"Taliban insurgents die in airstrike
KABUL — A coalition airstrike killed more than 20 Taliban insurgents who gathered to oversee a public execution in northeastern Afghanistan on Saturday, Afghan officials said. Some Afghan officials in Kunar Province, where the strike occurred, put the death toll much higher, at 40 to 50. NATO said only that ‘‘at least two dozen’’ insurgents were killed. The bombing took place in the Chapa Dara district of Kunar Province, an area near Pakistan (New York Times)."
"A coalition airstrike killed dozens of Taliban militants, including one of their leaders, official said."
"Bombs kill 46 across Afghanistan" by Deb Riechmann and Amir Shah | Associated Press, August 15, 2012
"A coalition airstrike killed dozens of Taliban militants, including one of their leaders, official said."
"Bombs kill 46 across Afghanistan" by Deb Riechmann and Amir Shah | Associated Press, August 15, 2012
KABUL — Suicide bombers launched multiple attacks in a remote corner of southwestern Afghanistan near the Iranian border Tuesday, killing dozens of people, including shoppers buying sweets for a Muslim holiday, and leaving charred and smoldering bits of cookies and dried fruit among the bodies on the ground.
That so reeks of an intelligence agency operation.
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You know, I thought there was a funny smell off to the right on my desk.
A separate market bombing, in northern Afghanistan, brought the overall death toll to 46, most of them civilians. It was the deadliest day for Afghan civilians this year.
I'm feeling like a broken record when I constantly (after six years) see the hand of intelligence agencies in this false flag event.
The attacks in provinces on opposite ends of the country — Nimroz in the southwest and Kunduz in the north — came as Taliban insurgents and their allies stepped up their assaults in the kind of display of force that often results in civilian carnage....
Yeah, that really wins over a population.
Btw, who benefits from continued chaos anyway?
The scope of the attacks in Nimroz, which has seen relatively few insurgent attacks over the past year, was surprising....
Almost as if it had to be coordinated by some intelligence service. That's about as close to an admission you are going to get from the newspaper.
The Nimroz provincial capital lies about 6 miles from the Iranian border. Police arrested three attackers who later apparently confessed that they were from Zahedan, the capital of Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan Province near the Afghan border, according to Sadeq Chakhansori, a member of the Nimroz provincial council. The significance of this was not immediately clear.
Oh, I just thing the river of war propaganda is getting deep.
Authorities said the casualties would have been far higher had they not learned of the plot beforehand....
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!
Most of the casualties, however, were from a bombing in a shopping bazaar in front of a civilian hospital. The area was crowded with shoppers from the city and outlying areas who were buying dried fruit, cookies, and other sweets for the coming Muslim holiday of Eid....
Just doesn't seem like something even the most pious extremist would do, sorry.
The sparsely populated province is partly desert and is not regularly beset by insurgent attacks as are Helmand and Kandahar provinces to the east. Recently, however, Nimroz has seen an increase in violence....
They think we are nimrods!
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The smell is coming from my desk!
"2 bomb attacks in Afghanistan leave 23 injured" by Rahim Faiez and Kay Johnson | Associated Press, August 16, 2012
KABUL — Nearly two dozen Afghan civilians were wounded Wednesday when two grenades exploded inside a mosque compound and a bicycle bomb blew up in a city market, officials said.
The violence came a day after bomb blasts across Afghanistan killed at least 50 people in the deadliest day for civilians this year, as Taliban insurgents and other militants ramp up the violence.
The Taliban summer offensive coincides with Afghan police and soldiers assuming more responsibility for security as international forces start to withdraw.
Separately, NATO said that one of its service members was killed Wednesday in an insurgent attack in the east. NATO did not disclose the nationality of the soldier or provide details. The US military said one of its soldiers died in a roadside bombing Wednesday, in eastern Afghanistan.
At least 14 people, including four women and a policeman, were injured when explosives on a bicycle exploded at a market in the city of Herat as people shopped for an upcoming Muslim holiday, said Noor Khan Nekzad, a spokesman for the provincial police.
