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| Afghanistan |
| Karzai slams torching of Afghan flag |
| 2006-07-20 |
| Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned as unacceptable on Wednesday the reported torching of the country's flag by militants in a remote southern town near the Pakistan border. Afghan authorities said the militants had come from across the border and entered remote southern town of Garmser in Helmand province on Monday after Taliban had forced out police. They hauled down and torched an Afghan flag atop the district headquarters and hoisted another, apparently that of pro-Taliban Pakistan religious party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, the Interior Ministry said. A statement from the president's office said the flag had been burnt by "a group of strangers" from across the border. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 As with the Saudi version, the V&V squad is a jobs program for the uneducated and rural, for whom even something like the US Civilian Conservation Corps of the depression, would be too intellectually challenging. If properly managed, they form a police auxiliary that can help the government in the boondocks. They don't want them in the cities, however, unless they are focused on counterintelligence against provacateurs and foreign agents. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-07-20 10:22 |
| #1 Why doesn't he put his new vice cops on them? Thats what they are for arent they? Or do they just kick in doors looking for girlie mags? |
| Posted by: Crerelet Flamp6464 2006-07-20 00:09 |