The last “Mayor of Kabul”. Mr. Karzai.“You can call me a US puppet ”

There is a saying in Pakistan. “When the ants grows wings and thinks it can fly–the end is near”

Caught with their pants down in Afghanistan:British deal with Taliban puts Mayor of Kabul, Karzai’s panties in a wad! When the ants grows wings and thinks it can fly–the end is near

Failure and defeat in Afghanistan. Payback for Pakistan. “The prospect of again losing significant parts of Afghanistan to the forces of Islamic extremists has moved from the improbable to the possible.” Afghanistan Study Group. “The greater issue is whether the whole lot of us, the western coalition comprising American and Nato forces, can achieve anything worthwhile. The war with the Taliban is going badly. The rebels launched over 140 suicide bombings in 2007, with numerous attacks in the heart of the capital, Kabul. They have infiltrated many areas of the country, especially the south and the southeast, where the government is weakest.

 ”While aid has contributed to progress in Afghanistan, especially in social and economic infrastructure – and whilst more aid is needed – the development process has to date been too centralised, top-heavy and insufficient. As a result millions of Afghans, particularly in rural areas, still face severe hardship. Conditions of persistent poverty have been a significant factor in the spread of insecurity”. Oxfam Assessment

“Karzai’s refusal to allow the hare-brained American plan to eradicate opium poppies by crop spraying; his warming up to Musharraf; his refusal to review the decision to expel the two EU and UN diplomats, despite heavy diplomatic pressure from London; his insistence on friendly feelings toward Tehran; his spats with Britain; his pouring cold water on the candidacy of Ashdown (knowing full well it was a joint Anglo-American decision at the highest level) – surely, a pattern has emerged. Bhadrakumar

“Today we risk repeating the classic mistake that dooms many counterinsurgencies: a failure to appreciate the difference between tactical success and a winning strategy. The fatal consequence, all too familiar to those of us who lived through Vietnam, is that you can win every battle, but fail to win the war.” Senator John Kerry

Are the British playing a double game with Kabul’s Karzai? Were they acting alone or in concert with America? In their dealings with the Taliban, were they emulating the peace deals in Pakistan? Was this the British exit strategy? Was this the plan to dump Mr. Karzai? Is Mr. Dostum ready to take over Kabul? What was Mr. Abdullah Abdullah recently fired by Mr. Karzai doing in the USA? Why is Musharraf more defiant? Why is Mr. Karzai standing up to the Americans and the British?

“We [Afghans] suffered after the arrival of the British forces. Before that, we were fully in charge in Helmand. When our governor was there, we were fully in charge. They came and said, ‘Your governor is no good.’ I said, ‘All right, do we have a replacement for this governor, do you have enough forces?’ Both the American and the British forces guaranteed to me they knew what they were doing and I made the mistake of listening to them. And when they came in, the Taliban came Mr. Karzai in Devos

It [war] will make a difference when the Americans are clear and straightforward about this fight,” …the US should “mean what they say … [and] do what they say…Mr. Karzai

 ”If the Afghans don’t want us, why should we stay?”Andreas Whittam Smith:

‘We’re doing all we can,‘ British ministers David Milliband, the Foreign Secretary Karzai

Afghanistan fubar: A crumbling alliance? Many countries are either not sending troops to the Taliban held areas or getting ready to withdraw them.“In truth we cannot do anything worthwhile in Afghanistan for which the life of a single British soldier should be sacrificed. Britain must make its excuses and leave. After all, Mr Karzai, it seems, would be glad.” Editorial Indpedent UK.

“Britain and its Nato allies are in danger of undermining Afghan president Hamid Karzai by cutting their own side-deals with local leaders.Agreements such as the appointment of a former Taliban commander as the mayor of a key strategic town on the recommendation of the British were undercutting President Karzai’s authority. IISS director general John Chipman warned that the tensions between Nato and the Afghan government were surfacing at a time of “worrying fragility” in the alliance’s commitment to the continuing mission in Afghanistan. “President Karzai lacks the authority to govern in all areas,” he said. “He has sought an accommodation with moderate Taliban as recognition of the fact that they have some political constituency. But he has been frustrated by other ‘deals’ brokered by international allies.” The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).

The new order is emerging in Afghanistan, and as usual Kabul is unaware of what is happening outside the palace. Mr. Karzia awaits his enivetable end as the new Babrak Karmal. Plans are being aired where the old viceroy of Afghanistan (actually ISAFistan) Mr. Zalmay Khalilzad has been billed as the new Mayor of Kabul.

“Karzai was hitting back at Washington and London. Make no mistake about it. He was retaliating against a systematic Western attempt to undercut his political stature and his authority. How much of the Western game plan stems from a well-thought out strategy aimed at replacing Karzai is difficult to tell at the moment. But, without doubt, there is an attempt to browbeat him and to discredit Karzai’s own endeavor in the recent period to distance himself from his Western backers. A Times

The current Mayor of Kabul, Mr. Karzia has his panties in a wad. Before Mr. Karzai heads out to his exile home in Delhi, he will not be allowed to stop over in his old exile home in Quetta.

Britain planned training camp for Taliban fighters in Afghanistan’

* United Kingdom denies Kabul’s accusations

LAHORE: The Afghan government claims it has proof of a British plan to set up a training camp for reconciled Taliban to fight the remaining insurgents, without permission from the Afghan president, according to a report by The Independent published on Monday.

The Afghan government expelled third-ranking UN diplomat Mervyn Patterson and EU mission acting head Michael Semple on December 27, saying they were part of the plan to buy off insurgents. “Anglo-Afghan relations [have sunk] to a new low,” the report said. The camp, due to be built outside Musa Qala in Helmand province, would “provide military training for 1,800 ordinary Taliban fighters and 200 low-level commanders” as “civil defence volunteers”. It was part of a three-staged European Union Peace Building Programme, details of which were found on a memory stick impounded by Afghanistan’s KGB-trained National Directorate of Security after they moved against a party of international diplomats visiting Helmand. “When they were arrested, the British said the Ministry of the Interior and the National Security Council knew about it, but no one knew anything. That’s why the president was so angry,” an unidentified ministry insider told The Independent. “Afghans feared the British were training a militia with no loyalty to the central government,” an Afghan official said. “Intercepted Taliban communications suggested they thought the British were trying to help them.”

The European Union says the programme did not exist and there were no EU funds to run it. Afghan government officials insist, the report said, that it was bankrolled by the British. UK diplomats, the UN, Western officials and senior Afghan officials confirmed the outline of the plan to The Independent. They agreed it was British-led.

“The EU and UN have responded to inquiries on this. We have nothing further to add,” a spokesman said.

Since December, President Karzai has blocked the appointment of Paddy Ashdown to the top UN job in Kabul and has blamed British troops for losing control of Helmand. It has also soured relations between Kabul and Washington, where State Department officials pushed Lord Ashdown for the UN role.

Britain not engaged: Britain said on Monday it was not “engaged” with the Taliban, AFP reported. British premier’s spokesman Michael Ellam said: “We are working very closely with the Afghan government in relation to the training of security forces in Afghanistan.” daily times monitor

SOLUTION: Let the Nato forcdes withdraw. Hand over the Pashtun areas to Pakistan.Saving the Pashtuns of Afgahnia from the chaos of Afghanistan