The Afghansitan/Pakistan Thread

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Things are still going on in various war zones we have invested so much time, effort and wealth in. It's too bad that political and military leadership wasted so many years spinning their wheels with bad policy and execution.http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8B704820121208

Tribal sources from Pakistan's northwest said on Saturday a U.S. drone attack had killed a senior al Qaeda commander in the latest blow to the militant Islamist group that has been targeted in many similar attacks.

Abu Zaid was killed in the drone strike on a hideout in Pakistan's North Waziristan, one of the tribal regions near the border with Afghanistan, early on Thursday, the sources said. Zaid had just moved to the hideout a few days ago, they said.

Pakistani security officials based in North Waziristan said they were aware of the death of a senior al Qaeda commander but could not confirm his identity or rank.

Zaid replaced Abu Yahya al-Libi as one of al Qaeda's most powerful figures in June after Libi was killed by a U.S. drone strike. Ten others were also killed in that attack.

Unmanned aerial attacks have crushed al Qaeda's network along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan but have drawn trenchant criticism in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
 

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Afghan Intelligence chief injured in targeted suicide bombing while in Pakistan.https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2012...n.html?hp&_r=0

Karzai stopped short of directly blaming neighboring Pakistan, a regional power seen as critical to U.S. efforts to stabilize Afghanistan before NATO combat troops leave by the end of 2014.

On Thursday, a suicide bomber posing as a peace messenger wounded Afghanistan's intelligence chief, Asadullah Khalid, dealing a blow to a nascent reconciliation process. The bomb was hidden in the attacker's underwear, said Karzai.

"Of course we will be seeking clarification from Pakistan because we know this man who came in the name of a guest to meet Asadullah Khalid came from Pakistan. We know that for a fact," said Karzai.

"We will be firmly and clearly seeking clarification and asking for any information that they may have."

Pakistan's government said it would assist in any investigation, but urged Karzai to provide evidence before making such statements.

"Before leveling charges, the Afghan government would do well if they shared information or evidence with the government of Pakistan that they might have with regard to the cowardly attack on (Khalid)," said a spokesman for Pakistan's foreign ministry.

"They would also do well by ordering an investigation into any lapses in the security arrangements around (Khalid)."
 

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They refuse to allow the machine that turns taxpayer money into contract company CEO money to be turned off.