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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Why has Hamid Karzai forgotten 9-11?

It seems as if Karzai has forgotten how he ended up in power in the first place. Had the US not been attacked on 9-11, there would have been no invasion, no elections and Karzai would have no chance to be leader of Afghanistan. How many lives has the US and Coalition forces laid down to respond to the attacks and secure Afghanistan? How many sacrificed their lives while trying to do some good in Afghanistan? How many will need to be taken care of for the rest of their lives after they were wounded in his country? Does this man have a clue what this has cost the American people with all these years since 2001? How dare he get angry over the capture of someone responsible for what others have had to pay for what he now enjoys!

Karzai ‘Very Angry’ Over Taliban Arrest
March 16, 2010
Associated Press
KABUL -- The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one of Karzai's advisers.

The detention of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar -- second in the Taliban only to one-eyed Mullah Mohammed Omar -- has raised new questions about whether the U.S. is willing to back peace discussions with leaders who harbored the terrorists behind the Sept. 11 attacks.

Karzai "was very angry" when he heard that the Pakistanis had picked up Baradar with an assist from U.S. intelligence, the adviser said. Besides the ongoing talks, he said Baradar had "given a green light" to participating in a three-day peace jirga that Karzai is hosting next month.

The adviser, who had knowledge of the peace talks, spoke on condition of anonymity because of their sensitivity. Other Afghan officials, including Abdul Ali Shamsi, security adviser to the governor of Helmand province, also confirmed talks between Baradar and the Afghan government. Several media reports have suggested that Baradar had been in touch with Karzai representatives, but these are the first details to emerge from the discussions.
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Karzai Very Angry Over Taliban Arrest

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