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| Afghanistan |
| Pakistan dumped nuclear waste in Southern Afghanistan |
| 2008-04-02 |
| The Afghan government says it has evidence that nuclear waste from Pakistan was dumped in Afghanistan during the reign of the Taleban. Parliamentary affairs minster Faruq Wardag told the BBC the waste was buried in the southern provinces of Kandahar and Helmand. The minister said he did not know how much waste was dumped or for how long the practice had gone on. Pakistan said it would comment only after Kabul approaches it officially. Mr Wardag said he did not know the exact nature of the evidence. He said the government was setting up a commission to investigate the matter. A Pakistani foreign ministry spokesman said he could not comment until the Afghan government made an official statement about the allegations. The Taleban were in power in Afghanistan from 1996 until they were overthrown in 2001. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #11 One of dem-dare "win-win" situations, right Doc? |
| Posted by: BA 2008-04-02 21:54 |
| #10 I see this as a two-fer ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-04-02 12:44 |
| #9 Move this dumped waste to the border crossings, anyone whose shoes set off a Geiger counter, detain. (Dump the shoes) should make identification of illegals easy. (I'm assuming this is low-grade waste, not very radioactive) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-04-02 12:42 |
| #8 Hey, this might be a good place to dump our radioactive waste. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-04-02 11:44 |
| #7 The real value of this is more "fingerprint" information about the pakiwaki nuke program... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2008-04-02 10:06 |
| #6 Kahn, you did file an environmental impact statement with the Taleban, didn't you? |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-04-02 09:08 |
| #5 Whoa, dude, you're glowing. Awesome. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-04-02 08:15 |
| #4 Would drug users find radioactive opium a turn on, or a turn off? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-04-02 08:07 |
| #3 A big part of the Muj problem would be solved by their future generations, or lack of.... |
| Posted by: USMC6743 2008-04-02 01:56 |
| #2 Now we can find Bin Laden, a tall Arab guy with Geiger readings off the charts, glows in the dark occasionally. |
| Posted by: Galactic Coordinator Sneter1588 2008-04-02 00:54 |
| #1 The Afghani's should look on this as a gift. They should dig it up, grind it into powder and make the Tribal Areas of Pakland glow in the dark. |
| Posted by: USMC6743 2008-04-02 00:16 |