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Afghanistan
Afghan Targeted Killings Couldn't Go without Dire Revenge™: Govt
2011-07-19
Afghan government would avenge the serial and assassinations of high-ranking Afghan officials and tribal elders, President Karzai's Spokesman said on Sunday.
Oh, noze! Not a Cycle of Violence™!
Speaking at a presser, Karzai's Spokesperson Waheed Omar said the liquidation of our national figures and tribal elders is part of a big plot by the enemies of Afghanistan.

Mr Omar said the Taliban and their affiliates want to disrupt the security transition process, but the process will continue despite all challenges.

"The Taliban and their supporters who are the cause of the presence of international forces in Afghanistan are making efforts to prevent Afghans from taking the security lead," Mr Omar said.

Just a couple of days after the liquidation of President Karzai's younger brother, Ahmad Wali Karzai, a close advisor of President Karzai, Jan Mohammad Khan and Mohammad Hashim Watanwal, who represented Oruzgan province in the parliament, were killed in a late-night attack on Sunday as part of the Taliban's assassination campaign.

Karzai's Spokesman described the murdered figures as the servants of the people of Afghanistan, saying the government is committed to talks with the Taliban, but soon killers of Afghan national figures will have to pay back.

"We are committed to fight against those who carry out this sort of cowardly actions, so that Dire Revenge™ of the death of elders and protectors of Afghanistan is taken," he said. "But again we want peace and stability in Afghanistan and we won't turn back on the way to peace in the country."

Meanwhile,
...back at the hoedown, Bob finally got to dance with Sally...
officials in the ministry of interior affairs said despite growing security challenges security handover process will be implemented.

A spokesperson for Interior Affairs Ministry, Sediq Sediqi, said: "Police forces are prepared to undertake the responsibilities. And Afghan police forces are committed to prove they are capable enough to take this big responsibility."

Once again Karzai's Office called on the United States to step up efforts to neutralise and dismantle krazed killers' safe havens on the other side of Afghan border.

"If tomorrow the United States can eliminate krazed killer safe havens and prevent snuffies to infiltrate into Afghan territory, the hostilities will lose soul and Afghan people know at best how to deal with them without tanks and planes," Mr Omar said.

The remarks came as Bamyan became the first province to be handed over to Afghan forces.

Meanwhile,
...back at the hoedown, Bob finally got to dance with Sally...
some Afghan politicians see the liquidation of senior government officials controversial.

Concerned about the new wave of assassinations over the past weeks, parliamentarians urged investigation into the incidents.
Posted by:Fred

#1  By various accounts the killings are likely meant to preemptively destabilize the AFPAK Govts. ASAP AMAP ALAP for after when the US-NATO formally complete their troop pullout in 2014.

* ION BHARAT RAKSHAK > PAKISTAN FEELING POLITICALLY, ECONOMICALLY INSIGNIFICANT:PEW.

PEW President Dr. Murtaza Mughal.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-07-19 00:30  

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