Pakistan Directly Linked To The Taliban In Afghanistani Intelligence

US soldiers march through a poppy field as they prepare to search a house for Taliban insurgents in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. US newspapers have reported that President George W. Bush's administration has launched an urgent review of US policy in Afghanistan after US intelligence officials warned of a "downward spiral" in conditions. (AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)

Taliban Leader Killed By SAS Was Pakistan Officer
-- Times Online

British officials covered up evidence that a Taliban commander killed by special forces in Helmand last year was in fact a Pakistani military officer, according to highly placed Afghan officials.

The commander, targeted in a compound in the Sangin valley, was one of six killed in the past year by SAS and SBS forces. When the British soldiers entered the compound they discovered a Pakistani military ID on the body.

It was the first physical evidence of covert Pakistani military operations against British forces in Afghanistan even though Islamabad insists it is a close ally in the war against terror.

Britain’s refusal to make the incident public led to a row with the Afghan president Hamid Karzai, who has long accused London of viewing Afghanistan through the eyes of Pakistani military intelligence, which is widely believed to have been helping the Taliban.

Read more ....

My Comment: Like in Iraq, The British way to fight conflicts perplexes me. How can you fight and defeat an enemy, when you decide to not acknowledge who the main participants are.