Hamid Karzai: Afghanistan Would Back Pakistan In U.S. War

[Lakhota]

By TAREK EL-TABLAWY

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said if the United States and Pakistan ever went to war, his country would back Islamabad, drawing a sharp rebuke Sunday from Afghan lawmakers who claimed the country's top officials were adopting hypocritical positions.

The scenario is exceedingly unlikely and appears to be less a serious statement of policy than an Afghan overture to Pakistan, just days after Karzai and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Islamabad must do more to crack down on militants using its territory as a staging ground for attacks on Afghanistan.

"If fighting starts between Pakistan and the U.S., we are beside Pakistan," Karzai said is an interview with private Pakistani television station GEO that aired Saturday. "If Pakistan is attacked and the people of Pakistan need Afghanistan's help, Afghanistan will be there with you."

He said that Kabul would not allow any nation, including the U.S., to dictate its policies.

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[paulitician]

American puppets behaving badly. This happens a lot. Look for the same in Egypt and Libya eventually. Blow-Back is a bitch.

 

[ScienceRocks]

TROOPS OUT NOW. NO MORE aid for Afghanistan or training for troops that maybe fighting ours. NO more.

Get out of the middle east and africa!!!

 

[Katzndogz]

Yep, it's time we came home and started preparing for the war that is to come.