"Karzai went to
Hey, my newspaper never told me that!
Also see: Kandahar Next in Amerika's Crosshairs
Yeah, that they did tell me.
"Two bombs in Afghan city leave six dead" by Noor Khan and Kathy Gannon, Associated Press | April 16, 2010
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Two powerful bombings rocked the southern city of Kandahar yesterday, killing three foreigners and three Afghan soldiers, according to President Hamid Karzai’s half brother. Meanwhile, four German soldiers were killed in fighting in the north.
NATO forces are gearing up for a major operation this summer in Kandahar — the largest city in the Taliban-ridden south and the birthplace of the hardline Islamist movement. But the burst of violence in widely separated areas of the country underscores the reach of the Taliban beyond their southern homeland, even as the United States sends more forces to ramp up the war.
The more powerful of the two explosions in Kandahar occurred after sundown when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden vehicle at the inner security barrier of a compound shared by several Western companies, according to Ahmad Wali Karzai, the president’s half brother and the main power broker in southern Afghanistan.
Oh, the drug-running CIA contact of the Taliban?
Britain’s domestic news agency, Press Association, quoted the British Foreign Office as saying it was looking into reports that several British nationals had been killed. At least 16 people were wounded, including one foreigner and four in critical condition, according to Dr. Mohammed Hashim of the city’s Mirwais Hospital. Earlier yesterday, a car bomb went off in front of the Noor Jehan Hotel, which includes the offices of several foreign news organizations, wounding eight people and shattering windows in the four-story building.
Until foreign occupiers and their mouthpiece MSM start telling the truth, f*** 'em.
"Karzai names new election panel chief; Preparations starting for vote for Parliament" by Heidi Vogt and Rahim Faiez, Associated Press | April 18, 2010
KABUL, Afghanistan — NATO said two foreign soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in volatile southern Afghanistan, bringing to 23 the number of foreign troops killed in combat in the country this month.
The president, meanwhile, appointed a new head for the country’s election commission yesterday, replacing a chairman accused of ignoring fraud during last year’s presidential vote....
Who gives a s*** about rigged elections, politic, or the MSM spin anymore?
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And look, up in the sky!
A US Predator drone flew over Kandahar, which historically has been a stronghold of the Taliban, earlier this year. (Associated Press/ File)
"Taliban prepare for showdown" by Kathy Gannon, Associated Press | April 19, 2010
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — The Taliban are moving fighters into Kandahar, planting bombs and plotting attacks as NATO and Afghan forces prepare for a summer showdown with insurgents, according to a Taliban commander with close ties to senior insurgent leaders.
NATO and Afghan forces are intensifying operations to push Taliban fighters out of the city, which was the Islamist movement’s base during the years it ruled most of Afghanistan. The goal is to bolster the capability of the local government so that it can keep the Taliban from coming back. The Taliban commander, who uses the pseudonym Mubeen, said that if military pressure on the insurgents becomes too great “we will just leave and come back after’’ the foreign forces leave.
Despite nightly raids by NATO and Afghan troops, Mubeen said, his movements have not been restricted. He was interviewed last week in the center of Kandahar, seated with his legs crossed on a cushion in a room. His only concession to security was to lock the door.
Sounds as if the offensive has begun!
He made no attempt to hide his face and said he felt comfortable because of widespread support among Kandahar’s 500,000 residents, who are mostly Pashtuns, Afghanistan’s biggest ethnic community. The Taliban are also Pashtuns.
And check this out: Taliban I Told You So
Yeah, they aren't even "terrorists"; they are just the PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE and WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE!!!
“Because of the American attitude to the people, they are sympathetic to us,’’ Mubeen said. “Every day we are getting more support. We are not strangers. We are not foreigners. We are from the people.’’
What I have been typing.
Also see: U.N. Says Taliban Not Terrorists
Looks like you are out there on your own, AmeriKa.
It is difficult to measure the depth of support for the Taliban among Kandahar’s people, many of whom say they are disgusted by the presence of both the foreign troops and the insurgents.
Especially when it is an agenda-pushing, war-promoting Zionist press looking.
Many of them say they are afraid NATO’s summer offensive will accomplish little other than trigger more violence.
I get the feeling that is why they are doing it. Then we have to stay and send more troops, etc, etc, etc, cui bono?
Mubeen said Taliban attacks are carefully planned and ordered by the senior military and political command. The final arbiter is the Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, who heads the council, or shura, that decides strategic goals, he said.
Related: The Mystery Man of the Taliban
The Interior Ministry said yesterday that at least 29 militants, including two commanders, were killed over four days of intense fighting aimed at protecting supply routes through northern Afghanistan.
What, did we miss some payments, 'murkn?
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