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Afghan Defence Minister Must Resign: Senators
[Tolo News] Afghan senators on Tuesday described the recent attack on Afghan defence ministry as "embarrassing" and urged the minister's resignation.Senators say security transition process is to begin in July this year, but security officials are seen unable to shoulder the burden and to ensure security. "The defence minister should have called news hounds and announced his resignation right after the attack on the defence ministry," Abdul Wahab Irfan, Afghan Senator, said. "This would have been honourable for defence minister if he offered his resignation today and if he refuses to resign the Senate House must press him to step down, because he is unable to provide security to people," another member of Senate Hafiz Abdul Qayum said. Yesterday Afghan Defence Ministry came under attack from inside that led to the death of two soldiers and 7 others were hurt. It is believed that the man dressed in Afghan army uniform had entered into the ministry by a car with security card and then opened fire. Right after the attack the Taliban grabbed credit. The Taliban said French Defence Minister who was due to visit the ministry was their main target. Senators called on President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtunface on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use... to seriously ask security officials about the incident. Experts viewed the attack as an alarm to Presidential Palace which is not so far from the defence ministry. Experts voiced concern about an increasingly growing influence of foreign intelligence organisations in particular that of Pakistain into Afghan bodies and they said the attacker wouldn't have been able to attack from inside if there was no cooperation from inside the ministry. Posted by: Fred 2011-04-20 |
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