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Afghanistan
Gunmen Kill Senior Karzai Aide, Afghan MP in Kabul
2011-07-18
[Tolo News] Unknown gunnies stormed the house of a senior aide to President Karzai, Jan Mohammad, in Kabul killing him and an Afghan MP representing Oruzgan, police officials said.

The gunnies killed Jan Mohammad Mohammadi, a senior advisor to President Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai
... 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 Pashtun face 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...
and former governor of Oruzgan province, along with Mohammad Hashim Watanwal, Member of Parliament representing Oruzgan province.

The incident happened in Kabul's district 3 at around 08:00 pm local time.

Afghan cops were immediately deployed to the area and festivities between the attackers and the Afghan cops continued for four hours until the siege was ended.

Unconfirmed reports said three Afghan police soldiers were maimed in the incident, but the exact number of Islamic fascisti killed is unclear.

Witnesses say the gunnies killed several of Mr Jan Mohammad's security guards before breaking into the house.

The Taliban grabbed credit for the attack.

Some of the similar recent attacks have also been claimed by the Taliban.

The attack comes as NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants...
has started security transition to Afghan forces amid concerns about the capabilities of the Afghan cops.

The Taliban have recently shifted tactics by targeting Afghan officials and influential leaders.

Last week Ahmad Wali Karzai, the leader of Kandahar provinvial council and the half-brother of the Afghanistan's Caped President, was rubbed out by his bodyguard and the Taliban grabbed credit.

Following the liquidation in Kandahar, the governor of Helmand province Gulab Mangal also survived an IED attack.

The Taliban continue their attacks as Afghanistan's Caped President Hamid Karzai still insists on making a peace deal with the group.
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