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Would you say its a wrong policy by your government that you want to negotiate a power sharing deal (to form the future government of Afghanistan) with the Taliban? When Pakistan is not negotiating any power sharing deal with the TTP, why is the Afghan government/US/NATO doing this with the same people they are fighting for the last 10 years?

This confused policy with the Taliban only spells DISASTER for Afghanistan.

Negotiating is not a bad thing there are more than 7000 Taliban fighters who joined the government and it has significantly weakened their initiative in the North but as you see our own government 'the starter of negotiations' has took a step back from the negotiations that's why Taliban lost the trust and suspended talks with Karzai and US.

For the last question, this war is now the longest in the history of USA and it also has badly affected their economy and other agendas around the world so they need a good face out of this war and that's why they opened the door of negotiations for the Taliban but I don't think this will have any good impact because these daily politics on Afghanistan by USA is just because of the coming elections so any thing solid prior to that is unimaginable for me.
 
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The fact that the Taliban were able to conduct such coordinated attacks in Kabul; as well as Logar, Paktia and Nangarhar provinces is a something to be worried about. When even Kabul is not spared from such coordinated attacks, there is something seriously wrong.

Overall, at least 24 people have been injured and 7 militants killed. In these incidents, it is not the performance of the CT team that is (as) important, but how the Taliban were able to carry out such coordinated attacks simultaneously in many regions of Afghanistan.

Mate, have you forgotten the seige of Mehran, Pak GHQ and even Mumbai.. These terrorists can strike anywhere really..
 
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The fact that the Taliban were able to conduct such coordinated attacks in Kabul; as well as Logar, Paktia and Nangarhar provinces is a something to be worried about. When even Kabul is not spared from such coordinated attacks, there is something seriously wrong.

Overall, at least 24 people have been injured and 7 militants killed. In these incidents, it is not the performance of the CT team that is (as) important, but how the Taliban were able to carry out such coordinated attacks simultaneously in many regions of Afghanistan.

I think it is exactly the opposite!

What is important is the response. We all know Taliban is capable of such acts.

The cowards will be deterred when the response is rock solid and the cowards are dispatched to hell every time without achieving the objectives.
 
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Afghan response to attacks 'sign of progress': US envoy


WASHINGTON — US Ambassador Ryan Crocker to Kabul said the ability of Afghan security forces to respond to a wave of coordinated attacks Sunday across Afghanistan were a "clear sign of progress."

"We've seen a very professional performance by Afghan security forces," Crocker told CNN on Sunday after militants launched a series of gun and suicide attacks which they said marked the start of a spring offensive.

"They are able to deal with events like this on their own. A clear sign of progress," he said.

The attacks however also "demonstrate why we need to be here," said Crocker, after the US embassy was put on lockdown during attacks that highlighted a precarious security situation as NATO prepares to withdraw combat troops by the end of 2014.

"To get out before the Afghans have a full grip on security, which is a couple of years out, would be to invite the Taliban and Al-Qaeda back in, and set the stage for another 9/11... that, I think, is an unacceptable risk," Crocker said, referring to 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.

Copyright © 2012 AFP. All rights reserved.

Source: AFP: Afghan response to attacks 'sign of progress': US envoy
 
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Actually they are not. They are 42% of the population.

Demography of Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

According to your own source next ethnic population with 2 digit ratio is 27%, i don't know you how you define majority

If Afghans can't find a way to live together and in the absence of a clear majority by any group, it may be difficult for it to remain united.

This can't happen over nights this mindset require time to evolve, you can't kick of 42% population and expect them to learn these things all of sudden.
 
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Actually they are not. They are 42% of the population.

Demography of Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If Afghans can't find a way to live together and in the absence of a clear majority by any group, it may be difficult for it to remain united.

Dude the problem is not with 42% or 60% Pashtuns; the fact is Taliban are between 35000 to 50000 force, multiply it by 4 for their supporters still it can't complete 10% representation of Pashtuns in Afghanistan the problem is the ideology of Pakistan that with the Taliban in power Pakistan will remain in peace and Afghanistan will never fulfill it's dream of Loy Afghanistan but they still don't think about the rest of that 10% of representation of Pashtuns which Taliban don't own.

Trust me if even any Omar type Hazara start serving Pakistan than Pakistan would support 9% Hazaras as legitimate rulers of Afghanistan because that would be in their interest :lol:
 
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According to your own source next ethnic population with 2 digit ratio is 27%, i don't know you how you define majority

In simple terms, >50% population share. To be able to really have its way, it has to be much more, probably 70% and above.

Right now, a Pushtun only government will have more opponents that supporters. And they are sufficiently armed and supported not to be easily subdued.

So it can only be a multi ethnic government with representation from all sides.

Given the history and mutual distrusts, it is a Herculean task.

This can't happen over nights this mindset require time to evolve, you can't kick of 42% population and expect them to learn these things all of sudden.

Yes. I am not sure they have the luxury of learning at their leisure!
 
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Dude the problem is not with 42% or 60% Pashtuns; the fact is Taliban are between 35000 to 50000 force, multiply it by 4 for their supporters still it can't complete 10% representation of Pashtuns in Afghanistan the problem is the ideology of Pakistan that with the Taliban in power Pakistan will remain in peace and Afghanistan will never fulfill it's dream of Loy Afghanistan but they still don't think about the rest of that 10% of representation of Pashtuns which Taliban don't own.

Trust me if even any Omar type Hazara start serving Pakistan than Pakistan would support 9% Hazaras as legitimate rulers of Afghanistan because that would be in their interest :lol:

Yes, agree with this.

