Taliban Bomb ISI HQ in Peshawar

Posted on 11/13/2009 by Juan

AfPak continued to generate headlines and concerns on Friday morning.

In Peshawar, insurgents set off a huge bomb near the regional HQ of Inter-Services Intelligence. Early reports say that the death toll was above 15, and that dozens were wounded.

In Afghanistan itself, Aljazeera English reports on corruption in that country:

Retired four-star general and former army chief of staff Jack Keane frankly calls the brother of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, Ahmad Wali, a “thug” and says that the US is “on to him.”

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§ 3 Responses to “Taliban Bomb ISI HQ in Peshawar”

  • Anonymous says:

    Dr. Cole, I am confused. How does news like the ISI bombing square with oft-repeated claims that ISI, or elements within it, covertly supports the Taliban?

  • Ron Bruce says:

    "The U.S. government is funding the very forces its troops are fighting — funds that add up to a huge amount of money for the Taliban."

    How the U.S. Funds the Taliban

    By Aram Roston, The Nation.

    http://www.alternet.org/world/143898/how_the_u.s._funds_the_taliban_

    A giant web of corruption, that is afghanistan…

    ronaldo

  • bob hall says:

    The ISI created this Frankenstein monster which is now turning on them. They are paying the price for their own immorality and stupidity.

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