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Afghanistan
Ghani reviews report on income sources of Taliban, ISIS, and other terror groups
2016-06-08
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..
has instructed the relevant security institutions to eliminate the income sources of the Taliban group, Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group and other terror networks in the country.

The Office of the President said the issue of income sources of the terror groups was discussed during the National Security Council (NSC) meeting chaired by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani today.

The NSC presented their report regarding the income sources of the Taliban group, ISIS loyalists and other terror networks to President Ghani.

The meeting also focused on the security situation of Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
, Uruzgan, Laghman, Kunduz, Sar-e-Pul, Baghlan, Faryab, Paktia, Paktiak, and Kunar province
... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country.....
The Afghan cops were hailed for their bravey in fighting the turbans and instructed the security organs to take necessary steps in a bid to prevent security threats in the mentioned provinces.

Instructions by President Ghani to eliminate the financial sources of the terror groups comes as reports emerged on Monday regarding the illegal mining by Lion of Islam groups and warlords which fuels insurgency and war in the country.

The report by Global Witness released on Monday stated that the illegal mining of the minerals funnels millions of dollars into the hands of corrupt warlords and the bully boy groups besides fuelling the conflict in the country.

Posted by:Fred

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