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Afghanistan/South Asia
Pakistan wants lasting peace in Afghanistan: Sherpao
2005-01-09
Pakistan is a staunch supporter for the supremacy of law and lasting peace in Afghanistan, said Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao on Saturday.
"We're not too good at it here, but we rilly, rilly support it there!"
The minister was addressing the passing out ceremony of 37 Afghan Police at the National Police Academy. He said Pakistan was actively involved in the reconstruction of war ravaged Afghanistan. Pakistan is training Afghan police officers, which would be immensely helpful to maintain law and order in Afghanistan, he said.
Good Gawd! I hope they're not training them to be like Pak police officers!
The training not only improved the skills of the Afghan police officers, it also strengthened existing relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan, he said.
"See? We're just like you!"
"No, you ain't! You people are crazy!"
The interior minister said the Afghan officers would play a crucial role in their departments. The security that they would help provide was important for economic activity to flourish in Afghanistan, he said. Mr Sherpao said it was an honour for Pakistan that Afghan police officers ranking from captains to generals were being trained at National Academy and hoped that the next batch of Afghan officers would come to Pakistan soon. Mr Sherpao praised the academy's performance. He said 426 law enforcement officers had been trained here last year and they had performed well since graduating.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Afghan police officers ranking from captains to generals were being trained at National Academy

A cheap lesson for the Afghans on "know thy enemy," both methods and personnel. This is almost the equivalent of our Marines getting to train with Saddam's Republican Guard before the recent invasion. I wonder how much of that information is planned to trickle up to our guys at headquarters?
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-01-09 3:52:41 AM  

#1  The Cynic Sez:
The latest batch of The ISI Taliban Restoration Corps Pakiwaki-trained Afghan Police! I'll bet this little jewel on your resume is a career-maker... Well now, ain't that something? We'll tell you what later on, when they've been tagged and bagged on the job awhile and evaluated.


No word yet from the Non-Cynic in me... he's turned kinda purple all over... I think he may need the Heimlich Maneuver.
Posted by: .com   2005-01-09 2:28:55 AM  

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