04 October 2012
In Nuristan Province, the governor says he has information saying that at least 400 Mujahideen are preparing for a massive attack. He also says the Mujahideen will be supported by the Pakistani military!
President Hamid Karzai steps closer to declaring war on Pakistan, after he condemns the United States for not doing so: “…U.S. has clearly denied to defend Afghanistan and even their military officials deny the statistics provided by Afghan officials regarding the Pakistan shelling!”
Karzai also said: “Afghanistan is ready to take every steps to fight in case war was declared among the forces of the two countries.”
The Afghan President says the Untied States is refusing to sell his country the weapons it needs to adequately defend itself, and he is now willing to buy them from Russia or China: “If U.S. and NATO does not want to equip Afghan forces then should Afghanistan wait for it or Afghanistan should take steps to purchase its required equipments from Russia, China, India or elsewhere? We are going to decide in this regard to purchase the required equipments for the Afghan security forces if United States is unable to do so.”
Karzai made the statements just three days after sending thousands of ANA troops to the border with Pakistan.
Afghan politicians say Karzai has been too lenient towards Pakistan. Tribal elders in Nangarhar Province say they will launch their own retaliatory attacks against Pakistan, the next time Pakistan launches a rocket strike into their province.
Karzai also warned that the United States is planning on staying in Afghanistan beyond Obama’s 2014 pull out date. 2014 is also when presidential elections take place in the Central Asian country. Karzai indicated he did not want to be re-elected: “The election will definitely happen. Go on and choose your own favorite candidate. My term, if prolonged by even a day, will be seen as illegitimate.”
In Farah Province, two children killed, four in critical condition, after an explosion. The children might have been playing near a recently planted mine, accidentally setting it off.
In Kandahar Province, a U.S. led airstrike killed at least 15 people.
ISAF said: “An International Security Assistance Force service member died as a result of a non-battle related injury in southern Afghanistan today.”
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) stated that Afghanistan’s GDP for 2011 was 5.7%, better than the approximately 2.8% for the United States. The ADB expects Afghanistan’s GDP rate for 2012 to be 6.9%, this after the expected 2012 GDP rate for the U.S. dropped to 1.7%!
Economists say true GDP growth occurs at 3% or higher, clearly Afghanistan is growing while the U.S. is stagnating. Maybe the taxpayers of the U.S. should stop throwing billions of dollars at Afghanistan and bring that money home?
The ADB admits that if foreign military forces were pulled out of Afghanistan, that country’s GDP would drop!
03 October 2012
ISAF said: “Dozens of Afghan soldiers and police, supported by coalition special operations forces, concluded a six day operation against insurgent networks in the Chak district, Wardak province…..More than 30 insurgents were killed…”
Afghan foreign affairs minister, Zalmai Rassoul, said: “We will continue to pursue the peace process vigorously. This is the just and deserving right of the Afghan people and the surest path to ending the cycle of violence in Afghanistan.”
Loser U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, said peace talks were part of a plan “….to guide the relationship between Afghanistan and the United States, as we move to the next phase of our relationship.”
02 October 2012
ISAF said: “An U.S. Forces-Afghanistan service member died of wounds following an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan today.”
A day after an attack left three U.S./NATO personnel dead, numb nuts U.S. Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, called Afghan government officials to whine about it! He then lied and restated “…the United States’ continued commitment to a secure and stable Afghanistan.”
In Zabul Province, a U.S./NATO helicopter crash landed. ISAF says it was due to technical problems. Mujahideen claim they shot it down.
Despite having a GDP growth rate that is the envy of the United States, only 4% of Afghans have access to modern “western” banking. That’s according to the Afghan Banks Association. What this tells me is that the overwhelming majority of the wealth being created in Afghanistan is only in the hands of an extreme minority!
Afghan banks are also charging interest, which is a violation of Islamic law (one of the real reasons the elites of the West are afraid of Islam).
01 October 2012
ISAF said: “Three International Security Assistance Force service members and an ISAF-contracted interpreter died following a suicide improvised explosive device attack in eastern Afghanistan today.”
The deaths of U.S./NATO personnel, and the contractor, are believed to be part of a massive suicide bombing in Khost Province. Reports say up to 70 people were killed (including the local police chief) or wounded after a man with a bomb blew himself up. Witnesses say the man was wearing the bomb, other reports say a motorcycle bomb was also used.
The Afghan National Army (ANA) has deployed thousands of troops to the border with Pakistan. ANA officials say the next time Pakistan launches artillery attacks against Afghanistan, they will be prepared to retaliate with attacks against Pakistan.