Μόλις τωρα πηραμε μηνυμα απο φίλο μας Β. Μπαμπατζιά,αξιωματικο της ΕΥΡΟΠΟΛ στην Καμπούλ όπου μας πληροφορεί ¨:
Καλησπέρα φίλε Δημήτρη.
Να με συμπαθάς που άργησα να σου γράψω, αλλά μην ξεχνάς ότι ήρθαμε για δουλειά εδώ στο Αφγανιστάν, ενώ η κατάσταση από πλευράς ασφαλείας δεν έχει βελτιωθεί ακόμα κάτι που επιδεινώνει την ήδη δύσκολη κατάσταση. Την ώρα μάλιστα αυτή που σου γράφω είναι σε εξέλιξη επίθεση των ανταρτών στο κέντρο της Καμπούλ όχι μακριά από τις εγκαταστάσεις μας και κατά συνέπεια το προσωπικό της Ευρωπαϊκής Αστυνομικής αποστολής παραμένει στα καταφύγια κάνοντας έτσι μια ακόμα διακοπή στη ροή των προγραμμάτων μας.
Ενώ υπάρχουν δεκάδες θέματα που θα μπορούσαμε να συζητήσουμε, μου προκάλεσε μεγάλη εντύπωση το παρακάτω περιστατικό:
Στις 11 του Σεπτέμβρη πατέρας παρέδωσε στην αστυνομία τον 16χρονο γιο του να τον φυλακίσει και να τον αποτρέψει έτσι από το να γίνει βομβιστής αυτοκτονίας. Όπως λέχθηκε, ο 16χρονος, ενώ ήταν στο Πακιστάν για σπουδές, έλαβε εκεί στρατιωτικού τύπου εκπαίδευση και συγκεκριμένα πως να πραγματοποιήσει επίθεση αυτοκτονίας. Με την επιστροφή του στο Αφγανιστάν, στην επαρχία Baghlan απ' όπου και κατάγεται, ενεπλάκη στο σχεδιασμό και προετοιμασία βομβιστικής επίθεσης αυτοκτονίας, η οποία ήταν πια έτοιμη να πραγματοποιηθεί. Ο πατέρας όμως έμαθε τα σχέδια του γιου του και μη μπορώντας με άλλο τρόπο να τον μεταπείσει ή να τον εντοπίσει τον παρέδωσε στην αστυνομία για να τον σώσει.
Είναι σύνηθες φαινόμενο νέοι από το Αφγανιστάν να πηγαίνουν στο εξωτερικό και κυρίως σε γειτονικές ισλμαμικές χώρες, όπως το Πακιστάν, για σπουδές σε σχολές γνωστές με το όνομα «Μαντράσα - madrasah». Η ονομασία αυτή, ενώ κατά μία έννοια σημαίνει «σχολή», χαρακτηρίζει κυρίως τα εκπαιδευτικά εκείνα ιδρύματα των ισλαμικών χωρών, τα οποία παρέχουν σπουδές σε θέματα που αφορούν το Κοράνι, τα λεχθέντα από τον Προφήτη Μωάμεθ, οδηγίες συναφείς με την πίστη, αλλά και μαθήματα σχετικά με τη φιλοσοφία του Δικαίου και της Νομικής Επιστήμης.
