29 October 2012
In Wardak Province, Mujahideen ambushed U.S. and Afghan National Army troops. The U.S. and ANA personnel were conducting assessments of local police checkpoints. They were attacked with assault rifles and RPGs. U.S. officials claim they killed three Mujahideen.
In Helmand Province, at least two ANA soldiers were killed (some reports say four) when the vehicle they were in ran over a landmine.
Despite the fact that U.S. officials continue to claim we are there to provide security to Afghanistan, ISAF officials said they are not there to protect Afghanistan’s borders: “In the first Bonn conference in December 2001 there was a proposal of the Afghan delegation to include the protection of the border of Afghanistan in one of the annexes. Actually this annex was part of the Bonn proposal however, this annex never made it into our mandate that we received from the United Nations.”-Brigadier General Günter Katz, International Security Assistance Force
The Afghan High Peace Council revealed that Saudi Arabia will mediate peace talks between Mujahideen and the Afghan government. It must be remembered that it was Saudi Arabia that supported Osama bin Laden and, along with Pakistan, eventually supported the creation of the Taliban (“Students”) political party. Saudi Arabia also officially recognized the Taliban government. Analysts say this time the Saudi’s are concerned about blowback: “Saudi Arabia is in a situation to support the Afghan peace talks not only because of the moral stance of Saudi in this regard but also they should consider the post 2014 situation in Afghanistan which will threaten the national security of Saudi Arabia if necessary steps have not been taken to eliminate insurgency in South Asia.”-Nasrullah Stanekzai
Saudi Arabia is also spending $100 million USD to build a huge Mosque/madrasa in Afghanistan. They claim it will house 5,000 university aged students.
In Ghazni Province, five people were killed and four detained by U.S./ANA forces. Officials claim they were all Mujahideen, but locals say at least one civilian man and one civilian woman were killed. Officials say the U.S./ANA operation started Sunday night and continued until Monday morning.
Afghan elected official, Ramazan Bashar Doost, said that while the U.S. is offering a $25 million reward for the arrest of Mullah Omar, the U.S. has been in contact with Mulla Omar the whole time! Doost also says the U.S. is actually funding not only Pakistan’s ISI, but Afghan Mujahideen groups as well.
28 October 2012
In Canada, Pakistani elected official, Imran Khan, was detained by U.S. agents: “I was taken off from plane and interrogated by U.S. Immigration in Canada on my views on drones. My stance is known. Drone attacks must stop!”-Imran Khan
Imran Khan is also the Pakistani official who said war in Afghanistan was justified Jihad. Khan was on his way to New York anyway, so why couldn’t the U.S. wait until he arrived there?
Afghan intelligence, aka National Directorate of Security (NDS), told Pakistani officials that the man they claim is behind the shooting of a teenaged Pakistani girl is not in Afghanistan.
27 October 2012
In Ghor Province, local government officials say 13 people were kidnapped. However, police say they do not know who did the kidnapping, and they don’t know the identities of those kidnapped!
The British Red Coat Ministry of Defence said the deaths of one Royal Marine and one Royal Army medic was not the result of fratricide (Blue on Blue). However, the two Red Coats died (as well as a Afghan National Policeman performing Muslim prayers) after two British patrols fired on each other. The MoD stated: “…the deaths of Corporal O’Connor and Corporal Day were caused by a third party or parties whose identities have yet to be established but who are not U.K. personnel.”
An investigative reporter says Green on Blue attacks are not caused by insurgents, but by the way U.S./NATO personnel treat Afghans: “These attacks are motivated by grudges, by people who are unhappy with the people they are coming in contact with in the U.S. and NATO military forces, but also by the broader context of what they hear and see these forces are doing in Afghanistan specifically for example breaking into people’s homes and taking away the males in these homes and detaining them.”-Gareth Porter
26 October 2012
In Ghazni Province, the bodies of six people were found on the Kabul-Kandahar highway. They had been shot. Police believe the victims were traveling to see relatives for the Eid holiday.
The Wall Street Journal said Afghan sources claim Iran has infiltrated Afghanistan through charity organizations. Sources claim Iran can now muster up to 20,000 Afghans at one time for militant activities, making Iran a greater threat than Pakistan.
In Farah Province, an NDS agent was attacked by Mujahideen. Several people were wounded and the a gunman was arrested. No info on what happened to the NDS agent.
ISAF said: “An International Security Assistance Force service member died following an insurgent attack in western Afghanistan today.”
In Faryab Province, a suicide bombing killed at least 40 people, and wounded 50. It appears the Provincial governor and local police chief were the targets. It happened at a Mosque. President Hamid Karzai said the attacks made against Muslims while they are praying in Mosques are not being made by Muslims, suggesting the attacks are really being instigated by non-Muslims (like non-Muslims from the United States or Europe).
Recently the grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia declared that suicide attacks by Muslims against Muslims was unforgivable.