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| Karzai Asks Nato to Explain Killing of Former Afghan Senator's Family |
| 2011-10-19 |
[Tolo News] 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... on Monday said he was asking NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... to explain why three family members of a former senator were killed in an operation conducted by international troops in Wardak province. Karzai is demanding to know what actionable intelligence NATO had that led to the raid on former senator Sameh Jan Sherzad's family, the president's office said in a statement. Noor Agha, the brother of Mr Sherzad, and two his young daughters were killed in the operation. Two other family members were also jugged in the operation on Sunday in the Chaki Wardak district of the province, President Karzai condemned the incident and had ordered an investigation, the statement said. NATO said it was aware of Mr Karzai's statement and would "co-operate fully" with the government to "assess the incident." Coalition forces said the incident happened when a joint Afghan and NATO force was searching the area for a Haqqani network leader who had organised attacks on Afghan officials. The US has recently targeted many Haqqani network leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistain. The group is linked to the Taliban and al-Qaeda, and is based Pakistain. |
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