Targeting innocent Pakistanis wrong, say Afghan Taliban

[SparklingCrescent]

Wednesday, November 11, 2009
HELMAND/QUETTA: Afghan Taliban Commander Abdul Manan, known as Mulla Toor Jan, has denied any link between the Afghan Taliban and Pakistani militants, saying that the Afghan Taliban were not in Pakistan but were fighting in Afghanistan against the occupied troops.

Talking to a TV channel, commander Abdul Manan said the Afghan Taliban were fighting against the US and Nato troops as they occupied Afghanistan through force and the Taliban would drive them out of their land. Responding to a question regarding suicide attacks in Pakistan, he said: “It is un-Islamic and wrong to target innocent people in blasts.” He also expressed his unawareness about the objectives of the Pakistani Taliban.

Asked about the Taliban Shura in Quetta, he said the Taliban had control of over 80 per cent of Afghanistan and it would not be wise for the Taliban to live in Pakistan, saying only one per cent or less Taliban visit Pakistan to meet their relatives.

Answering another question, he categorically rejected the influence of al-Qaeda on the Taliban, saying the Taliban wanted Islamic system in the country according to the wishes of the people. Talking on coordination among the Taliban, he said advisers of the Taliban existed all over the country and they took decisions after consultation and their decisions had to be followed by the Taliban.About the coalition troops’ casualties in Helmand, he said the enemy lost 10,000 to 15,000 men.



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[Ahmad]

I ask one thing from Mullah omar and Afghanistan's taliban: Is targetting Afghanistan's civilians and killing them right? what is the difference between afghanistan and pakisstan's civilians?

 

[A.Rahman]

I ask one thing from Mullah omar and Afghanistan's taliban: Is targetting Afghanistan's civilians and killing them right? what is the difference between afghanistan and pakisstan's civilians?

Resistance groups are not targeting civilians, they are targeting occupiers; but news groups local gangs as mujahadeen.

Do you know how Taliban came into effect?

Some local Northern commanders kidnapped girls and raped them, this made Mullah Omar to get up and with the help of local people and only 16 rifles he rescued them and got them justice.

Its US, that deliberately targets civilians with precise GPS guided bombs.

 

[Ahmad]

Resistance groups are not targeting civilians, they are targeting occupiers; but news groups local gangs as mujahadeen.

Do you know how Taliban came into effect?

Some local Northern commanders kidnapped girls and raped them, this made Mullah Omar to get up and with the help of local people and only 16 rifles he rescued them and got them justice.

Its US, that deliberately targets civilians with precise GPS guided bombs.

see this report by the human rights watch, over 60% of the civilians are directly killed by the taliban:

Civilian deaths in Afghanistan from US and NATO airstrikes nearly tripled from 2006 to 2007, with recent deadly airstrikes exacerbating the problem and fuelling a public backlash, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The report also condemns the Taliban’s use of “human shields” in violation of the laws of war.

The 43-page report, “‘Troops in Contact’: Airstrikes and Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan,” analyzes the use of airstrikes by US and NATO forces and resulting civilian casualties, particularly when used to make up for the lack of ground troops and during emergency situations. Human Rights Watch found few civilian deaths resulted from planned airstrikes, while almost all deaths occurred in unplanned airstrikes.

“Rapid response airstrikes have meant higher civilian casualties, while every bomb dropped in populated areas amplifies the chance of a mistake,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “Mistakes by the US and NATO have dramatically decreased public support for the Afghan government and the presence of international forces providing security to Afghans.”

The report documents how insurgent forces have contributed to the civilian toll from airstrikes by deploying their forces in populated villages, at times with the specific intent to shield their forces from counterattack, a serious violation of the laws of war. Human Rights Watch found several instances where Taliban forces purposefully used civilians as shields to deter US and NATO attacks.

In 2006, at least 929 Afghan civilians were killed in fighting related to the armed conflict. Of those, at least 699 died during Taliban attacks (including suicide bombings and other bombings unlawfully targeting civilians) and at least 230 died during US or NATO attacks. Of the latter, 116 were killed by US or NATO airstrikes. In 2007, at least 1,633 Afghan civilians were killed in fighting related to the armed conflict. Of those, some 950 died during attacks by the various insurgent forces, including the Taliban and al-Qaeda. At least 321 were killed by US or NATO airstrikes. Thus, civilian deaths from US and NATO airstrikes nearly tripled from 2006 to 2007.

In the first seven months of 2008, at least 540 Afghan civilians were killed in fighting related to the armed conflict. Of those, at least 367 died during attacks by the various insurgent forces and 173 died during US or NATO attacks. At least 119 were killed by US or NATO airstrikes. For all periods cited, Human Rights Watch uses the most conservative figures available

 

[Kaali]

Oh look who is talking...........

are the people of Afghanistan not innocent to be killled. at the end of the day when people die it does not matter who is Pakistani or who is Afghan.

Lets not classify them as good Taliban just for the sake they are in Afghanistan. What we dont want for us we should not pray the same for our neighbours.