But even Taliban will not relinquish the demand for the Pushtun areas of Pakistan in the long term. They may lie low as long as they need Pakistani support for survival.

Actually, only a multi ethnic Afghan government can be interested in not having the Pakistani Pushtuns so as not to upset the balance. ;)

So the short term interests are the enemy of the long term interests. ;)
 
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In simple terms, >50% population share. To be able to really have its way, it has to be much more, probably 70% and above.

Right now, a Pushtun only government will have more opponents that supporters. And they are sufficiently armed and supported not to be easily subdued.

So it can only be a multi ethnic government with representation from all sides.

Given the history and mutual distrusts, it is a Herculean task.



Yes. I am not sure they have the luxury of learning at their leisure!

Don't give your self a headache, in the current government the majority of chairs are with the Pashtuns I can say 6 in 10, just give me some time so I could manage to get all personalities by their ethnicity who are working in this government.
 
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Don't give your self a headache, in the current government the majority of chairs are with the Pashtuns I can say 6 in 10, just give me some time so I could manage to get all personalities by their ethnicity who are working in this government.

I know.

As per our Pakistani friends, they don't count. They are supposed to be quislings.

Not sure what will really satisfy them. 100% Pushtun government or some representation for Pakistani Pushtuns. ;)

PS: I didn't mean the current government in my post but a supposed future Pushtun only (Talban) government that some of your neighbors may be interested in.
 
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Afghanistan says it's beaten back wave of attacks


KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -
Afghan insurgents launched a wave of assaults on Kabul and three other provinces Sunday, but Afghan security forces repulsed the attacks and inflicted losses in return, a government spokesman said.

NATO's International Security Assistance Force said as many as seven locations were attacked, including Afghanistan's parliament building and the American, German and Russian embassies. In addition, an airbase used by U.S. troops in the eastern city of Jalalabad came under attack by suicide bombers, the NATO command in Kabul reported.

"They came today with more than 20 insurgents and suicide bombers and attacked four provinces," Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Seddiqi told CNN. "As a result, they got nothing, and 19 of them were killed."

Seddiqi said two civilians were killed across the country, and 15 Afghan police officers were wounded.

The Taliban militia that once ruled most of Afghanistan claimed responsibility for the attacks. Kabul's police chief said in a statement that three captured fighters confessed to being members of the Haqqani network, a separate insurgent group that sometimes allies itself with the Taliban.

The U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, issued a statement praising the Afghans for beating back the attacks without allied assistance.

"They were on scene immediately, well-led and well-coordinated," Allen said. "They integrated their efforts, helped protect their fellow citizens and largely kept the insurgents contained."

Allen said the attacks were meant to signal "that legitimate governance and Afghan sovereignty are in peril," but the Afghan response "is proof enough of that folly."

In Kabul, police headed off some attacks, arresting two potential suicide bombers and their handler, and destroying a vehicle full of explosives, Kabul police said. Another 15 would-be attackers were arrested in Kunduz province plotting similar strikes, said Lal Mohammad Ahmadzai, a spokesman for the chief of police for north and northeast Afghanistan.

In all, Seddiqi said 15 of the 19 suicide bombers were stopped before they could blow themselves up, with most of them killed by Afghan security forces. The fighting was still going on in Kabul, but had ended in the provinces of Nangarhar, Paktia and Logar by Sunday evening, he said.

The Taliban, the Islamist militia that once ruled most of Afghanistan, said the attacks were in retaliation for the killing of 17 Afghan civilians in Kandahar province last month. A U.S. Army staff sergeant, Robert Bales, has been charged with those killings.

CNN journalists heard gunfire, explosions and rocket-propelled grenade fire lasting more than an hour in central Kabul on Sunday morning. Small-arms fire continued for at least three hours. But ISAF spokesman Lt. Col. Jimmie Cummings described himself as "underwhelmed" by the attacks.

U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker expressed similar sentiments, telling CNN: "The Taliban are very good at issuing statements, less good at fighting." :lol:He suggested the attacks may be the work of the Haqqani network, rather than the Taliban, saying the Taliban did not have the capacity to carry them out.

Crocker said no Americans had been injured, but that a number of Afghans had been killed or wounded.

"Our hearts go out to them," he told Candy Crowley on CNN's "State of the Union."

The U.S. Embassy spokesman Gavin Sundwall said he could not confirm that the embassy itself was the target of the attacks, but said gunfire had been heard in the vicinity. Meanwhile, Britain's Foreign Office said there was an "ongoing incident in the diplomatic area of Kabul. We are in close contact with Embassy staff, all staff are accounted for."

India also said it had no reports of its nationals being wounded.

A local police official said attackers took over a central Kabul hotel close to the presidential palace, United Nations office and many foreign embassies, but both Seddiqi and staff at the hotel denied it had been attacked.

A western official in Kabul later said the hotel had been taken over by insurgents, but was then taken back by Afghan national security forces.

Meanwhile, in the east of the country, four suicide bombers wearing women's burqas tried to attack the Jalalabad airfield where United States troops are based, airfield commander Jahangir Azimi said.

At least three of the attackers were killed, ISAF said in a statement about the incident.

Separately, a group of suicide bombers attacked the police training center in the city of Gardez in Paktia province. At least eight civilians were wounded, a police official at the center said. The official is not authorized to speak to the media and asked not to be named.

The heavily guarded area of Kabul where the attacks took place is frequented by foreigners and is rarely the scene of violence.

ISAF spokesman Cummings denied the capital's "Green Zone" had been breached, saying the insurgents took over buildings on the outskirts of the area and fired into it.

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