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Afghanistan
Pakistan no more a kingmaker, says Karzai
2006-05-19
Pakistan should know that gone are the days when Afghan governments were formed in Pakistan and dissolved there, Afghan President Hamid Karzai was quoted as saying on Thursday. "Afghans are now themselves masters of their country and the Afghan people themselves will take decisions," Karzai was quoted as telling tribal elders and officials in Kunar.
"So keep yer goddamned jihadis and ISI on your own side of the Durrand Line!"
He alleged that Pakistan was training militants and sending them into Afghanistan. "Islamabad should realise it no longer has power to determine events in Afghanistan. Pakistani intelligence gives military training to people and then sends them to Afghanistan with logistics," the Afghan Islamic Press news agency quoted Karzai. Karzai described Taliban leader Mulla Mohammad Omar as a coward "hiding in the other country and sending youth to kill our people".
Mullah Omar didn't have the nerve to surrender when he was defeated. Instead, he ran back to his owners in Pakland for a second try.
"Pakistan wants that Afghanistan be its military base but that dream will never come true."
"Your strategic depth ain't as deep as it used to be!"
Pakistan Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasneem Aslam has termed Karzai's statement "baseless and absurd". She said that instead of accusing Pakistan, Afghanistan should take action against infighters.
Like Pakistan is. Tell 'em about the TNSM, Hamid.
Posted by:Fred

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