Helmand Province: In Lashkargah City, a Kamikaze car bomber rammed his car into the house of the local police chief. The explosion killed at least five people, wounded 19.
Kabul Province: Afghanistan has a new Obama regime puppet president, so which country will be the first for him to visit? President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai chose China for his first foreign relations visit, where he’ll attend the 4th annual Istanbul Process, Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference.
Kandahar Province: Facebook now giving awards to Afghans living in Kanadahar Province who are the most active on Facebook. Local reports say the awards were given out by a “local entrepreneur”.
Kunduz Province: In Kunduz City, a magnetic bomb exploded on a Army vehicle, two people wounded.
Kunar Province: Government officials claim Pakistan fired 213 artillery rounds into Afghanistan. No reports of casualties, but government officials made the announcement to counter news media reports which said there had been no artillery strikes.
Paktia Province: Government officials claim a Imam blew up himself and his mother in a Mosque. He also blew up the mother of the prayer leader. However, in another government report officials said it was the prayer leader, not the Imam, who planted the bombs. It sounds to me like government officials assassinated the Mosque leaders because they weren’t pro-government.
Paktika Province: In a village in Khair Kot District (aka Zarghun Shar District), villagers report a drone strike killed two of their own.
In Italy, four Afghan National Army officers training with the Esercito Italiano went missing. Officials think they went to France.
The U.S. Special Inspector for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) revealed that the United Nations Law and Order Trust Fund for Afghanistan is lying about how it’s spending money from taxpayers around the world on funding the Afghan National Police. SIGAR says the UN has basically stolen at least $24-million USD from Afghan police! The scam involves the Afghan Ministry of Interior, which takes UN money (meant to pay police) under the guise of a ‘retirement program’ for police. SIGAR says the UN and the Ministry of Interior cannot prove the $24-million actually went to a retirement fund! Since the creation of the UN Law and Order Trust Fund for Afghanistan U.S. taxpayers have paid $1.2-billion into the fund, which is about half what taxpayers from dozens of other countries have paid!
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Perry Aston.
The U.S. Department of Defense is now spending $44.2-million U.S. tax dollars paying MD Helicopters (formerly known as McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems) to upgrade Afghan MD-530F ‘copters to be able to carry weapons. The MD-530F helicopter is a derivative of the old Vietnam era Hughes OH-6 Cayuse (Loach). U.S. taxpayers have already supplied Afghanistan with six MD-530Fs, and another 54 are on their way.
Video interview with U.S. Army MD-530F instructor pilot, August 2013:
But wait, there’s more! The Afghan Ministry of Defense revealed that U.S. taxpayers have paid for 62 additional helicopters for Afghanistan. No details about what type of helicopter they are, just that they were coming from the United States.
In Qatar, a U.S. Army Psychological Operations major died. The U.S. Department of Defense quietly publicized the death saying it was “non-combat”, but “under investigation”. The officer’s official military bio shows that he’s been awarded bookoo medals, including one immediately after he died! The PsyOp major was based at Camp As Sayliyah, which is used by U.S. CentCom as a jumping off point for operations inside Iraq and Afghanistan.
The U.S. state of Maine has been granted $2-million in federal taxpayer funding for a program called Rural Veterans Coordination Pilot (RVCP). It’s supposed to help National Guard occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan vets ‘transition’ back to civilian life.
In the U.S. state of Louisiana, a federal jury has charged two Army National Guardsmen with theft of recruitment bonuses. This latest case also revealed that the failed U.S. military recruitment bonus system was partly started as a result of Hurricane Katrina, not just the War on Terror.
In the U.S. state of Oregon, a U.S. non-profit group helping veterans (mainly National Guard vets) of the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan was targeted. A wheelchair van used by Team River Runner had its wheels/tires stolen as well as the gas tank punctured and drained.
In the U.S. state of Iowa, state officials paid a National Guard occupation of Afghanistan vet hundreds of thousands of dollars because they violated the federal Family and Medical Leave Act in regards to his PTSD. The National Guardsman is an employee at a state prison.
The U.S. state of New York revealed yet another of their National Guard units is operating drones (UAV, RPV). Their Army National Guard 27th Brigade Special Troops Battalion has been operating RQ-7 Shadow surveillance Remotely Piloted Vehicles since 2010, mainly over Afghanistan. Also in New York, a National Guard occupation of Afghanistan vet pled guilty to felonies aggravated vehicular homicide, first-degree manslaughter, second-degree manslaughter and second-degree assault. He was accused of driving intoxicated and then ramming an oncoming car, killing a woman.
Afghanistan, 01 – 04 October 2014
