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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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?
"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.
link to alternet.org
A giant web of corruption, that is afghanistan…
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The ISI created this Frankenstein monster which is now turning on them. They are paying the price for their own immorality and stupidity.