Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Taliban Death Squads Now Operate In Afghanistan

Residents of the Sabari district are living "in abject terror, 24 hours a day," according to an American military official. The New York Times

Militants Turn To Death Squads In Afghanistan -- New York Times

SABARI, Afghanistan — As targeted killings have risen sharply across Afghanistan, American and Afghan officials believe that many are the work of counterintelligence units of the Haqqani militant network and Al Qaeda, charged with killing suspected informants and terrorizing the populace on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

Military intelligence officials say that the units essentially act as death squads and that one of them, a large group known as the Khurasan that operates primarily in Pakistan’s tribal areas, has been responsible for at least 250 assassinations and public executions.

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My Comment: This is a shape of things to come to Afghanistan as more NATO/U.S. forces start to leave. My prediction .... it is only a matter of time before anti-Taliban forces start to form their own "death squads" and start to target pro-Taliban sympathizers and supporters.

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