The latest violence follows a particularly bloody day for Afghanistan. Suicide bombers launched multiple attacks in remote Nimroz Province in southwestern Afghanistan near the Iranian border Tuesday, killing dozens of people, including shoppers buying sweets for a Muslim holiday.
A separate market bombing later Tuesday, this one in Kunduz in the north, killed 10 people, including five children. And in the eastern province of Paktika, a car hit a roadside bomb. Four children died in the blast, provincial spokesman Mokhlis Afghan said, bringing Tuesday’s death toll to 50 — 11 police and 39 civilians....
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At least 14 people, including four women and a policeman, were injured when explosives on a bicycle exploded at a market in the city of Herat as people shopped for an upcoming Muslim holiday, said Noor Khan Nekzad, a spokesman for the provincial police.
The latest violence follows a particularly bloody day for Afghanistan. Suicide bombers launched multiple attacks in remote Nimroz Province in southwestern Afghanistan near the Iranian border Tuesday, killing dozens of people, including shoppers buying sweets for a Muslim holiday.
A separate market bombing later Tuesday, this one in Kunduz in the north, killed 10 people, including five children. And in the eastern province of Paktika, a car hit a roadside bomb. Four children died in the blast, provincial spokesman Mokhlis Afghan said, bringing Tuesday’s death toll to 50 — 11 police and 39 civilians....
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Beheadings of 17 appall, perplex Afghan aides
I'm appalled but not perplexed. I see a certain hand there, one obscured by the intelligence operation I call a newspaper.
"45 die in Afghan mosque blast; Attacker strikes on important Muslim holiday" by Alissa J. Rubin and Sangar Rahimi | New York Times, October 27, 2012
KABUL — A suicide bomber struck in northern Afghanistan on Friday morning, killing at least 45 people, just as worshippers left a mosque to celebrate the first day of Eid al-Adha, the most important Muslim holiday, officials said. It was among several attacks in Afghanistan on Friday, and by far the most lethal.
The attack, in Maimana, the capital of Faryab Province, also wounded 60 people.
Among the dead were 25 members of the Afghan National Security Forces, including the Afghan National Civil Order Police commander for Faryab, the head of the police quick-reaction force, and the chiefs of police for two districts of Maimana, according to Naqibullah Faiq, a member of Parliament from Faryab.
President Hamid Karzai condemned the attack. ‘‘Those who are taking away the happiness of Muslims during the Eid al-Adha days are the enemies of Islam, and you cannot call them human or Muslim,’’ he said.
Dr. Maroof Samar, a surgeon at a government hospital, said, ‘‘The hospital is overwhelmed by dead and wounded bodies; all off-duty doctors were called in.’’ He ran to the hospital from the mosque, where he was among the worshippers, he said.
The province has become increasingly violent during the last year, and it now rivals Kunduz Province for the distinction of being the most troubled province in northern Afghanistan, Western diplomats said. Unlike southern Afghanistan, where the power struggles and attacks are among Pashtuns, the north has troubles tinged with ethnic bias. Ethnic Uzbeks make up a majority in Faryab.
A provincial reconstruction team run by Norwegians had been operating in Maimana, but the last of its members left in September, and most of the US military personnel deployed in the province have closed their outposts, officials said.
Provincial officials who have been fighting the Taliban in Faryab were especially upset, because there had been hopes that recent battles with the insurgents had sapped their strength. However, it appeared that Friday’s attack was in revenge for Taliban losses earlier in the week. On Wednesday, Afghan forces fought Taliban militants in the Pashtun Kot District, killing the shadow governor — the man who ran the Taliban government in the province — and 24 of his men, said Abdul Sattar Bariz, the deputy provincial governor.
A shadow government? I'VE KNOWN THAT for a WHILE NOW even though it is not much talked about in my "we-are-winning" war paper.
Samar, the surgeon, said: ‘‘Everyone was thinking that after their shadow governor was killed, they would not be able to survive anymore in Faryab so this could be revenge for the shadow governor’s death.’’
