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| US pursuing 'dual policy' toward Afghanistan: Karzai |
| 2014-11-17 |
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The former 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... has accused the United States of growing extremism in the region, blaming Washington of pursuing a 'dual policy' towards Afghanistan. Speaking during an interview with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Karzai said senior U.S. officials would tell him that neighboring Pakistain was harboring holy warriors responsible for attacks inside Afghanistan but urge him not to raise the issue with Pak leaders. He sid the United States "has been both encouraging the thief to steal and the house owner to safeguard his house." "On the one hand, some U.S. leaders would come and tell us that Al-Qaeda and terrorism are located and nurtured in Pakistain and that they come to attack us from there," Karzai told RFE/RL Radio Free Afghanistan. He said "On the other hand, whenever we protested against Pakistain's support for terrorism they asked us not to do so and whenever we asked them to take action, they made it clear to us that they couldn't because of various problems. |
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