January 30, 2015
By Ali M. Latifi
In Afghan in military uniform (click here) shot to death three U.S. military contractors Thursday at Kabul International Airport’s military facility, the U.S.-led coalition said. The attacker was then shot and killed by security forces.
The International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan released few details of the attack, but the the Taliban on Friday claimed responsibility....
...Jan. 30, 2:49 a.m.: An earlier version of this article stated that a gunman had killed three foreigners and a fellow Afghan in the attack. The Afghan who died was the gunman, who was shot and killed by security forces after the attack. The foreigners slain were U.S. military contractors....
There are domestic problems for Afghanistan. Why is the USA always viewed as the much needed police in any country? Why? Because Americans are disposable and trouble makers, Afghans don't die and it is easy to be angry with people viewed as trouble makers.
A co-leader in Abdullah Abdullah knows the way to build and implement a military and police presence in a region. Americans aren't need to potentially protect another corrupt government in the co-leader Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai.
I do not see the USA continuing it's role as any country's national police. It is out of the question. In Iraq, the Prime Minister used our soldiers as his private militia. It is time to let the people of Afghan to find their own way.
I am sure Co-President Abdullah Abdullah is more than capable of conducting a Afghan military without the interference of American soldiers.
September 22, 2014
By Paul D, Shrinkman
Presidential candidates Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, (click here) the former finance minister, and Abdullah Abdullah, the former foreign minister, announced over the weekend they would form a unity government. The news follows the April election that singled out the pair, a runoff election plagued with accusations of tampering, and a subsequent and lengthy ballot auditing process....
I am quite disgusted with the USA military being the force that protects corruption of a poppy culture. No more. The USA military has never been able to rid that country of any poppy culture. There is no sense in continuing this.
The Northern Alliance was already a fighting force that was anti-Taliban. The co-President Abdullah Abdullah already has successful military credentials.
...When the Taliban emerged in late 1994, (click here) they were initially welcomed for neutralizing and disbanding many of the violent, mercenary militias that had formed throughout Afghanistan. However, as the Pashtun-dominated faction gained more power and seized control of more territory, the Northern Alliance formed in opposition of the Taliban's use of indiscriminate violence and repression. (The Economist, 22 Oct. 1999)...
By Ali M. Latifi
In Afghan in military uniform (click here) shot to death three U.S. military contractors Thursday at Kabul International Airport’s military facility, the U.S.-led coalition said. The attacker was then shot and killed by security forces.
The International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan released few details of the attack, but the the Taliban on Friday claimed responsibility....
...Jan. 30, 2:49 a.m.: An earlier version of this article stated that a gunman had killed three foreigners and a fellow Afghan in the attack. The Afghan who died was the gunman, who was shot and killed by security forces after the attack. The foreigners slain were U.S. military contractors....
There are domestic problems for Afghanistan. Why is the USA always viewed as the much needed police in any country? Why? Because Americans are disposable and trouble makers, Afghans don't die and it is easy to be angry with people viewed as trouble makers.
A co-leader in Abdullah Abdullah knows the way to build and implement a military and police presence in a region. Americans aren't need to potentially protect another corrupt government in the co-leader Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai.
I do not see the USA continuing it's role as any country's national police. It is out of the question. In Iraq, the Prime Minister used our soldiers as his private militia. It is time to let the people of Afghan to find their own way.
I am sure Co-President Abdullah Abdullah is more than capable of conducting a Afghan military without the interference of American soldiers.
September 22, 2014
By Paul D, Shrinkman
Presidential candidates Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, (click here) the former finance minister, and Abdullah Abdullah, the former foreign minister, announced over the weekend they would form a unity government. The news follows the April election that singled out the pair, a runoff election plagued with accusations of tampering, and a subsequent and lengthy ballot auditing process....
I am quite disgusted with the USA military being the force that protects corruption of a poppy culture. No more. The USA military has never been able to rid that country of any poppy culture. There is no sense in continuing this.
The Northern Alliance was already a fighting force that was anti-Taliban. The co-President Abdullah Abdullah already has successful military credentials.
...When the Taliban emerged in late 1994, (click here) they were initially welcomed for neutralizing and disbanding many of the violent, mercenary militias that had formed throughout Afghanistan. However, as the Pashtun-dominated faction gained more power and seized control of more territory, the Northern Alliance formed in opposition of the Taliban's use of indiscriminate violence and repression. (The Economist, 22 Oct. 1999)...