A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yusuf Ahmadi, said he had not heard of the attack and sought details so that he could check with Taliban in the province.
Rahmatullah Rais, an opponent of the Taliban said: ‘‘No Muslim would target other Muslims at the mosque. This is not the work of a Muslim, even an infidel won’t attack a Muslim in the holy days Eid al-Adha,’’ he said.
Sort of wondering who would, but I don't want to question the successes.
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Just watch were you step in Afghanistan, and I don't mean because of newspaper bulls***:
"Separately, officials said 11 Afghan civilians were killed by land mines on Sunday in explosions in the east and south."
"Separate blasts kill 11 in Afghanistan" Associated Press, December 18, 2012
KABUL — In another part of the country, a land mine left over from the time of the Soviet invasion killed nine girls, authorities said....
In the east part of the country, a land mine explosion killed nine girls who were gathering firewood outside their village, authorities said. The UN Mine Action Service said the girls appeared to have walked into an old minefield from the 1990s, when Afghan resistance fighters were battling occupying Soviet troops.
Actually, the Soviets were long gone by that time -- but what is one more distortion in a newspaper full of them, 'eh?
‘‘It was a British-made antitank mine,’’ said Abigail Hartley, the manager of the UN mine program. She said there were not enough pieces of the exploded mine to determine its exact make.
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Streets aren't even safe:
"The attack during morning rush hour quickly emptied the streets of the normally congested city. It immediately intensified public worries of violence during the Shi’ite Muslim holy period of Moharram, which will peak Sunday with street processions and ritual self-flagellation. Last year during Moharram, a terrorist bombing near a Shi’ite shrine in Kabul killed 54."
Didn't I mention I'm no longer buying the war propaganda served up as sectarian division?
Also see: Fueling Afghan Corruption
Long Time on the Afghan Road
Well, time for me to hit the road, readers.
UPDATE:
"Afghan police officer kills 4 US troops; Deaths raise toll in allied attacks to 51 this year" by Heidi Vogt | Associated Press, September 17, 2012
KABUL — Separately on Sunday, Afghan officials said NATO airstrikes killed eight women and girls gathering firewood in Laghman Province. The airstrikes drew an apology from the US-led coalition, condemnation from President Hamid Karzai, and cries of ‘‘Death to America!’’ from villagers who retrieved the bodies....
Apologies aren't good enough anymore. This shit needs to stop!
A weekend of deadly attacks began Friday night, when 15 Taliban insurgents disguised in US Army uniforms killed two Marines, wounded nine other people, and destroyed eight fighter jets at a major US base in the south, military officials said....
Maybe they should start investigating the recruits, 'eh?
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I'm appalled but not perplexed. I see a certain hand there, one obscured by the intelligence operation I call a newspaper.
"45 die in Afghan mosque blast; Attacker strikes on important Muslim holiday" by Alissa J. Rubin and Sangar Rahimi | New York Times, October 27, 2012
KABUL — A suicide bomber struck in northern Afghanistan on Friday morning, killing at least 45 people, just as worshippers left a mosque to celebrate the first day of Eid al-Adha, the most important Muslim holiday, officials said. It was among several attacks in Afghanistan on Friday, and by far the most lethal.
The attack, in Maimana, the capital of Faryab Province, also wounded 60 people.
Among the dead were 25 members of the Afghan National Security Forces, including the Afghan National Civil Order Police commander for Faryab, the head of the police quick-reaction force, and the chiefs of police for two districts of Maimana, according to Naqibullah Faiq, a member of Parliament from Faryab.
President Hamid Karzai condemned the attack. ‘‘Those who are taking away the happiness of Muslims during the Eid al-Adha days are the enemies of Islam, and you cannot call them human or Muslim,’’ he said.
Dr. Maroof Samar, a surgeon at a government hospital, said, ‘‘The hospital is overwhelmed by dead and wounded bodies; all off-duty doctors were called in.’’ He ran to the hospital from the mosque, where he was among the worshippers, he said.
