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Pakistan ready to assist Kabul in spy chief attack probe: FO
 [Dawn] The Foreign Office hit back on Saturday at 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 allegation that attack on the Afghan intelligence chief was planned in Pakistain, asking him to share proof before pointing fingers. "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 the head of NDS," the FO front man said. Asadullah Khalid, chief of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), was critically injured when a jacket wallah posing as a Taliban emissary went kaboom!" at a guest house in Kabul during a meeting with him on Thursday. President Hamid Karzai told newsmen in Kabul earlier during the day that the attacker had come from Quetta and that he would take up the issue with the Pak authorities. Mr Karzai did not directly accuse the ISI, but said "the attack was a very sophisticated and complicated act by a professional intelligence service". The front man added the Pakistain government was ready to assist in any investigation into this criminal act. Pakistain had earlier condemned the attack on Mr Khalid. "Our thoughts and prayers are with him. We hope for his early recovery," the FO had said in the condemnation message. The Foreign Office front man expressed fears that the goodwill created by steps taken by Pakistain to assist in the reconciliation process would be lost because of the incident. He, however, added that the Pakistain government remained committed to supporting the grinding of the peace processor. The Foreign Office asked Mr Karzai to find out how the bomber managed to get so close to the intelligence chief, implying that there was a security failure on part of the Afghan authorities. "They would also do well by ordering an investigation into any lapses in the security arrangements around the NDS chief." Posted by: Fred 2012-12-10 |
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