Karzai's War - Afghanistan

June 2003
Hamid Karzai's early attempts to restore security in Afghanistan are being hampered by the Taliban, who are using Pakistan as a base to launch further attacks.

In post-Taliban Afghanistan, politics remains a deadly business. The vice president and a cabinet minister have been murdered and Karzai himself narrowly escaped assassination. The most serious threat comes from a re-invigorated Taliban. They are distancing themselves from Al Qaeda and allying themselves with disgruntled warlords. Ahmed Rashid, one of the world's leading analysts of the Taliban, believes they are being covertly assisted by Pakistan: "The intelligence agencies have given freedom of movement and freedom of access across the border to the Taliban." In the madrasses of North West Pakistan, new Taliban graduates are still preparing to fight the Americans. The Taliban are remarkably well equipped with surface-to-air missiles, body armour and night-vision equipment. Another problem is that US officers simply don't trust the Afghan army or pro-Karzai militia. "A lot of the times you don't know who your friend is and who your foe is," complains Captain Mike Gonzales. Ordinary Afghans have seen little evidence of the $5 billion aid promised and are unlikely to see much reconstruction while the country remains so unstable. If the issue of security is not addressed soon, experts like Rashid predict that the situation will only get worse.

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[dublin1232010]

long live afghanistan

[virgostar19]

what is the situation in Afghanistan right now after millions of $'s and

[haveahorst]

What a shameful death. Get the hell out of my hoemland and take Karzai with you. We dont need your puppets.

[MrAlex8525]

ALLAH AKBAR

[MrAlex8525]

TALIBAN IS GOOD PLEASE KEEP INVITING NON MUSLIM TO ISLAM THATS ONLY DUTY IF THEY FIGHT US PLEASE KEEP KILLING THEM ALLAH BE WITH YOU INSHALLAH

[Noormusleh]

You people care crying just because of losing 2 soldiers so you never feel the pain of those who lose their beloved in your attacks. think about them.

[210482fmj]

times change and i think its inevitable that the west will rule afghanistan. I also think westerners will one day be living in afghanistan just like people from asia now live in the west. Afghanistan will benefit from modernization. Eventually the people will change and become modern. This country has great potential. Remember this country is not just the local peoples country but belongs to the whole world to share and use like anywhere else. i say we bag the terrorists and move in

[Love4Fuckistani]

peace5384 i dont give a shit who the fuck u r? all i am asking u is to stop intervening in afghans business, it dosent really matter if the majority of power is in the hand of northern alience cos they all r afghans, they aint like u shit porkie

[Peace5384]

Karzai is the best hope we have at the moment, I mean do we really want people like Abdullah Abdullah(traitor and thief) or Qasim Fahim(can't even spell his own name) take power and repeat another civil war? I actually give Karzai a lot of credit, for those of you who think Afghanistan's problems are easy to solve, you have another thing coming, first of all Karzai complies with the orders of America, UNFORTUNATELY, a majority of power is in the hands of the disguisting Northern Alliance