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Taliban creeping into more of Afghanistan

Canada News.Net
Thursday 26th June, 2008

Russia claims the Taliban is expanding its zone of influence in Afghanistan.

The Russian ambassador to Kabul has said the Taliban have been stepping up their activities in recent months.

The radical Islamic movement has vowed to increase attacks to undermine the present Afghan administration.

Zamir Kabulov told reporters after a Russia-NATO Council meeting in Brussels that despite the annual increase in the numbers of foreign troops in Afghanistan, the Taliban has influence in more than half of Afghanistan's territory and control up to 20 percent of that area.

The ambassador said that despite the six-year-long international peacekeeping operation in Afghanistan, in which NATO plays a key role, the situation in Afghanistan in general continues to deteriorate.

Responding to a question by reporter, he said that the NATO-led coalition force had 53,000 personnel, plus, 'on paper,' 62,000 in the National Afghan Army and 70,000 in the Afghan police.

He said this force was fighting against some 2,500 professionally trained militants.

Kabulov said it was critical for NATO to change its tactics and strategy in Afghanistan and added that the only way out for NATO would be to create a battle-worthy Afghan army and police force.

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Anonymous
06-27-08, 03:12 PM

Afghanistan and Pakistan did not have these kinds of problems before the US led invasion. The enemies of Islam are stoking the fire of more fighting between two Muslim countries, the survival of each depends on the other. The US and NATO forces need to get out of Afghanistan and peaceful settlements need to be established between the peoples of Afghanistan and Pakistan through mutual respect and mutual interests.

Anonymous
06-26-08, 03:43 PM

Taliban creeping into more of Afghanistan

Mr. Zamir Kabulov, the Russian Abmassador in Kabul, hit the drum at right point. Afghans should defend Afghanistan from Pakistani mischeives. It
needs 300 000 Army with modern tanks and about 200 F15 Jet fighters and
200 gun-ship heli-copters for Afghan Army to combat the enemy whose command and controll existss in G.H.Q. Rawalpindi.

Instead of awarding 1.5 billion dollars, yearly, to Pakistan, this money should be invested on Afghan Army because Pakistan shall use this money to kill Afghans in Afghanistan. There should be totall sanctions, by UN Security Council, on Pakistan due to their involvement and destabilizing Afghanistan.

Pakistani Military is voilating Civil Rights in Balochistan. To win the hearts
and minds of Balochs, it is important to help Balochs against the cruilities
of Pakistani Army. Probably, in future, Balochistan shall make a Confederation
with Afghanistan, which shall be a great step for the security of Afghanistan and her access to Persian Gulf.

( Afghan-baloch Think Tank)

Anonymous
06-27-08, 07:19 AM

"Strategic depth" policy in Pakistan.

One should not forget that Pakistani Military in the name of Talibans is
following his policy of “strategic depth” attacks in Afghanistan since
her creation in 1947. It`s the compulsion of Afghanistan to retaliate
the Pakistani Policy. Afghanistan with her allies should adapt the
“strategic depth” attack policy not only in FATA region but whole of
Pakistan and to break this terrorist country for the sake of stabilization
of Afghanistan and the whole region.

Evidently, this is the act like a “MAFIA” on the part of Pakistani Military
to kill Afghan/NATO forces in Afghanistan in the cover name of Talibans
and on the other side demand huge amount of money from the International
community. This is just like the action of “narcotic mafia”.

To fall Pakistani military and establishment on knees and disable them to
carry mischeivous adventures to destabilize Afghanistan and massacre
Afghans/western friends, it needed tough sanctions against Pakistan through
U.N. security council. Apeeasing shall never help in this case. It must be
underlined that Pakistani Military (Talibans) are shoting the NATO helicopters
through their missiles from China !!!!

( An Independent Observer )
European Union.

Anonymous
06-28-08, 04:32 AM

Long Live Afghanistan.

Quote : " NATO forces should leave Afghanistan and peaceful settlements should be made." Peaceful agreements should be imposed on Afghans to recapture Kabul by Pakistan by Talibans (Paki Military) again?.......never ever such forceful agreements are accepted by Afghans only after our dead bodies.

Long Live the freedom of Afghanistan.


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