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July 18th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Zahir Azimi, a spokesman for the Afghan Defense Ministry, said a military
court in the country’s capital on Monday ordered the soldier, Abdul Sabor,
to be hanged. The soldier can appeal the sentence to higher courts, Azimi
said. It was not clear when the soldier was convicted of the crime and Azimi
did not have any other details about his case.
The four French soldiers were killed on Jan 20 in Tagab district of Kapisa
province. Just a month earlier, on Dec 29, 2011, another Afghan soldier
killed two members of the French Foreign Legion.
The French casualties prompted France’s new President Francois Hollande to
withdraw combat forces from Afghanistan earlier than planned. The decision
to put France on a fast-track exit timetable sparked consternation among
some members of the US-led military coalition, which is not ending its
combat mission until the end of 2014.
France will pull 2,000 French combat troops from Afghanistan by the end of the
year and leave around 1,400 soldiers behind to help with training and
logistics.
The death of the French troops was one of the latest cases of the so-called “green-on-blue”
attacks in which Afghan soldiers, or insurgents disguised in their uniforms,
turn their weapons on coalition forces.
Such attacks have fuelled distrust between US and other foreign troops and
their Afghan partners. Last year there were a total of 21 ‘green-on-blue’
attacks that killed 35 coalition service members, according to Nato figures.
That compares with 11 fatal attacks and 20 deaths the previous year. In 2007
and 2008 there were a combined total of four attacks and four deaths.
Besides targeting foreign forces, insurgents in Afghanistan have stepped up
attacks on political and government figures.
On Monday, insurgents twice ambushed the convoy of Nuristan provincial Gov.
Tamim Nuristani, but he escaped unharmed both times, said provincial
spokesman Mohammad Zareen.
The first ambush came as the convoy was travelling to Wama district where the
governor was inaugurating a road. After a brief gun battle, the insurgents
pulled back. The convoy was later attacked again when the governor was en
route to Parun district. One policeman was killed and two others were
wounded in the fight that followed.
Also on Monday, a magnetic bomb attached to the vehicle of the chief of Khan
Abad district of Kunar province exploded, killing one policeman and wounding
eight civilians, said provincial spokesman Sayed Sarwar Hussaini. The
district governor was not in the vehicle when the bomb detonated.
And on Saturday, a suicide bomber blew himself up among guests at a wedding
hall in northern Afghanistan, killing 23 people, including a prominent
ex-Uzbek warlord-turned-lawmaker who was the father of the bride. Three
Afghan security force officials were among those killed. The day before, two
government officials were assassinated – the Afghan Ministry of Women’s
Affairs director in Laghman province and the mayor of Shindand district in
Herat province.
Source: agencies
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