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According to the international media reports there has been 40% percent increase in attacks on NATO forces in the eastern Afghan provinces bordering Pakistan during this year compared to last year, some are blaming this on peace deals Pakistan has sighed with the Taliban and others are pointing fingers at ISIs involvement.
But that is not true, what is not mentioned as prominently is the fact that border with Pakistan represented only 12% percent of the overall attacks.
I am amazed how the media can whip the populace into frenzy by deliberately telling only half the story. Dont they know how much hatred they are spreading against Pakistan by doing this kind of irresponsible reporting, this is really very disgraceful!
No doubt we have some serious problems inside FATA (Thanks to Musharraf and NATOs failed policies) the new government is trying its best to resolve it. But the fact remains that it's an Afghan problem, and NATO should do more to tackle the cross-border movement of terrorists.
This blame game has to stop! The bottom line is that were all in this together and must win this war!
AFP: Taliban attacks up 40 percent in east Afghanistan: US general
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Attacks by Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan were up 40 percent in the first five months of 2008 compared with the same period last year, the US commander in the region told reporters here Tuesday.
"We've had about a 40 percent increase in 'kinetic events': we define those as the number of enemy attacks that we've had on our coalition and our Afghan partners," US Army Major General Jeffrey Schloesser told reporters during a teleconference from Afghanistan.
"This number was not unexpected," he continued, adding that the frequency of attacks has increased each year since 2002. "The enemies are aggressively burning schools, killing teachers and students."
He said attacks on the border with Pakistan represented 12 percent of the attacks in eastern Afghanistan.
The volatile situation on the porous 1,500-mile (2,500-kilometer) Pakistan-Afghanistan border was highlighted when Islamabad accused US-led coalition forces of a "cowardly" act in carrying out an airstrike earlier this month that killed 11 Pakistani soldiers.
Washington and other Western allies have been pressuring Islamabad to crack down on Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants allegedly based in Pakistan's tribal belt bordering Afghanistan.
"The enemy is taking refuge and operating with some freedom of movement in the border region," Schloesser said.
"Overall, what you see is the deliberate targeting of anything that will improve the quality of life of the normal Afghan citizen."
With US-Pakistan ties at their lowest ebb in years, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said recently that Kabul would be justified in launching attacks on militants on Pakistani soil, which provoked an angry response from Islamabad.
Violence in the region is on the upswing, despite the presence of some 70,000troops multinational troops in Afghanistan, some under US command, some under NATO.
But that is not true, what is not mentioned as prominently is the fact that border with Pakistan represented only 12% percent of the overall attacks.
I am amazed how the media can whip the populace into frenzy by deliberately telling only half the story. Dont they know how much hatred they are spreading against Pakistan by doing this kind of irresponsible reporting, this is really very disgraceful!
No doubt we have some serious problems inside FATA (Thanks to Musharraf and NATOs failed policies) the new government is trying its best to resolve it. But the fact remains that it's an Afghan problem, and NATO should do more to tackle the cross-border movement of terrorists.
This blame game has to stop! The bottom line is that were all in this together and must win this war!
AFP: Taliban attacks up 40 percent in east Afghanistan: US general
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Attacks by Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan were up 40 percent in the first five months of 2008 compared with the same period last year, the US commander in the region told reporters here Tuesday.
"We've had about a 40 percent increase in 'kinetic events': we define those as the number of enemy attacks that we've had on our coalition and our Afghan partners," US Army Major General Jeffrey Schloesser told reporters during a teleconference from Afghanistan.
"This number was not unexpected," he continued, adding that the frequency of attacks has increased each year since 2002. "The enemies are aggressively burning schools, killing teachers and students."
He said attacks on the border with Pakistan represented 12 percent of the attacks in eastern Afghanistan.
The volatile situation on the porous 1,500-mile (2,500-kilometer) Pakistan-Afghanistan border was highlighted when Islamabad accused US-led coalition forces of a "cowardly" act in carrying out an airstrike earlier this month that killed 11 Pakistani soldiers.
Washington and other Western allies have been pressuring Islamabad to crack down on Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants allegedly based in Pakistan's tribal belt bordering Afghanistan.
"The enemy is taking refuge and operating with some freedom of movement in the border region," Schloesser said.
"Overall, what you see is the deliberate targeting of anything that will improve the quality of life of the normal Afghan citizen."
With US-Pakistan ties at their lowest ebb in years, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said recently that Kabul would be justified in launching attacks on militants on Pakistani soil, which provoked an angry response from Islamabad.
Violence in the region is on the upswing, despite the presence of some 70,000troops multinational troops in Afghanistan, some under US command, some under NATO.
