2005-03-12
Artillery seized from Parwan destroyed
Three tons of artillery seized from Parwan provice have been destroyed by the International Security Assistance Force. The cache included 450 machine guns, missiles measuring 30 mm and 14.5 mm and large stock of bullets of different calibers.
According to the ISAF spokesman, the arms were exploded east of Kabul in a desert area on Monday, he reported in a press conference in Kabul on Wednesday. "The arms are threatening and dangerous to the lives of the people".
However he didnt say whether the arms were active or not.
According to the locals, the arms were seized from Ghorband District of Parwan province.
Noorulhaq Ulomi, a general during the communist regime and now an analyst told Afghan Radio "the destruction of weapons is a financial loss". He said the weapons could be used in other ways, even melted down to make other things.
Lieutenant Colonel Zaher Morad, a senior official of the Defense Ministry, said active arms were handed over to the Defense Ministry but if they were not active they were destroyed.
Note: The enemy wanted to use these weapons to kill people, so that people will think our government is weak and not doing any thing to secure the people.
According to the ISAF spokesman, the arms were exploded east of Kabul in a desert area on Monday, he reported in a press conference in Kabul on Wednesday. "The arms are threatening and dangerous to the lives of the people".
However he didnt say whether the arms were active or not.
According to the locals, the arms were seized from Ghorband District of Parwan province.
Noorulhaq Ulomi, a general during the communist regime and now an analyst told Afghan Radio "the destruction of weapons is a financial loss". He said the weapons could be used in other ways, even melted down to make other things.
Lieutenant Colonel Zaher Morad, a senior official of the Defense Ministry, said active arms were handed over to the Defense Ministry but if they were not active they were destroyed.
Note: The enemy wanted to use these weapons to kill people, so that people will think our government is weak and not doing any thing to secure the people.
# posted by Waheed @ 14:59 
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Melted down and used as something else...perhaps. But with all the stocks of weapons still in Afghanistan, it is a better statement to destroy them.
"The enemy wanted to use these weapons to kill people, so that people will think our government is weak and not doing any thing to secure the people" - we need more of this sort of straight-talking sense.
Great stuff! There are still many stupid people who opposed the liberation of Afghanistan.
BYF
Great stuff! There are still many stupid people who opposed the liberation of Afghanistan.
BYF
Nice blog! It's great to get some news from Afghanistan from a local perspective. I added a link to you on my blog, too.
Welcome to the blogging world. As you can tell, there is tremendous interest in what is going on in Afganistan as well as Iraq.
Good riddence to the artillary.
Good riddence to the artillary.
Great blog, maybe you can get a cheapo digital camera and put up pictures. Since the media doesn't want to do any reporting from Afghanistan, looks like people are going to have to fill in the blanks.
A picture is worth a 1000 words, so they say.
A picture is worth a 1000 words, so they say.
Waheed,
one more thing real quick. I just want to let you know that the whole world is watching Afghanistan, (Iraq too), but also Afghanistan. Some might not be doing much, but they are watching and talking about it.
The lights of freedom are slowly waking. These are great times.
one more thing real quick. I just want to let you know that the whole world is watching Afghanistan, (Iraq too), but also Afghanistan. Some might not be doing much, but they are watching and talking about it.
The lights of freedom are slowly waking. These are great times.
GREAT WORK! KEEP IT UP!
We need bloggers just like you to help those of us in the West to understand what is REALLY happening in Afganistan. I hope that more persons in Afganistan will do this.
Once again, thanks and keep up the very valuable blogging you are doing. . .
We need bloggers just like you to help those of us in the West to understand what is REALLY happening in Afganistan. I hope that more persons in Afganistan will do this.
Once again, thanks and keep up the very valuable blogging you are doing. . .
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