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| Karzai condemns drone strikes in Paktika, claiming civilians were killed |
| 2016-04-10 |
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The former Afghanistan's Caped 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... condemned a drone strike in eastern Paktika ...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo... province of Afghanistan, claiming that non-combatants were killed in the raid. According to a statement released by the Office of the Former President, the drone strike by US forces in Barmal district left a number of civilians dead. The statement further added that the former President strongly condemns the strike by US forces, calling the raid as irresponsible. Karzai warned that such According to the local officials, at least 17 people were killed in two separate However, a woman is only as old as she admits... the provincial council officials said the victims also included ordinary civilians who bit the dust in the Paktika is among the relatively volatile provinces in eastern Afghanistan where anti-government armed bully boy groups are actively operating in a number of its districts and often carry out insurgency activities. |
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