100 doden bij gevechten in Afghanistan

[Joostje]

Afghanistan's Civil Aviation Minister, Mirwais Sadiq, has been killed in the western city of Herat.
One report said Mr Sadiq died after a rocket propelled grenade hit his car. The attack followed a failed bid to kill his father, the governor of Herat.

After Mr Sadiq's death, heavy fighting broke out between troops loyal to his father and a senior local military commander Zahir Nayebzada, police said.

There are reports that up to 100 people have been killed in the clashes.

A spokesman for Herat governor Ismail Khan blamed Mr Sadiq's death on forces loyal to Zahir Nayebzada.

Mr Nayebzada, for his part, accused Ismail Khan's forces of provoking the fighting by trying to take command of his division. He said Mr Sadiq was killed after breaking into his residence.




Profile of Herat governor
Troops loyal to Mr Khan have surrounded the commander's home as well as a military barracks in the city.

The BBC's Kabul correspondent Crispin Thorold says Ismail Khan controls Herat with what some describe as an iron fist. He is loved and loathed in equal measure.

Our correspondent says there have been rumours of rivalry between Mr Khan and Mr Nayebzada in recent weeks over the appointment of government jobs.

In Kabul, President Hamid Karzai's cabinet convened an emergency session following Mr Sadiq's death.

A government statement said Mr Karzai was "deeply shocked" by the killing and had ordered an investigation. The government said it was sending a senior delegation to Herat.

Man of power

State television has reported that the security commander for Herat, the city's director of narcotics control and a bodyguard were travelling in the car with the minister and were also killed in the attack.


Ismail Khan, a former anti-Soviet resistance commander, is one of the most powerful men in Afghanistan with a strong following among ethnic Tajiks and a private army.

Correspondents say President Karzai has virtually no influence in the province, where Mr Khan has dominated since the end of Taleban rule in late 2001.

Mirwais Sadiq is the third minister under President Hamid Karzai to be assassinated.

His predecessor as aviation minister, Abdul Rahman, was beaten to death at Kabul airport in February 2002.

Vice President and Public Works Minister Haji Abdul Qadir was shot dead outside his office in July 2002.

Last February, Minister for Petroleum and Mines Juma Mohammad Mohammadi died in an air crash off Pakistan.

Security around the president has been tight since a failed assassination attempt in the southern city of Kandahar in September 2002

Joechee

Het is o zo veilig in Efghènistèn sinds de Amerikanen er zijn. Even serieus: ze zitten er nu al bijna drie jaar en Afghanistan is nog steeds een rotzooi.

Ach, de VS kan nu wel zn oliepijpleidingen leggen daar was het ze toch om te doen

[Gimme more beer]

Le Socialiste schreef op 21-03-2004 @ 20:33:
Het is o zo veilig in Efghènistèn sinds de Amerikanen er zijn. Even serieus: ze zitten er nu al bijna drie jaar en Afghanistan is nog steeds een rotzooi.

Het wordt pas beter als ze er weggaan, zo was het toch altijd al?

Alleen dan komen ze er later weer terug, let maar op...

Gimme more beer schreef op 21-03-2004 @ 20:39:
Het wordt pas beter als ze er weggaan, zo was het toch altijd al?

Alleen dan komen ze er later weer terug, let maar op...

Afghanistan is al dertig jaar lang ziek, en de komst van een legertje Amerikanen verandert daar niets aan.

[Gimme more beer]

Le Socialiste schreef op 21-03-2004 @ 20:53:
Afghanistan is al dertig jaar lang ziek, en de komst van een legertje Amerikanen verandert daar niets aan.

Nee, daar heb je absoluut gelijk in. Maar de "hulp" die amerika probeert te bieden is ook niet de hulp die ze nodig hebben. Sterker nog, met een beetje pech werkt het averechts...

Gimme more beer schreef op 21-03-2004 @ 20:54:
Nee, daar heb je absoluut gelijk in. Maar de "hulp" die amerika probeert te bieden is ook niet de hulp die ze nodig hebben. Sterker nog, met een beetje pech werkt het averechts...

Precies, dan spelen ze de Taliban c.s. in de kaart...

[Martian]

ach die 'regering' van Karzai stelt toch geen ruk voor

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Overigens:
"It's now clear that by shifting his focus to Iraq, Bush did al-Qaida a huge favor. The terrorists and their Taliban allies were given time to regroup; the resurgent Taliban once again control almost a third of Afghanistan, and al-Qaida has regained the ability to carry out large-scale atrocities."

bron

En:
"In interviews with Afghans, diplomats and military commanders across the country, [TIME Magazine] found that Afghans' daily lives still remain blighted by violence and fear. Forces loyal to Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar -- believed to be hiding in Afghanistan or Pakistan -- now control nearly one-third of the country's territory."
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[De Dood]

Ik denk niet dat het ooit nog wat word met dat soort landen.
Het is daar al lang geleden uit de hand gelopen en dat al altijd wel zo blijven...

[smoke2k]

ja inderdaad zal niet stoppen

[Gimme more beer]

De Dood schreef op 22-03-2004 @ 14:49:
Ik denk niet dat het ooit nog wat word met dat soort landen.
Het is daar al lang geleden uit de hand gelopen en dat al altijd wel zo blijven...

Nee, maar dan moet Amerika zich er niet weer mee komen bemoeien. Tot nu toe heeft Amerika internationaal niet bijster veel goeds gedaan. En toch zijn ze de huidige wereldmacht...