It makes sense that al Qaeda from Pakistan would be infiltrating Afghanistan since the USA is leaving Pakistan in its dust. Al Qaeda believes their strategy has worked everywhere else and not it will work in Afghanistan. I hope I am wrong and this is remedied by measures to bring people together, but, no one is going to tell me al Qaeda is not at the bottom of the corruption along with its partner the Haqqani Network. There is every reason to believe The Haqqani Network could have adapted al Qaeda's tactics for their own purpose, too.REPORTING FROM KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- Bomb blasts targeting (click title to entry - thank you) Shiite Muslim gatherings in Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif killed at least 58 people and injured more than 180 others on Tuesday, a rare outbreak of sectarian violence in a country wracked by 10 years of war with Taliban insurgents.
The attacks occurred on the Shiite Muslim holy day of Ashura, which commemorates the anniversary of the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussain, grandson of the prophet Muhammad. The blast in the capital involved a suicide bomber who slipped into a throng of Shiite worshipers outside the Abul Fazal Abbas shrine, said Mohammed Zahir, a top Kabul police official.That attack killed at least 54 people and injured 160 others, Zahir said....
President Karzai has returned from a conference with other global leaders and he needs to address the Afghan people. If possible he needs to travel the country in confidence and tight security to benefit his interaction with 'the people.' He needs to tell them about their promising future as he sees it and the fight against corruption. The Afghan people need to understand the 'idea' of corruption and not simply live it as if it is their only way of life.
Afghanistan has to solve its own problems and find autonomy to stability. President Karzai has to make an effort and be among the people, not simply the palace staff.
Whatever happened to my Cashmir Goats for Afghanistan? They aren't making headway into products needed by the global economy? I am serious, the Afghan goat herders are good farmers. They love their goats.
Afghan Allies Pledge Long-Term Support (click here)
Posted Monday, December 5th, 2011 at 3:20 pm
World leaders have pledged long-term support to war-torn Afghanistan as international combat troops prepare to leave the country by 2014.
Some 100 nations and international organizations attended Monday's international conference, in the Germany city of Bonn, which was aimed at charting the course for the country's future,
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. is ready to support Afghanistan, but the South Asian nation must carry through on reforms, take responsibility for its own security, and build a democracy rooted in the rule of law.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai told the conference that after the withdrawal of NATO troops from his country in 2014, Afghanistan will still need international help for at least another decade....
I could be the auctions are causing an increase in hatred as well as control is sought over benefits for the government. NATO and the USA should be offered a preference for reasonable bids that benefit the people of both regions of the world.
Afghanistan opens bids on gold, copper deposits (click here)
By DEB RIECHMANN
Afghanistan opened bids Tuesday on billions of dollars worth of copper and gold deposits in four areas of the country that together are roughly half the size of the Grand Canyon.
Despite ongoing violence, Afghanistan has high hopes that its budding mining industry will generate billions in revenue to help rebuild the nation after 30 years of war. For Afghanistan, a landlocked country with virtually no exports, the minerals are a potential windfall but it will require international investment, a better transportation network and improved security.
Geologists have known for decades about Afghanistan's vast deposits of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and other prized minerals, including rare earth minerals used in cell phones, hybrid car batteries, defense industries and wind turbines….
The Haqqani are active in Kabul. I see.
Named after its leader Jalaluddin Haqqani, (click here) the Haqqani Network is a group within the insurgency in Afghanistan that is based out of North Wazirstan in the Pakistani Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The group has been active mainly in the east of Afghanistan—in Paktia, Paktika, Khost, Ghazni Wardak and even Kabul provinces....
In response to the incident that killed 24 Pakistan military, the border patrols are being recalled. The reason they were put in place was to defend the Paksitan border as a sovereign issue, not to assist NATO in ending the problems in the tribal areas. The border outposts were to inhibit any troop movements in the country, not to stop al Qaeda or other terrorist organizations. The Pakistan outposts never coordinated in a real way with NATO as that would be a reliquishment of sovereign authority according to the ISI. The entire dynamic was doomed from the beginning. Pakistan is not an ally or a country for that matter, it is a saprophite. Pakistan is sad, but, it can have the alliance with China all it wants and NATO/USA can keep their monies in their treasuries.
