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| Gen. Raziq: Pakistan Still Looking to Destabilize Southern Afghanistan |
| 2015-07-06 |
| [Tolo News] Kandahar Police Chief General Raziq on Sunday maintained that Pakistain remains a major destabilizing force in Afghanistan, suggesting a gap between the national unity government's hopes of turning over a new leaf with Islamabad and the reality of conditions on the ground. "War is all over the country," said Gen. Raziq, who has become famous for his uncompromising tactics and effective campaign against holy warriors in the southern provinces. "Insurgents have not been empowered; they are helped by Pakistain and are equipped with powerful weaponry," he added. Despite overtures between Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... and Islamabad, to the public eye, very little seems to have tangibly changed in the dynamic between Afghanistan and Pakistain when it comes to the Taliban insurgency. While informal talks looking to pave the way for peace negotiations have been arranged between Afghan officials and Taliban leaders, many experts remain incredulous about Islamabad's - but particularly the Pak military and intelligence organs' - commitment to peace and stability in Afghanistan. According to Raziq, Afghanistan's southern provinces are slightly more stable in comparison to other parts of the country. Taliban activity is reportedly concentrated in certain parts of Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... and Uruzgan provinces. "Security has improved in the south," he told TOLOnews on Sunday. "Rebels are active in just a few parts of Helmand and Uruzgan. I have ordered the security forces to eradicate the krazed killers." In the fashion that he has become known for, Raziq went on to challenge the Taliban over their supposed dependence on Pakistain. "We ask the Taliban to return and support the Afghan government -- if they are not the slaves of Punjabis - or else they will be eliminated by the Afghan cops," he said. Raziq maintains that the number of active Taliban fighters is often inflated by propaganda and is in fact much lower than what is widely believed. Similarly, he says the krazed killers' territorial gains and casualty inflictions on the Afghan cops are in fact lesser than is portrayed by their public relations team. |
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| Posted by: 2015-07-06 03:51 |