"In June 2010 Atmar and Saleh were also gone. All ... had been highly respected among Afghans and among international partners. Since late 2008 I had been enthusiastic about the number of new reform-oriented politicians in key government positions. That trend now seemed to have been reversed."
—Kai Eide ( United Nation's Special Representative to Afghanistan )
"With Amrullah Saleh, the Afghan people have lost a huge treasure of commitment, awareness and experience in this struggle against terrorism, Al Qaeda and the ISI. I can’t think of anyone who will be able to even slightly fill the vacuum that he leaves behind. Besides being a highly efficient chief at the N.D.S., he is a man of knowledge and research with an incredible memory and intellect. When he analyzed issues at international meetings, he exhibited tremendous ability at logical reasoning. He was head and shoulder above others. ... I had many differences in arguments with him, but I always saw his presence at the N.D.S. as a huge advantage to this country and this government. Despite my high respects for the president's decisions, I am extremely mournful about Saleh's departure. Extremely mournful."
-Rangin Dadfar Spanta (national security adviser)
"Saleh possessed good technical skills and emerging leadership traits".
"young, brilliant, honest, and devoted to a free Afghanistan".
-Ambassador Hank Crumpton from the CIA,( led the Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan in 2001)
Does these words translated into NDS actual success on the ground in their fight against TALIBAN ?
Former head of Afghan intelligence Amrullah Saleh was fired earlier this
year because of his opposition to the Karzai administration's efforts to
negotiate with the Taliban. He says a Taliban-friendly government would
mean Afghan rights are "violated fundamentally."
The Global Intelligence Files - AFGHANISTAN/CT/MIL- NPR interview with Amrullah Saleh
He was a failed strategist who couldn;t contain Taliban, couldnt weakened them which forced karzai to negotiate with them and fired Him for hindering the peace process
While on the other hand, where he did achieve success is this
28 suspected militants surrender in Balochistan
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Provincial Home Minister described the surrender as a big achievement of the government.—AFP/File
QUETTA: Five leaders and 23 members of the banned militant organisations surrendered in Quetta and Panjgur on Monday.
Four of the leaders
handed over their arms to the authorities in the presence of provincial Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti and Home Secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani at the Quetta Press Club. Abdul Sattar Masoori Bugti, Iftikhar Bugti, Najeebullah Bugti and Idrees Rind belonged to the banned Baloch Republican Army (BRA).
The minister described the surrender as a big achievement of the government because the men were said to be the “right hand of Barhamdagh Bugti”.
Also read: 400 militants in Balochistan lay down weapons on Independence Day
He said they had abandoned the armed struggle against the state and decided to join the mainstream. Now they would work for the development and prosperity of the country, especially Balochistan, he added.
Sattar Masoori said he went to Afghanistan in 2006 and spent most of his time in Nimruz province. He said the BRA had set up 20 to 30 camps in Sobatpur, Panjgur, Khuzdar, Dera Bugti and other areas.
He claimed that the Indian intelligence agency RAW and Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) were behind funding and training of the BRA militants. The RAW and NDS personnel trained BRA militants in its camps, he said, adding that providing arms and ammunition and transport were also their responsibility.
He said he and many other BRA militants had received training to carry out subversion activities in camps in the Afghan district of Spin Boldak and Nimruz. “I was commanding 20 camps of BRA in Dera Bugti,” Masoori Bugti said, adding that Najeebullah Bugti was responsible for camps in Chagai.
“We have abandoned fighting against the state and decided to serve our people by joining the mainstream,” he said.
The home minister said the government would provide financial help and protection to those militant leaders who had surrendered under the Puramn Balochistan package.
In Panjgur, a militant leader and 23 members of banned militant groups handed over their arms to the FC officials in the presence of Health Minister Rehmat Saleh Baloch Official sources identified the militant leader as Hamal. They said the 24 men who belonged to the BRA and the Baloch Liberation Army had announced that they were abandoning the armed struggle against the state and would join the mainstream.
Published in Dawn, August 18th, 2015
