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Gorbachev pessimistic over US winning the Afghan war

11/11/2009 | Posted by mesiamd | Edit Post

A day after he attended the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in Germany, USSR's former president Mikhail Gorbachev, the architect of perestroika (rebuilding) in the 1980’s which led to Soviet Union's dissolution spoke his thought. He said the United States would not win in Afghanistan war.

Gorbachev advised against beefing up US troops to combat the lawless Taliban--- Thinking that it would be better to withdraw, he based his advice from USSR’s experience learned from the Soviet's military campaign in the 1980’s. The Russians concluded that Afghanistan was too fractious and divided by clans, making it very hard for the poorly developed country to be united.

As the 78-year old Soviet leader said this, he was not banking that Pres. Barack Obama would heed his advice. He thought there was nothing to be gained from continued engagement with the Afghans. So in 1988 till early 1989, Soviet forces pulled out from the Afghanistan.

“Obama is considering a military request to send as many as 40,000 more U.S. soldiers to Afghanistan, on top of the 68,000 due to be stationed there by the end of the year. Other North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces, comprising personnel from 42 countries, number about 36,000.”---- Bloomberg.com (11/10/09, Burns, C; Donohue, P.)

Afghanistan is struggling to control the heightened attacks of the Taliban who harbors the terrorist group Al Qaeda. Alhough Pres. Hamid Karzai is declared the winner in the contested election, his continued stay in power has to deal with massive government corruption which is difficult to eradicate. (Photo Credit: ctv.ca)=0=

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Labels: Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, Mikhaiil Gorbachev, Russia, Taliban, USSR, war

Afghanistan election: why is Pres. Hamid Karzai leading the race?

9/07/2009 | Posted by mesiamd | Edit Post

The contentious presidential election in Afghanistan has not been settled. The country’s Independent Election Commission reveals about 500 voting posts have been rejected because of accusations of fraud. The counting at this time puts Karzai ahead of his rival Abdullah Abdullah with total votes of 48.6% and 31.7% respectively.

According to the New York Times report, Karzai and his supporters put up about 800 fraudulent polling places to rig the election Moreover it was alleged by Afghan and Western leaders that the votes in certain voting stations far exceeded the usual number, some as high as 10 times the usual.

As the alleged cheating is being investigated, the final tall of election results is expected to be finished next month. The IEC has received more than 2,000 complaints related to the election last August 30. 2009. (Photo Credit: World Economic Forum) =0=

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Labels: Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan, election, fraud, Hamid Karzai, investigation, politcs, Pres. Hamid Karzai, Totie Mesia

Taliban suicide bomber kills 23 in Afghanistan attack

9/02/2009 | Posted by mesiamd | Edit Post

The Taliban claiming responsibility, a suicide bomber detonated himself killing 23 people in a a crowded Mosque in Mehtarlam, Laghman Province, about 100 miles from the capital city of Kabul.

The deaths coincided with rising dispute on who won the recent presidential election which had served as the Afghanistan’s deputy intelligence officer. The government and the United Nations (UN) condemned the attack. Pres. Hamid Karzai (47.3%) leading against his rival Abdullah Abdullah (32.6%) on recent vote count.

The bombing which occurred in Ramadan apparently targeted Abdullah Laghmani who served as Afghanistan’s deputy intelligence officer. (Photo Credit: Travelblog.com) =0=

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Labels: 2007 election, Abudullah Abudullah, Afghanistan, casualty, Hamid Karzai, killings, Naga Camarines Sur. Totie Mesia, Ramadan, suicide, suicide bombing, Taliban, UN, United Nations

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Taliban suicide bomber kills 23 in Afghanistan attack

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