The province has become increasingly violent during the last year, and it now rivals Kunduz Province for the distinction of being the most troubled province in northern Afghanistan, Western diplomats said. Unlike southern Afghanistan, where the power struggles and attacks are among Pashtuns, the north has troubles tinged with ethnic bias. Ethnic Uzbeks make up a majority in Faryab.
A provincial reconstruction team run by Norwegians had been operating in Maimana, but the last of its members left in September, and most of the US military personnel deployed in the province have closed their outposts, officials said.
Provincial officials who have been fighting the Taliban in Faryab were especially upset, because there had been hopes that recent battles with the insurgents had sapped their strength. However, it appeared that Friday’s attack was in revenge for Taliban losses earlier in the week. On Wednesday, Afghan forces fought Taliban militants in the Pashtun Kot District, killing the shadow governor — the man who ran the Taliban government in the province — and 24 of his men, said Abdul Sattar Bariz, the deputy provincial governor.
A shadow government? I'VE KNOWN THAT for a WHILE NOW even though it is not much talked about in my "we-are-winning" war paper.
Samar, the surgeon, said: ‘‘Everyone was thinking that after their shadow governor was killed, they would not be able to survive anymore in Faryab so this could be revenge for the shadow governor’s death.’’
A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yusuf Ahmadi, said he had not heard of the attack and sought details so that he could check with Taliban in the province.
Rahmatullah Rais, an opponent of the Taliban said: ‘‘No Muslim would target other Muslims at the mosque. This is not the work of a Muslim, even an infidel won’t attack a Muslim in the holy days Eid al-Adha,’’ he said.
Sort of wondering who would, but I don't want to question the successes.
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Just watch were you step in Afghanistan, and I don't mean because of newspaper bulls***:
"Separately, officials said 11 Afghan civilians were killed by land mines on Sunday in explosions in the east and south."
"Separate blasts kill 11 in Afghanistan" Associated Press, December 18, 2012
KABUL — In another part of the country, a land mine left over from the time of the Soviet invasion killed nine girls, authorities said....
In the east part of the country, a land mine explosion killed nine girls who were gathering firewood outside their village, authorities said. The UN Mine Action Service said the girls appeared to have walked into an old minefield from the 1990s, when Afghan resistance fighters were battling occupying Soviet troops.
Actually, the Soviets were long gone by that time -- but what is one more distortion in a newspaper full of them, 'eh?
‘‘It was a British-made antitank mine,’’ said Abigail Hartley, the manager of the UN mine program. She said there were not enough pieces of the exploded mine to determine its exact make.
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Streets aren't even safe:
"The attack during morning rush hour quickly emptied the streets of the normally congested city. It immediately intensified public worries of violence during the Shi’ite Muslim holy period of Moharram, which will peak Sunday with street processions and ritual self-flagellation. Last year during Moharram, a terrorist bombing near a Shi’ite shrine in Kabul killed 54."
Didn't I mention I'm no longer buying the war propaganda served up as sectarian division?
Also see: Fueling Afghan Corruption
Long Time on the Afghan Road
Well, time for me to hit the road, readers.
UPDATE:
"Afghan police officer kills 4 US troops; Deaths raise toll in allied attacks to 51 this year" by Heidi Vogt | Associated Press, September 17, 2012
KABUL — Separately on Sunday, Afghan officials said NATO airstrikes killed eight women and girls gathering firewood in Laghman Province. The airstrikes drew an apology from the US-led coalition, condemnation from President Hamid Karzai, and cries of ‘‘Death to America!’’ from villagers who retrieved the bodies....
Apologies aren't good enough anymore. This shit needs to stop!
A weekend of deadly attacks began Friday night, when 15 Taliban insurgents disguised in US Army uniforms killed two Marines, wounded nine other people, and destroyed eight fighter jets at a major US base in the south, military officials said....
Maybe they should start investigating the recruits, 'eh?
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