afghanistan

I read stuff like this, and I can only shake my head in dismay.

The Fastest Girl in Kabul

It boggles the mind. Fortunately, international pressure has forced Hamid Karzai’s government to give him a new trial. Hopefully it will go better than the first one.

It boggles the mind. Fortunately, international pressure has forced Hamid Karzai’s government to give him a new trial. Hopefully it will go better than the first one.

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The word Al Qaeda has become world wide known as an infamous blood- thirsty terrorist organization that has dared to attack American main land. Even after five years of pursuit by the world’s most powerful military and intelligence net work, the top leaders are evading arrest and have regrouped. It is feared by most of the countries in the world. The top leaders of Al Qaeda fled to lawless North West mountainous areas of Pakistan when Taliban fell from power under the combined onslaught of US led allied forces and Afghan Northern alliance forces. Osama Bin Laden with US $27 million bounty on his head reportedly escaped from Tora Bora bombings in Afghanistan with his most trusted lieutenants. His escape from the caves is attributed to refusal to deploy American ground troops by Pentagon. (1). Apart from them, the Taliban terrorists with Al Qaeda connection such as Mullah Dadullah( The former Taliban intelligence chief), Mullah Omar(Founder of the movement), Maulvi Obaidullah(Former Defense Minister), Jalaluddin Haqani( Former minister of tribal affairs) escaped from the US forces and are reportedly hiding in Pakistan. Al Qaeda’s deputy Ayman Al Zawahiri one of the most wanted criminal after Bin Laden and number two on the list of wanted of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of USA is also reportedly hiding in Pakistan. Although USA and Pakistani commandos are conducting search operations, the terrorist leaders are still at large. It is nearly five years since the hunt for these criminals is on inside Pakistan. America claims that when a person chooses to hide, his capture becomes very difficult. It is also claimed by US government that nearly three fourths of Al Qaeda leaders engaged in 9/11 attack and plotters are already eliminated in the war on terror (2). As a matter of fact although Taliban and Al Qaeda are different organizations both are synonymous to each other and are to be tackled with equal vigor, determination and ferocity.

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Prof Dr Colonel (Retired) K Prabhakar Rao

Taliban was ousted from Power in Afghanistan after the intense pounding by the US led allied forces immediately after Sept 9, 2001 attack on World Trade Center in New York. Taliban was created by Pakistan in their Madrasas to counter Soviet occupation forces in Afghanistan duly abetted by Western agencies and after the pull out of Soviet troops Taliban assumed the power in the State. The country returned to the most medieval and obscured ideology where women were forbidden from going to schools. Men were judged by the measured lengths of the beards. The country became a den for drug trafficking as a source of revenue. Al Qaeda emerged in Afghanistan as a notorious outfit and the top leaders including Bin Laden were harbored in Afghanistan. The regime of Taliban turned fundamentalist and the terrorists even hijacked an Indian air craft with passengers to Afghanistan to get the release of fellow Kashmiri terrorists who were imprisoned in India. Taliban destroyed statues of Bamian Buddhas that were nearly 1600 years old against world opinion. Attack on World Trade Center was planned by Al Qaeda and consequently Taliban were thrown out after the attack on American main land by the terrorists (1). Large numbers of Taliban escaped into neighboring Pakistan and are hiding in Waziristan, the most difficult tribal land. These areas were known as North West Frontier Agencies during the British rule in Indian Sub Continent. There is a very great sympathy for Taliban in Pakistan. This was also evident from the rushing of thousands of Pakistani fundamentalist and crazy youth wielding all types of weapons crossing the border and rushing into Afghanistan, yelling and shrieking when US forces attacked and invaded Afghanistan to capture Bin Laden and dethrone Taliban.

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