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| India Denies Karzai's Request For Military Aid |
| 2013-12-15 |
[Tolo News] 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... on his trip to New Delhi this week met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to encourage him to provide military equipment to Afghanistan. However, some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves... so far he has not had much success. Reportedly, New Delhi wants to avoid getting swept up in Afghanistan's challenges, as supplying military equipment could irritate neighboring countries, especially Pakistain. Just as Salman Khurshid, the Indian Foreign Minister, said that New Delhi doesn't want to provide weapons to Afghanistan at the moment, the Presidential Palace in Kabul has reported agreement between two sides on security and defensive cooperation along with training of the Afghan forces. "Among the issues that were discussed between the sides, one was security and defensive cooperation," Karzai's Deputy Spokesperson Faiq Wahidi said. "Both sides agreed that training and meeting the needs of Afghanistan's security forces in equipment and infrastructural parts must increase." President Karzai presented New Delhi with a list of military equipment in May. This list included heavy weaponry such as tanks, ground vehicles and helicopters. That request was originally declined by India. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 At least somebody's got some sense. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-12-15 00:35 |