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Pakistan rejects Karzai's blame over attack on spymaster
 [Dawn] Pakistain on Saturday rejected Afghanistan's Caped 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... 's claim that a suicide kaboom that maimed his intelligence chief was planned in the Pak city of Quetta. A front man of the Pak foreign ministry said that the Afghan government should share information or evidence it might have about the attack before it starts leveling charges. "Before levelling charges, the Afghan government would do well if they shared information or evidence with the government of Pakistain that they might have with regard to the cowardly attack on (Khalid)," said the front man. Earlier, President Karzai stopped short of blaming the Pak government directly. But he told a news conference he would raise the issue with Islamabad. The ministry also offered to help the Afghan government investigate any lapses it had in the intelligence chief's security. "They would also do well by ordering an investigation into any lapses in the security arrangements around (Khalid)," said the front man. On Thursday, a jacket wallah posing as a peace messenger maimed Afghanistan's intelligence chief, Asadullah Khalid, in another sign that the Afghan government is struggling to improve security ahead of the withdrawal of NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and organization.... combat troops by the end of 2014. The Afghan Taliban grabbed credit for the operation, although it often makes exaggerated claims about attacks on foreign troops or government targets. Posted by: Fred 2012-12-09 |
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