04 December 2012
In Balkh Province, the people of Chahar Bolak district said U.S. led forces conducted an illegal night raid, which led to the men and women of 15 families being separated from each other, and then the women were raped!
Amnesty International says the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan has resulted in at least half a million people living in refugee camps. The camps are not equipped to deal with cold winter weather: “We are in dire need of help, the weather is getting cold but we don’t have blankets, fuel, and warm clothes. I don’t know how to keep my children warm.”-Shahzada Khan, refugee who fled Laghman Province because of the violence caused by the presence of U.S. led forces
Afghan government leaders are angry over statements made by Pakistan’s Interior Minister. Pakistan is now accusing Afghanistan of being the home base for terrorist operations in Pakistan: “…if they do not halt their terrorist activities in Pakistan…..We will reply if there is any activity from Afghanistan…”-Rahman Malik
Afghan Interior Minister, Mojtaba Patang, criticized Afghan National Police (ANP) saying the ‘national’ police units are totally influenced by local politics: “Our police forces have been linked with the political and other groups, they are not national police forces. Issues are created by regional police forces. They are supporting the crime intentionally or unintentionally in their areas where they belong to and are performing duties in the same areas.”
03 December 2012
In Nuristan Province, the deputy district governor and chief of intelligence were killed and six cops wounded, after Mujahideen attacked the building they were in.
In Paktia Province, in Masto village, an Afghan National Army troop ran over and killed a policeman.
ISAF said: “Two International Security Assistance Force service members died following an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan.”
In Uruzgan Province, five people killed, nine wounded, by an explosion near the local Afghan Intelligence Department in Tarinkowt city. The explosion was the result of a remote detonated motorcycle bomb.
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) and the Afghan Ministry of Public Health, say 10,500 people die from tuberculosis every year in Afghanistan. In a round-a-bout way they blamed the U.S. occupation.
02 December 2012
In Farah Province, locals in the Gulistan district say U.S. led forces raided homes and kidnapped several people.
In Nimruz Province, local government officials say the U.S. struck a suspected Mujahideen home, killing three people.
In Nangarhar Province, Mujahideen attacked the Jalalabad airbase. According to local government officials, five suicide bombers attacked at once, then firefights broke out. Some reports say as many as 18 people killed, 40 wounded. Other reports say the Mujahideen made it onto the airbase complex. ISAF would only say that there were “…multiple explosions in the vicinity of Jalalabad airport.”
Former Afghan Central Bank Chief, Abdul Qadir Fitrat, said government officials were involved with the collapse of Kabul Bank. Billions of USD were withdrawn or issued as fraudulent loans. Several reports say the money went to people in other countries and at least 19 individuals and companies in Afghanistan. Fitrat says no one has yet to be arrested, and even accused the President of being involved: “In Afghanistan we have president who is acting over the law who is not prepared to be inquired regarding the monetary crime which has been committed by himself and family members.”
01 December 2012
In Paktia Province, in Kahiar Kot district, locals say a U.S./NATO transport plane crashed killing everyone on board. Locals say it looked like the plane was having technical problems. No word from ISAF.
In Uruzgan Province, a suicide bomber blew up his vehicle killing three people and wounding four others. Also, locals from Char Chino district say U.S. led forces attacked them, killing four people and kidnapping two others.
Deputy Afghan House Speaker, Haji Zahir Qadir, apologized for the beating his body guards gave to a Afghan cop. The incident took place near a U.S. military base in Wazir Akbar Khan area, right after a suicide bombing. Apparently the cop thought the body guards were Mujahideen and tried to attack them.
The Afghan government is now investigating the creation of an official provincial Mujahideen Council, in Herat Province. It was formed a few months ago, and involved redistributing captured Mujahideen weapons back to the Mujahideen. The stated goal of Herat’s Mujahideen Council is to unite all local Mujahideen groups into one powerful organization, that works similar to the U.S. state run National Guard. One national government official says Herat officials have misused funding for water and energy projects to create the Mujahideen Council.
German defense officials announced they will close down two of their Afghan bases in Baghlan and Kunduz provinces, sometime in 2013.
The United States Senate has voted, 62 to 33, to accelerate the pullout of U.S. troops: “It is time to end this war, end the longest war in United States history!”-Jeff Merkley, Senator from Oregon