Taliban Attack Karzai at Military Parade

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   Oui on April 27, 2008 at 2:47 am

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   Leave Taliban alone, Afghan president tells West

   Karzai says US and British troops are undermining his authority and stopping insurgents from laying down their arms

   Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, has called on British and American troops to stop arresting Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, saying that their operations undermined his government’s authority and were counter-productive.

   The stinging attack, made in an interview with the New York Times, is the latest in a series of rows between Western governments with troops in Afghanistan and the elected leader of the country. Western diplomats expressed surprise at the Afghan leader’s criticism and the Foreign Office played down the row.

   "But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

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     idredit on April 27, 2008 at 7:53 pm

     ya think two somebodies just sent Karzai a message as to who is in charge-

     who made Karzai Afghan president or mayor of Kabul take your pick….. that’s only a title?

     silly me, just thinking out loud.

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   ask on April 27, 2008 at 1:11 pm

   Karzai Escapes Attack in Kabul by Gunmen

   KABUL, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai survived an assassination attempt at a military parade in central Kabul on Sunday, when suspected Taliban insurgents fired mortars and bullets at the dignitaries assembled in the spectator stands.

   President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan saluted at a military parade in central Kabul before an attack. He survived unhurt.

   Two people were killed, a tribal chief and a parliamentarian, and 11 injured in the incident, officials said. Two parliamentarians in a section of the stands not far from the president were seen falling from their chairs on television footage as gunfire rang out. Loud explosions could be heard some distance from the parade ground.

   The president was whisked out of the back of the stands and quickly left the scene in a convoy of black armored vehicles as spectators scrambled for cover and security guards opened fire in every direction, witnesses said.

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   on April 27, 2008 at 5:19 pm

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   Reasons for the West’s stalemate in Afghanistan sought neither in lack of troops and imperial treasure, nor in Pakistani obstruction, but in the very nature of the occupation regime. Tariq Ali on the actual results of `state-building’ in the Hindu Kush, as a broken country is subjected to the combined predations of NGOs and NATO.

   I haven’t read it yet.

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   Oui on April 30, 2008 at 3:05 pm

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   Seven killed in Afghan raid on Karzai attackers

   KABUL (AFP) – Afghan security forces raided the Kabul hideout of Taliban militants behind an attack on President Hamid Karzai, sparking a battle that left seven people dead including a woman and child.

   Two rebels and three government agents were also among the dead after fierce clashes involving rockets and machine-guns raged for around 10 hours at a “safe house” in the west of the capital, the country’s spy chief Amrullah Saleh said.

   The spy chief said they had evidence that the “terrorists” received orders for the attack on Karzai from sources in Pakistan’s lawless tribal belt and were receiving orders from there up to the very last minute.

   “There were telephone numbers, exchange of messages and proof that they were receiving orders from across our borders. Whether they were receiving these guidance ordered by government of Pakistan or not, we have no proof,” he said.

   Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told AFP that two rebels named Attah Mohammad and Mirwais were killed in the operation, along with Mohammad’s wife and baby daughter.

   Security chiefs survive no-trust vote after attack on Karzai  

   "But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."