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Afghanistan dismisses 'war criminals' report |
2006-12-18 |
![]() I have no use for Rassoul Sayyaf, but demanding his trial - and that of Rabbani and Ismail Khan - as "war criminals" reveals either absolute ignorance about anything that's happened in Afghanistan since 1979 or a level of fatuous self-righteousness of Jimmy Carterian proportions. A statement from his office says Mr Karzai considers the report to be "When you pull this stuff out of your ass we'll treat it like what it is." Several leaders who were involved in decades of conflicts and bloodshed in Afghanistan are still holding key government positions, including some working as provincial governors. Many of these leaders, known as warlords, still maintain their own private armies, making it difficult for the US-backed leader to extend his authority beyond the capital, Kabul. On the other hand, if they didn't have their "militias," the national army would have been smothered in its crib and Karzai wouldn't be in Kabul. |
Posted by:Fred |