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Afghanistan

India to send commandos to Afghanistan

2003-12-11

Thisâll spin up those Pak turbans. EFL:
India is to send crack commandos to protect Indian installations in Afghanistan, days after two Indian road workers were kidnapped by Taliban militia. The Hindustan Times daily said Indo-Tibetan Border Police units were being sent to the Indian consulate at Kandahar after Indiaâs joint secretary for security in Afghanistan, BC Katoch, gave an assessment report "on the grave security risks".

It's kinda cute to watch those Paks' heads spin around like that, isn't it?

The Indian road workers were kidnapped in Zabul province on Saturday on the highway between Kabul and the main southern city of Kandahar. A spokesman for ~~Pakistan~~ the ousted Taliban militia said they were likely to kill the two road workers "because they suspected them of being intelligence agents".
Must be those Indian intelligence agents organizing Afghans to attack Pakistan we keep hearing about.
Afghan officials said the pair were kidnapped after shopping with Afghan colleagues in Bazargan village, five kilometres from the highway near Shahjoy. Three men armed with machineguns stopped their car, let the Afghans go and made off with the Indians and the car.
Might be held for ransom if they were taken by Afghans, if they were grabbed by Pak Taliban, they are dead.
Some 700 to 800 semi-skilled Indian workers are currently in Afghanistan with private companies, including a tiny number of highly-skilled professionals such as ~~Special Forces~~ doctors and engineers, the paper said. India has been in the forefront of reconstruction work in Afghanistan since the Taliban was dislodged from power following the US global campaign against terrorism after September 2001. India has already given 274 buses, three Airbus aircraft, has pledged $70 million for construction of a road and has donated one million tonnes of wheat.
Didnât know that.
"The kidnapping of the two Indians is a signal to India from the Taliban and the pro-Pakistan lobby," former Indian special envoy to Afghanistan, S K Lambah said. "They want to discourage our people from going and working there," he added.
Yup, that sounds about right.

Posted by:Steve

#5 It's also a brilliant political move on their part--if the Afghans realize the Indians are helping building roads and sending food--they must ask themselves "What are the Paks sending except for wild eyed jihadis to blow stuff up?"

Posted by: NotMikeMoore 2003-12-11 11:22:12 PM

#4 Chedderhead___ the correct spelling is "HINDOOOOS"

Posted by: Mercutio 2003-12-11 4:52:50 PM

#3 They also have nukes. When GWB hinted Taliban had better take cover, New Delhi immediately reacted (imagine gentle but insistent East Indian accent, "...Can we help?...") Why else would Musharraf ~~pretend to~~ get cozy after 9/11? A US tilt toward India is way down the list of things he wants to see. Cackle.

Posted by: Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-11 1:19:35 PM

#2 Got to watch those Hindus. The worlds most dangerous people right after the JOOOOOOS.

India in no way had to do any of the positive things they have done in Afghanistan. It seems some people just can't resaist biting the hand that feeds/helps them. Remember prior to 9-11 the largest single foreignnaid contributer to Afghanistan was the United States. As to India being able to afford foreign aid. If memmory serves they do have one of the ten largest economies in the world.And I think in another ten to fifteen years they are going to make the Chinese very nervous. IMO it would be smart on our part ot cultivate a closer realtionship with New Dehli.

Posted by: Cheddarhead 2003-12-11 12:19:34 PM

#1 India - repeat India - is GIVING foreign aid - think of the meaning of that.

Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-12-11 11:07:45 AM

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