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| Karzai Says He Doesn't Want the BSA to Become Another Durand |
| 2014-01-26 |
[Tolo News] The US government is pressuring the Afghan government through 'all means' to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA), said 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 Saturday, criticising Washington for engaging in a "psychological war", which he said was not an act of a "friend", but a "rival". Goodbye, Afghanistan. Thank Hamid for us, okay? He said that his pre-condition to resume peace talks with the Taliban is firmly in place, adding that peace in Afghanistan was in the hands of the US and Pakistain. In an hour long presser, the Afghan leader said he doesn't want the BSA to become a second Durand, referring to a deal made by former Afghan King Abdul Rahman Khan with the British India on what is now a disputed border between Afghanistan and Pakistain. "We want security for the people of Afghanistan after signing of security agreement, not bombings. If the Americans want to leave, they may do so," Karzai said. President Karzai comments comes a few days before President Barack Obama If you like your coverage you can keep it... 's State of the Union address in which he is long expected to announce the future footprint of the US military in Afghanistan. But without a BSA in place, President B.O. is unlikely to do so. Friend, not rival Mr Karzai said the way the United States is engaging with Afghanistan is act of a rival, than a friend. He said he is in favour of a US presence in Afghanistan after 2014, but it should on his terms. If not on his terms, he said the US may go. He criticised the recent "bombing" of US troops in Ghorband valley, north of Kabul last week, in which a number of non-combatants were killed along Taliban Death Eaters. "The US troops are awarding some of our people with multi-million dollar contracts, and some others with bombs," said Mr Karzai. "If BSA was signed and the Ghorband was bombed, it was the Afghan government who was responsible." The US military had said that it was the Taliban who opened fire from residential areas and Afghan forces called for air support which resulted, according to US military, in three civilian deaths. 'Taliban making factory' Mr Karzai was challenged by a news hound that the Taliban fighters who were engaged in Ghorband fighting with Afghan and US troops were released from Bagram prison. He ruled out such reports, saying that Bagram itself was a "Talib-making factory". "Bagram [prison] is a place where innocent people are tortured and insulted and made dangerous criminal," he said. The US military handed over full control of the only US-run prison in Afghanistan to the Afghan government nearly one year ago, easing tensions over one of the longest-running standoffs between Kabul and Washington. Over 500 prisoners, many of which captured under the suspicion of being Taliban or other Death Eater group members, have been released since last August. After controversy erupted surrounding the planned release of some 88 prisoners from Bagram prison, the committee assigned to sifting through Bagram inmate cases by Karzai announced recently that it would reopen the files of 10 new detainees under consideration for release. On 2014 elections, the Afghanistan's Caped President said it would happen on time on April 5th, praising the Afghan cops to guaranteeing to protect nearly 95 per cent of the nearly 7,000 polling centres. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 As I've said before, the first American troops out of Afghanistan should be Karzai's security detail. They should leave on his escape plane. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2014-01-26 12:49 |
| #3 So he basically doesn't want a border between him and Pakistan, then? |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-01-26 11:37 |
| #2 To the mansions of the Lord. End it ! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-01-26 11:18 |
| #1 get out now |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-01-26 11:11 |