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| Afghanistan | |
| Officials Want Bases Handed Over, Not Destroyed | |
| 2013-12-24 | |
| [Tolo News] Officials from the Ministry of Interior have critcized U.S. moves toward dismantling military bases around the country, which were originally expected to be handed over to Afghan forces after the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... coalition withdraws in 2014. According to Afghan officials and military experts, the U.S. has begun taking down, shipping out and destroying much of its base infrastructure and equipment that was built up over the course of the past 12 years. The MoI has asked the U.S. to stop destroying its facilities and not let them go to waste. Ever since the 2014 deadline for the NATO combat mission was set, the popular assumption has been that foreign bases would be handed down to the Afghan forces eventually.
According to MoI front man Sediq Sediqi, the rationale that foreign officials have offered Afghans is that the Afghan forces are incapable of making use of and maintaining all of the facilities. "The idea that the Afghan forces lack the capacity to manage these facilities is illogical and unfounded," Sediqi said. "We hope that the foreign forces review their decision in this respect." A number of political commentators have said that ongoing tensions surrounding the Kabul-Washington Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) are likely behind the U.S.' recent move to dismantle bases. "There was a commitment that some of these facilities would be handed over to the Afghan forces, but tensions with the Afghan government over the BSA has possibly led the foreign troops to destroy their military facilities ahead of the pull out," political analysts Jawed Kohistan ...a backwoods district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa distinguished by being even more rustic than is the norm among the local Pashtuns.... i told TOLOnews. The BSA was approved by a Loya Jirga in Kabul last month, but remains unsigned by President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtunface on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use... , who has said he will only finalize the deal if the U.S. meets certain preconditions. The U.S. has said the deal must be signed as soon as possible, and threatened a pull withdraw without any residual troops staying behind to help continue to develop the Afghan forces and oversee the use of aid support. Some 4.1 billion USD in military funding would be denied to Afghanistan if the BSA is not signed. Many Afghan officials, activists and members of the public have criticized Karzai's approach to the BSA. Coming off of one of the bloodiest fighting seasons on record, anxiety about the capabilities of the Afghan forces and a possible security vacuum post-2014 continues to mount in Kabul. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 People in hell want ice water. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2013-12-24 17:59 |
| #6 maybe if'n you will sign the SOFA then the destruction might stop. otherwise I'm with the earlier post; ArcLight it. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2013-12-24 13:45 |
| #5 Prime Directive for primitive alien cultures |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-12-24 09:48 |
| #4 Need to show them the EPA filings for Environmental Impact which require return to its 'natural' state before any construction had occurred. It's an American cultural diversity thingy. |
| Posted by: P2kontheroad 2013-12-24 08:37 |
| #3 In which we ask the question: How much TNT can an F150 carry? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-12-24 07:53 |
| #2 Put all NATO forces at a safe distance from the bases, then pulverize the bases with Arc Light strikes to preserve them from Talibanic recycling, to demonstrate what can happen when we are really displeased, and to give the barbarians something to remember and tell succeeding generations about. No "civilians" need be harmed this way. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-12-24 07:09 |
| #1 To the MOI: |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-12-24 02:34 |