I hope those rumors are baseless, and I am glad you are safe. Keep up the good work!
Here're the tragic consequences of U.S. realpolitik. All allies are always good allies if they can let us be winner, at all costs, isn't it?
You know that you're safe because there is someone which prays always for you...
Please stay safe. Why are parts of the ISI and Pakistani army doing this? Pakistan benefits from a prosperous, free and successful Afghanistan.
salam nasim jan,
good for u to be in ancient Bamian
i wish i were there too in dear afghanistan
well, i've got something for u:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORL...dead/
index.html
maybe have seen it before, but i thought it might be interesting
anyways, i came to say "eid mubarak" and wish u a happy eid-ul fitr
come read my new post if u don't mind
bye for now
if you really think the stingers we passed on to our Afghan friends still have battery power and will actually function after sitting around in Afghanistan for 20 years you give us way too much credit. Complex weapons systems have a shelf life. Batteries have a shelf life too. The stingers we left here are a threat only to those Afghans who try to disassemble them to get at the meager explosives in the warhead.
Hi Nasim Jan
I think "baba Tim" has a point, those weapons must be really old by now. I am not knowledgeable about weapons at all, but after 20 years it is weird how those things still function, maybe Taliban have new sources to be equipped???
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Hallo Nasim,
congratulations! Afghan national cricket team won the 4th division and promote to the 3th division.They won all their games. It is a good sign for Afghanistan.
You can watch the results here:
http://www.cricketeurope4.net/WC...TS/
tables.shtml
Yeah the Stinger batteries died out years ago, but Baba Tim and others, maybe you missed what seemed to be the point of the story - ISI has repaired them.
As to whether this is true or not I have no idea. But no question that if the Taliban got their hands on Stingers or Russian Strelas or Nevas, things would start going a bit differently for NATO and ISAF.
Here is an interesting fact that not many people know about:
Michael Pillsbury participated in President Reagan's decision in 1986 to order the CIA to arm the Afghan resistance with Stinger missiles. According to the UN Undersecretary General who negotiated the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, "Initially, the Stinger campaign was spearheaded by Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Fred Ikle and his aggressive Coordinator for Afghan Affairs, Michael Pillsbury
… The Stinger proponents won their victory in the face of overwhelming bureaucratic resistance that persisted until the very end of the struggle." Mann wrote, "For Michael Pillsbury, the covert operations in Afghanistan represented the fulfillment of the decade-old dream of American military cooperation with China… To help him win the argument, Pillsbury made use of his China connections." George Crile stated in Charlie Wilson's War that, "Ironically, neither [Gust] Avrakotos nor [Charlie] Wilson was directly involved in the decision and claims any credit."
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