Tuesday, September 23, 2008

UN Security Council extends ISAF mandate, welcomes cooperation with OEF

Just in case you missed this, since our media do not appear to have reported it:
SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE FORCE IN AFGHANISTAN FOR ONE YEAR, SEEKS REINFORCEMENTS TO BOOST SECURITY
The resolution passed unanimously; note from the preamble:
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Reiterating its support for the continuing endeavours by the Afghan Government, with the assistance of the international community, including ISAF and the Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) coalition, to improve the security situation and to continue to address the threat posed by the Taliban, Al-Qaida and other extremist groups, and stressing in this context the need for sustained international efforts, including those of ISAF and the OEF coalition...

Welcoming the continued coordination between ISAF and the OEF coalition, and the cooperation established between ISAF and the European Union presence in Afghanistan, in particular its police mission (EUPOL Afghanistan)...
I wonder what Jack Layton and Elizabeth May, who both want our troops out right quick, might have to say in response to the Security Council's resolution. Meanwhile, the US is really focusing on Afghanistan now:
Bush Administration Reviews Its Afghanistan Policy, Exposing Points of Contention
And here's a creative idea, though I doubt politically saleable in Pakistan at this time:
U.S., Afghans and Pakistanis Consider Joint Military Force
Update: This looks pretty definitive:
U.S. has no more troops for Afghan war until spring

1 Comments:

Blogger Dave in Pa. said...

"And here's a creative idea, though I doubt politically saleable in Pakistan at this time:
U.S., Afghans and Pakistanis Consider Joint Military Force"


Maybe, hopefully, Pakistani public resistance to that idea is greatly lessened by the Marriot Hotel Al Qaeda atrocity.

The Islamofascist terrorists have proven to be their own worst enemies in the Muslim world. Sixty Pakistanis murdered, three hundred wounded by this Al Qaeda bombing intended to kill foreign infidels but ended up killing and wounding almost entirely Pakistanis. This is the sort of butchery that turned Iraqis against Al Qaeda and is now turning Afghans against Al Qaeda and the Taliban.

1:06 p.m., September 23, 2008  

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