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| Afghanistan |
| Taliban back Karzai in US pact dispute |
| 2013-12-03 |
[Pak Daily Times] Taliban bully boyz fighting against the US-backed Afghan government expressed their support on Monday for 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... 's refusal to sign a security pact with Washington. Karzai is locked in a public dispute with the US over the security deal, which would allow some US soldiers to remain in Afghanistan after NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... 's combat mission ends next year. "It seems he has sensed the truth, and we hope this opposition comes from Afghani pride and is for the sake of ending the nation's problems," the Islamists, who ruled from 1996-2001, said in a statement. "It is obvious to all that the Afghan people have never wanted foreign invaders in their land... He should, without any hesitance, distance himself from this historical shame." The Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) could see several thousand US troops staying on in Afghanistan to train local security forces and undertake counter-terror operations. The US is seeking to wrap up the pact before the end of the year, but Karzai has indicated his country would only sign after next year's presidential elections in April. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 start drawing down. Now |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-12-03 09:19 |