More reasons why I consider this article as incorrect and propaganda.
“He feels he has been telling everyone about Pakistan for the past six years and here was the evidence, yet London refused to release it, because they care more about their relations with Islamabad than Kabul,” said a source close to the president. “He knows Britain is worried about inflaming its large Pakistani population, but that is no excuse.”
BS coming out of a mad dog. Why did he not take this issue of "coverup" with his US masters, which if REALLY true would have dealt probably more "seriously"?
So furious was Karzai that he threatened to expel British diplomats. When some months later he was informed by the governor of Helmand that British officials were secretly negotiating with the Taliban, he expelled two men and accused Britain of wanting to set up a training camp for former Taliban fighters.
More bullo $hit from the author. US and Karzai have been trying to bring Taliban back to power (recently Saudi Arabia has hinted at that too), US I believe hinted that last year as well. So this "secret" negotiation, and Britain wanting to setup training camp without mad-dog's knowledge is nothing but probably coverup from Kabul!
Re: Taliban leader killed by SAS was Pakistan officer
Not only this, some sources say, back in June, the coaliation forces killed one Pakistani army officer in Kunar and arrested another(who was a major in military) . Some people say the news is so sensitive and inflamatory that the Western newspapers cannot even publish it.
Thanks. Agent Smith. Here is an excerpt from Ahmad Rashid’s book about “Operation Airlift of Evil”.
"One senior (U.S.) intelligence analyst told me, "The request was made by Musharraf to Bush, but Cheney took charge— a token of who was handling Musharraf at the time. The approval was not shared with anyone at State, including Colin Powell, until well after the event. Musharraf said Pakistan needed to save its dignity and its valued people. Two planes were involved, which made several sorties a night over several nights. They took off from air bases in Chitral and Gilgit in Pakistan’s northern areas, and landed in Kunduz, where the evacuees were waiting on the tarmac. Certainly hundreds and perhaps as many as one thousand people escaped. Hundreds of ISI officers, Taliban commanders, and foot soldiers belonging to the IMU and al Qaeda personnel boarded the planes. What was sold as a minor extraction turned into a major air bridge. The frustrated U.S. SOF who watched it from the surrounding high ground dubbed it “Operation Evil Airlift.” Another senior U.S. diplomat told me afterward, “Musharraf fooled us because after we gave approval, the ISI may have run a much bigger operation and got out more people. We just don’t know. At the time nobody wanted to hurt Musharraf, and his prestige with the army was at stake. The real question is why Musharraf did not get his men out before. Clearly the ISI was running its own war against the Americans and did not want to leave Afghanistan until the last moment.” "
Here is the “Council for Foreign Relations” source.
As soon as Nato pulls out of Afghanistan, Pakistan should invade Afghanistan, if the Pashtuns of Afghanistan side with their brethren in Pakistan (who out number them), the rest of Afghanistan will surely fall!
Then they'd probably spend a 100 years fighting over whether Urdu or Dari should be the national language lol.
This is why the US is convinced that Pakistan is either not capable, or not serious about fighting this militancy.
I would go one step forward and say this US administration is not serious about fighting militancy. Remember Cheney took charge of 'operation airlift' and not only Pakistanis but some high ranked Taliban leader escaped from Afghanistan and found safe haven in Pakistan.
As soon as Nato pulls out of Afghanistan, Pakistan should invade Afghanistan, if the Pashtuns of Afghanistan side with their brethren in Pakistan (who out number them), the rest of Afghanistan will surely fall!
Then they'd probably spend a 100 years fighting over whether Urdu or Dari should be the national language lol.
I don't think it is all about Dari or Urdu. It is the "Clash of Civilizations" as General Hamid Gul one of the master-minds that implemented the ideology of pan-Islam as the military doctrine of Jehad puts it. It is a proxy war.
One of the two sides would be defeated. For US and NATO, a lot is at stake. Exit from Afghanistan will mean an end of NATO (Afghanistan being the first military undertaking of NATO) . Serious people say they can bomb Rawalpindi or even Mecca but not leave Afghanistan.
Let us see who wins. But one thing is certain. No regional or global power except probably Arabs wants Pakistani nuclear missile at Shin Dand (Herat Afghanistan) pointed at Central Asia, Persian Gulf, ME & Israel, and beyond at Europe. The comments by Biden in his debate with Palin about war in Afghanistan-Pakistan are testimony to it.
Re: Taliban leader killed by SAS was Pakistan officer
The simplest explanation is that the officer was not there in an official capacity. Either he did this while on leave or he was away without leave.
If he was there covertly, he would not have ID. The ISI stripped all pakistani officers entering Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion of ID to be able to deny they were pakistani (read the book "The Bear Trap").
It is silly to expect the ISI would throw its own processes out of the window and send in a man with ID linking back to Pakistan.
On the other hand, a rogue officer would have nothing to lose for himself by having ID on his body allowing himself to be identified after death. He would have no reason to be careful. Indeed, military ID would probably be useful if you need to bluff and intimidate your way past the paramilitary border guards on your way back. Would paramilitaries actually ask too many questions or give hassle to what is apparently a proven Pakistani officer?
Indeed, the presence of a rogue officer would explain why Britain covered this up. I very much doubt that if Britain considered this proof of Pakistani duplicity, they would just keep quiet about it. On the other hand, understanding the embarrassment a rogue officer could cause, they kept discrete until loud-mouth blabbering Afghans came along.
Re: Taliban leader killed by SAS was Pakistan officer
So let me guess this straight. The Pakistani military and ISI is carrying out activities which are in the national interest of the country and people are *****ing about it?