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Afghanistan
30 Militants Surrender to Afghan Government
2011-04-13
[Tolo News] More than 30 snuffies have laid down their weapons and surrendered to Afghan authorities, Commission for Peace and National Reconciliation said on Tuesday.
The men were residents of Pashtun-infested Logar, Kapisa, Khost, Kunduz that handed over their weapons with the help of tribal elders and surrendered to government, Sayed Sharif Yosufi, deputy of Commission for Peace and National Reconciliation said.

The snuffies and their commanders have handed over all their weapons to government, he added.

In the past six years about 10,000 Death Eaters have joined the grinding of the peace processor, Mr Yosufi added.

The report comes as 50 Death Eaters surrendered to government on Monday in southern Kandahar province.

On Monday Toryalai Weesa, governor of Kandahar told news hounds that 50 snuffies including their commander Maulawi Noorul Azizi have joined the grinding of the peace processor.

Meanwhile,
...back at the shouting match, a new, even louder, voice was to be heard...
Zabihullah Mujahid a Taliban front man dismissed the report and claimed that the ones who surrendered one not Taliban fighters.

Since Afghan and foreign forces have launched military operations to wipe out insurgency, dozens of snuffies have laid down their arms and joined the government.
Posted by:Fred

#4  " both feet removed -- at the knees"
Or, given their cultural propensities, at the neck.
Posted by: Glenmore   2011-04-13 18:41  

#3  It's harvest time!

When those poppy balls a-ripen, you got to do some very quick slicing, in those old poppy fields back home....
Posted by: Gmanzato   2011-04-13 13:34  

#2  I think this may be an attempt to infiltrate the country from within, Glenmore. The people that attacked the UN compound were also chieu hoi's. Perhaps the government should announce that anyone committing acts of violence after surrendering to the government should have both feet removed -- at the knees.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2011-04-13 13:03  

#1  I thought they surrendered in the fall, avoided the harsh Afghan winter, and then picked up their guns in the spring to resume the war? Did these guys read their schedules backwards?
Posted by: Glenmore   2011-04-13 08:15  

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