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2005-09-21 Afghanistan/South Asia

Karzai wants US to stop flow of hard boyz from Pakistan

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-09-21 00:19|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Article: But Afghan officials, who asked not to be identified because they did not want to be seen as criticizing Pakistan, have suggested that the proposal is an effort to divert international pressure on Islamabad to crack down on insurgents' networks.

It wouldn't do to shut down the flow of heroin to Pakistani ports, would it?

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-09-21 00:29|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-09-21 00:29|| Front Page Top

#2 OTOH, Leaving aside the question of how long a 2400 Km fence would take to build, such a fence wouldn't do much good if the Taliban infiltration is being facilated by the ISI and the provincial government.

Posted by Paul Moloney 2005-09-21 00:57|| 2005-09-21 00:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Mr. Karzai said building a wall would be extremely difficult because the Durrand Line divides tribes and families, adding "It is separating people, not preventing terrorism."

In an ideal world, security and keeping families/tribes together wouldn't be a problem there.

We DO NOT live in an ideal world.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-09-21 14:01|| 2005-09-21 14:01|| Front Page Top

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