THE AFGHAN NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES

What do I think of the latest events in Afghanistan? Well whats new nothing! the Taliban as per usual having their spring defencive after another hard winter and nothing to do, as usual their gripe about not liking the Americans on their land means that others pay the price, most of the hits this time being embassy's and government and military buildings but the good news more damage to properties than deaths and an continuing need to bring Afghanistan to it knees, time will tell if all these attacks were in fact from Afghan Taliban or them damn Pakistani Taliban again, as the group Pakistani Haqqai seems to yet be again involved here, but what it has shown is at last even thought given help from Swedish NATO soldiers is that the Afghan army is now showing its metal in dealing with attacks on its land with the deaths of all insugents involved, I not entirely sure Presidents Hamid Karzia's spout it being all the Americans fault for the lack of inteligence stands true here, what Afghanistan has to understand is that this is their land and maybe they should be upgrading their own inteligence in regard of attacks pending, we are after all looking at a withdrawal here of foreign troops in Afghanistan and Afghanistan has to show it can defend its self on all levels. it is more than clear over a decade than even with foreign intervention that the Taliban is never going be beaten and as long as the Afghan Taliban involves itself with the Pakistani Taliban I can never see an end to their evil doings on either side of the border as long as they exist, the call that the Taliban would not be so up in arms if it were not for foreign intervention in Afghanistan is falling on deaf ears here, the fact is they want rule of Afghanistan whatever and it now more of a case can we be bothered any more because now even over a decade no one is winning the war against the Taliban, they are in the end an entity that is just not going to go away.

It is totally right the Americans and who ever should have been there in regards of the likes of al-Qeada and other terrorists that have intentions against the world outside their own doorstep and when it comes to this, this is being achieved but the Taliban is an internal issue that needs to be dealt with from within, on both sides of the fence and whatever we may hear from Afghanistan this issue cannot be dealt without Pakistan turning its back on the Taliban and this is just never going to happen as in the end they have more support going on within Pakistan than Afghanistan.

Everyday depends on the next and what effect this has on the Taliban now knowing it is now up against the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) Who at times still look like a bunch of hillbillies with only half a will, but respect has to given to every Afghan which has joined in the fight to protect it own country and more has to given to bring these guys up to speck and make them a more formidible force to be reckon with, this more than ever is no time to leave them unsupported and more needs to be given whether it aiding them with more inteligence in their fight against the Taliban or more training with in their security forces to enable Afghanistan to stand on its own 2 feet, is this not what the Afghans wanted all along ?

Whatever happens the outside world has had enough it is time Afghanistan stood on its own 2 feet and quit belly aching thats its problems are all because of outside intervention and none of the problems lie with them selves . . .

Aysha Sadiq-Ali. *_*;