Taliban takes Afghan province police chief hostage

Confusing as it is, this is the same president who announced that active combat by USA forces had come to an end and to understand the war was over; that we won!

In making his troop announcement last Thursday, Obama noted that Pakistani forces have squeezed remnants of al-Qaida into neighboring Afghanistan.

Kunduz was quickly retaken, but the Taliban assault demonstrated their persistent strength. And if they’re not going to run things from Kabul, they can destabilize any government that tries. In the first six months of 2015, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan documented the highest level of civilian casualties in the country since it began keeping authoritative records in 2008.

A government spokesman said in a statement that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif directed the foreign ministry to arrange the immediate transportation of wheat stocks for the citizens of Kunduz, who are returning to their homes after Afghan security forces, backed by US aerial support, pushed the Taliban back from the center of the city. While Afghan government troops hold most major population centres, the Taliban is strong in rural areas. The US had brokered a coalition government after last year’s bitter election stalemate. The continuing infighting among politicians, however, has had its effect on military commanders beholden to patrons in the capital.

In fact, you are nearly as likely to come across a Taliban fighter, residents of Khawaja Ghar and surrounding settlements say, as militants waging an increasingly bold insurgency to overthrow the government roam with impunity on its doorstep. The measure, however, perpetuated local tensions and rivalries because of the militias’ abusive behavior, which made circumstances fertile for the insurgents and their propaganda. The Taliban, furthermore, hadn’t been fully repulsed and continued to patrol and attack Kunduz suburbs.

If he gets the green light from Ghani and the NSC, it will be Dostum’s second time this year leading men into Faryab to take on the Taliban. That’s how they gathered a large enough force to take Kunduz.

But for all the hope that President Ghani engendered, Islamabad and Kabul have reverted to hurling accusations at each other.

“The Afghan units and United States forces did not have much or any time working together”. Political talk shows turned into brawls.

The US, which had been intent on withdrawal, watched from the sidelines as the Taliban marched on the city. “The plan was to start from the Deh Sabz, Sorubi and Mosahi districts and engage Afghan forces for hours and start panic in the capital”.

The bombing, later called a mistake by the USA military, happened on October. 3.

Liu says the investigation would be led by the global Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission.

Obama campaigned for the presidency on a pledge to end America’s conflict in Iraq, and, shortly after his election, promised to pull all American troops from that country by the end of 2011.

New threats, too, have arisen as insurgents claiming allegiance to Islamic State have established themselves in a few parts of the country. The northern province of Kunduz has always remained a stronghold of the Afghan Taliban. However, the lack of help from other countries to transform the vicious nature of the Middle East is the biggest thorn in this path. It will continue to prick, causing the completely unnecessary and overwhelming death count, until everyone decides to take united action.

In the streets and political salons of Kabul, there’s a sense of relief over Obama’s decision to suspend the USA pullout.

“I think the very good point in this program, it’s teaching by the Afghan colleagues, Afghan professors and according with our reality, according with our society it’s very important”, said Nasrullah Stanikzai, a law professor who taught on the first day of the course.

“Commandos aren’t getting used in the best way they have been presupposed to be”, one Afghan commander complained to a staff of D.R. special forces at a distant outpost in Paktia province, near the Pakistan border the place the Taliban have lengthy been lively. Otherwise, Obama’s decision will be just a slight delay on a long-foretold failure, despite years of tremendous bloodshed and spent treasure.