Bamyan Province: In Hajigak, the Steel Authority of India announced they are spending $1.14-billion USD on the Afghan Iron and Steel Consortium (AIFSCO). This is on top of $2.9-billion spent by other mining operations since 2011! At least three international mining companies are spending big bucks developing infrastructure so they can begin mining an estimated 1.5-million metric tons per year of iron ore!
Faryab Province: In Khawajah Sabz Posh District, the local government “intelligence” boss was assassinated supposedly by Mujahideen, along with his driver. Interestingly another intelligence official was ‘allowed’ to live.
Helmand Province: In Marjah District, U.S.-NATO conducted an airstrike that killed 13 people.
Herat Province: A Soviet intelligence officer thought to have been killed during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan has been found alive and well. Turns out he defected during the 1980s and became a Mujahid: “In Russia I lived in Moscow. I was deployed to Afghanistan. After fighting for two years, I was injured. I was shot in the head. I collapsed unconscious to the ground. A Mujahideen commander took me to his house. I don’t know how long I was unconscious for. When I finally opened my eyes, I saw I was being cared for by the Mujahideen commander’s family. The Mujahideen saved my life. I was unconscious so they could have easily killed me. They had the power and opportunity to kill me but they didn’t……My brother and sister still live in Russia. They have tried to contact me, but I will never go back there. They hate that I am a Muslim convert now.”-Sheikh Abdullah, formerly known as Bakhretdin Khakimov
Kabul Province: In Kabul City, the European Union announced they are sending another 100 vote count observers, as if that will make things better. For the second time reporters were attacked by vote recount observers, for questioning the process of eliminating votes. Outgoing President Hamid Karzai restated that there will be a new president by the end of August, as the Obama regime ordered. The two opposing(?) candidates (yet both are Obama regime puppets) known as Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and Abdullah Abdullah, have agreed to create a unity government at the urging of U.S. Secretary of failed State John Kerry. The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) reported a unexpected 20% reduction in commercial exports. They suspect it has something to do with the “successful” elections. An artillery rocket landed near a U.S.-NATO building on the Kabul airbase compound. ISAF said there was “minor damage”, but apparently no casualties. In the city’s 12th district an explosion wounded four Afghan National Army (ANA) personnel and three civilians. In the city’s 1st district an explosion killed one person and wounded another. It was a magnetic bomb stuck onto a government vehicle from the province of Maidan Wardak. In the Alaudin area of the city a kamikaze car bomber rammed a NATO convoy. Four people killed, at least 35 wounded. The National Security Council of Afghanistan (NSC) has ordered Afghan military and police forces to respond to alleged Pakistani provocations in kind, in other words war is on between Afghanistan and Pakistan!
Kandahar Province: Police chief Abdul Raziq elected himself judge and jury and ordered the summary execution of prisoners. His justification was that people released from prison are so pissed at the government that they join the Mujahideen. Raziq’s illegal act comes after two weeks of battles with Mujahideen left more than 170 people dead and 70 wounded. This authoritarian act by the prefectural police chief shows the Mujahideen are kicking his ass! Police also report that almost all of the attempted kamikaze bombers they’ve recently captured are from Pakistan. The government of India announced it will spend $1-million in taxpayer money to build a sports stadium in Aino Meena City.
Laghman Province: National Directorate of Security (NDS) claims they’ve captured a mini-truck full of explosives, as it crossed the border into Afghanistan from Pakistan.
Nangarhar Province: In Khogyani and Shirzad districts, U.S. led NATO and ANA launched an offensive against Mujahideen. So far 69 people killed. Government officials claim several of the Mujahideen killed were from Pakistan.
Uruzgan Province: In Khas Uruzgan District, police officials report an offensive by at least 900 Mujahideen. So far at least 45 people killed and 19 wounded.
More U.S. taxpayer waste: “Legitimate concerns remain about the ability of the U.S. and Afghan governments to jointly develop, undertake, and complete two new and ambitious infrastructure projects before the end of the year. Security risks associated with starting new high-profile infrastructure projects pose a particular concern. In addition, I fear the initial cost estimates for the two projects may be overly optimistic. For example, the draft cost estimate for the Dahla Dam turbine project is only $10 million, while the cost of the Kajaki Dam Unit 2 Project, which has already received substantial assistance, is at least $75 million.”-John Sopko, U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
In the U.S. state of Georgia, a 2nd Lieutenant of the Mississippi Army National Guard was found dead on the U.S. Army’s Fort Gordon property. He had served as an enlisted-man/NCO in Iraq and Afghanistan, as a satellite communication systems operator. An investigation into his death is supposedly underway.
25 militiamen of the Army National Guard’s 37th Finance Detachment, 27th Finance Company (New York U.S.A.), departed for Afghanistan.
40 militiamen of the Army National Guard’s 814th Medical Company Area Support (North Dakota U.S.A.) returned from Afghanistan.