US to vacate Shamsi Airbase within time: Munter (click here)
ISLAMABAD: American Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter said that the Shamsi air base would be vacated within the stipulated time. Talking to the state telivision, he also said that the outcome of the investigations on the NATO attack would be shared with the country. He also promised that strict action would be taken against the elements responsible for the attacks. He also reiterated his great respect and consideration for the aspirations and feelings of the Pakistani masses and rejected statements by Mansoor Ejaz as a pack of lies. The Defence Committee had set a fifteen-day deadline for the US to vacate the Shamsi air base following the NATO attack. The move is not expected to significantly curtail US drone attacks in Pakistan since the base was only used to service drones that had mechanical difficulties. Pakistan had also decided to boycott the Bonn Conference and stop NATO supplies following the attack. agencies.
The sooner NATO is out of there, the better. No one needs it and it is time Paksitan and Afghanistan have something to offer rather than being needy. Ten years is a long time for the USA to be within a country to still have these problems.
It is like there was this awakening to our own reality when President Obama took office. We need to leave. No more economic support to countries that ally themselves with China causing the USA insults to their own military and its capacity. No more. The USA needs to return to autonomous manufacturing of its own military hardware and software. Anything else is nonsense.
The USA needs to come to terms with a China obsession to own everything the USA owns, operate in ways the USA operates and mimic our national security. China is not being benign or benevolent to the USA, it is scared out of its wits over our capacity for innovation and advancement of science. Enough of the 'Happy Family" standard with China. China has problems with strategies, but, due to past indulgences the USA does too.
Either the American generals took complete leave of their senses, or some nutjob local commander decided to have his John Wayne moment and gunned down his nation’s stated policy
They came, they saw, they bombed. The ugly American just got uglier....
Well, "The Ugly American" won't be in Pakistan anymore, enjoy, I know we will. Go aks China for indulgences and get used to it!
ISLAMABAD: American Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter said that the Shamsi air base would be vacated within the stipulated time. Talking to the state telivision, he also said that the outcome of the investigations on the NATO attack would be shared with the country. He also promised that strict action would be taken against the elements responsible for the attacks. He also reiterated his great respect and consideration for the aspirations and feelings of the Pakistani masses and rejected statements by Mansoor Ejaz as a pack of lies. The Defence Committee had set a fifteen-day deadline for the US to vacate the Shamsi air base following the NATO attack. The move is not expected to significantly curtail US drone attacks in Pakistan since the base was only used to service drones that had mechanical difficulties. Pakistan had also decided to boycott the Bonn Conference and stop NATO supplies following the attack. agencies.
The sooner NATO is out of there, the better. No one needs it and it is time Paksitan and Afghanistan have something to offer rather than being needy. Ten years is a long time for the USA to be within a country to still have these problems.
It is like there was this awakening to our own reality when President Obama took office. We need to leave. No more economic support to countries that ally themselves with China causing the USA insults to their own military and its capacity. No more. The USA needs to return to autonomous manufacturing of its own military hardware and software. Anything else is nonsense.
The USA needs to come to terms with a China obsession to own everything the USA owns, operate in ways the USA operates and mimic our national security. China is not being benign or benevolent to the USA, it is scared out of its wits over our capacity for innovation and advancement of science. Enough of the 'Happy Family" standard with China. China has problems with strategies, but, due to past indulgences the USA does too.
Either the American generals took complete leave of their senses, or some nutjob local commander decided to have his John Wayne moment and gunned down his nation’s stated policy
They came, they saw, they bombed. The ugly American just got uglier....
Well, "The Ugly American" won't be in Pakistan anymore, enjoy, I know we will. Go aks China for indulgences and get used to it!
