pakistan |
| 2014-05-22 |
| [Tolo News] Security officials, the election commissions and United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... representatives on Wednesday gathered at the Ministry of Interior to discuss security preparations for the presidential runoff. Much of conversation, however, focused on Pakistain's involvement in Afghanistan's security challenges. Election Day in April was celebrated around the world as a success after millions of Afghans showed-up to the polls and there were only a few instances of violence. However, death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate... many experts have suggested bully boyz leaders could be more eager to disrupt the runoff after they failed to do so the first round. Moreover, with the spring fighting season underway, violence around the country has spiked. "The election is an important issue ahead of us, and we will maintain runoff security at any cost, we have the ability to defend our people and soil," Minister of Interior Mohammad Omar Daudzai said on Wednesday. He called security for the runoff critical and emphasized that preparations must be even better than they were for the first round. Much of the meeting in Kabul was occupied by talk of Pakistain. Many Afghan officials hold Pakistain responsible for funding and supporting the Taliban insurgency. And with hostilities along Afghanistan and Pakistain's border increasing, these suspicions have only been compounded. Earlier this week, a bevy of military missiles were fired from Pakistain into eastern Kunar province ... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country..... , destroying a number of houses and displacing unexpecting Afghans. "We say again that these missile attacks need to stop," Daudzai said. "Our patience is a sign of us being a good neighbor and must be not taken advantage of, it should not be seen as our weakness." |
| Posted by:Fred |