RC N Watch: USA erklären Kommandeur des Haqqani-Netzwerks für Nordafghanistan zum „globalen Terroristen“
Die Bedeutung dieser Nachricht geht zwar weit über den Norden Afghanistans hinaus, ist aber auch für das Gebiet des Regionalkommandos Nord interessant:
The Secretary of State has designated Haqqani Network chief of suicide operations Qari Zakir (also known as Abdul Rauf) as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism.
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Qari Zakir is the chief of suicide operations for the Haqqani Network and the operational commander in Kabul, Takhar, Kunduz, and Baghlan Provinces, Afghanistan. Zakir is responsible for the Haqqani Network’s training program, which includes instruction in small arms, heavy weapons, and basic improvised explosive device (IED) construction.
heißt es in einer Erklärung des US-Außenministeriums.
Eine Übersicht über das Vorgehen der USA gegen das Haqqani-Netzwerk gibt es beim Long War Journal.
Nicht ganz das Thema, aber auch Afghanistan:
Herat Provincial Council Claims Security is Failing : http://www.tolonews.com/en/afghanistan/8216-herat-provincial-council-claims-security-is-failing-
„A sense of rising insecurity in western Herat province has led members of the provincial council to warn that several districts will fall to insurgents, if they have not already.
Head of the Herat Provincial Council Abdul Zahir Faiz Zada told TOLOnews that up to 50 Afghan police and civilians were killed in the province last month which is an increase on previous months.
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„People are not ready to cooperate with the government in the districts, sometimes even police forces are doing secret operations in order not to be known,“ council member Sayed Wahid Qatali said.
Another member Toor Mohammad Zarifi said that some districts including Shindand are already in the control of the militants.
„Most parts of the Shindand district are out of the government’s control, they only have the government buildings,“ he said.“
Kabul clerics oppose local police force: http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2012/11/06/kabul-clerics-oppose-local-police-force
„A number of Kabul-based prayer leaders and preachers on Tuesday voiced their aversion to the NATO-funded Afghan Local Police (ALP) and local militias.
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A statement from the president’s office quoted the imams and khatibs as saying: “Religious scholars are prosecuted and tortured whenever they express their views on contemporary issues.” „
Update: http://tolonews.com/en/afghanistan/8249-jihadi-council-distributes-weapons-in-herat-provincial-spox
Würde wahrscheinlich besser passen zum letzten Statement von Muhammad Ismail, immerhin geschah es ja auf seinen Befehl hin, so TOLO. Vielleicht die Kommentare verschieben?