Από την άλλη μεριά, οι οργανώσεις - αποκάλεσέ τες τρομοκρατικές ή όπως αλλιώς θέλεις - όπως οι Taliban και η Al Qaida, έχουν τέτοιο μηχανισμό που τους επιτρέπει να εντοπίζουν ανάμεσα στους νεαρής ηλικίας σπουδαστές εκείνους οι οποίοι με την κατάλληλη ώθηση θα μπορούσαν να κάνουν ένα τέτοιο τόλμημα. Δηλαδή οι οργανώσεις αυτές έχουν δομή, οργάνωση και λειτουργία αντίστοιχης στρατιωτικών σωμάτων αναπτυγμένων χωρών με Τμήματα Στρατολόγησης, Εκπαίδευσης, Διοικητικής Μέριμνας και φυσικά Επιχειρήσεων, καθένα από τα οποία λειτουργεί χωριστά και με συγκεκριμένη δομή. Εκπαιδευμένα λοιπόν μέλη των οργανώσεων αυτών κινούνται στις σχολές αυτές με σκοπό να εντοπίσουν εκείνα τα άτομα τα οποία θα μπορούσαν με τον κατάλληλο χειρισμό να αναλάβουν ένα τέτοιο έργο. Και αν κρίνουμε από το μέχρι τώρα αποτέλεσμα καταφέρνουν και βρίσκουν τέτοια άτομα, αν και κατά τη γνώμη μου ο αριθμός στρατολογημένων βομβιστών αυτοκτονίας ακολουθεί πλέουν μια φθίνουσα πορεία. Για το λόγο αυτό ίσως στρέφονται πια στους ανήλικους. Πέρα από το ότι ένα ανήλικος μπορεί να πλησιάσει ευκολότερα το στόχο του, είναι πάντα ευκολότερος στο να πεισθεί για το σκοπό που εξυπηρετεί μια τέτοια πράξη και να ενδώσει να αναλάβει μια τέτοια αποστολή. Βλέπεις το μορφωτικό επίπεδο, αλλά και ο θρησκευτικός φανατισμός σε συνδυασμό ίσως και με το κακό βιοτικό επίπεδο οδηγεί πολλούς να πείθονται εύκολα.
Τι χρειάζεται να γίνει δε μπορώ να σου πω. Και πολύ περισσότερο όχι τώρα που μια επίθεση με τη συμμετοχή τουλάχιστον έξι βομβιστών αυτοκτονίας είναι σε εξέλιξη στην πρωτεύουσα του Αφγανιστάν ακριβώς δίπλα μου. Ίσως μια άλλη φορά.
Να είσαι καλά,
Βασίλης
Υ.Γ.
Ενώ τελειώνω με όσα σου γράφω, η επίθεση που προανέφερα συνεχίζεται. Τόσο εγώ όσο και οι υπόλοιποι Ευρωπαίοι συνάδελφοι που συμμετέχουμε στην αποστολή της EUPOL στο Αφγανιστάν είμαστε όλοι καλά. Να μην ανησυχείτε
Στο μεταξυ τα πρακτορεια ειδησεων μεταδιδουν ότι οι επιθεσεις αυτοκτονιας εχουν στοχο και την Πρεσβεια των ΗΠΑ,,
Taliban gunmen armed with suicide bombs and heavy weaponry on Tuesday launched coordinated attacks in Kabul, targeting NATO's headquarters, the US embassy and the Afghan intelligence agency.
About three hours after the attack began, gunbattles were still ongoing.
The Afghan government confirmed the deaths of one policeman and two insurgents, and said that up to four militants were still resisting.
Two suicide attacks also struck police in what is usually the most heavily protected part of the capital, with a Taliban insurgency at its deadliest since US-led troops ousted the Islamists' regime after the September 11 attacks 10 years ago.
Any simultaneous attacks that succeeded in hitting NATO headquarters, the US embassy and Afghan intelligence would be the Taliban's most ambitious commando-style operation yet in their fight to evict the Kabul government and defeat Western troops.
In any case, the attacks underscored plummeting security in Kabul, where insurgents have staged increasingly brazen commando-style raids on Western targets in recent years, most recently on the British Council last month.
Agence France-Presse reporters heard a string of loud blasts shortly after 1.30pm (1900 AEST).
"ISAF HQ is under attack at the moment," a Western military official earlier confirmed as terrified residents and shopkeepers told how they dived for cover.
The US embassy - one of the largest American diplomatic missions in the world, one of the most heavily protected compounds in Afghanistan and home to hundreds of diplomats - confirmed only an attack "in the area".
"There are no casualties at this time among embassy personnel," added spokeswoman Kerri Hannan in an emailed statement, providing no further details.
Afghan interior ministry spokesman Siddiq Siddiqui told AFP that two attackers were killed while "three or four are still resisting".
"A clearance operation is ongoing. So far one policeman has been martyred," he said, adding that five civilians had also been wounded.
Afghan police and soldiers attempting to approach the Abdul Haq roundabout about half a kilometre from the NATO base were retreating under a volley of mortar rounds, gunfire and explosions, an AFP reporter said.
The US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) later confirmed it was responding and providing "air support" but reported no casualties.
In Brussels, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen initially said he was confident that Afghan forces, who officially control security in Kabul, could deal with the ongoing assault.
Afghan officials said two separate suicide attacks targeted police, one near parliament and both in the western part of the capital on Tuesday, which would suggest that up to eight attackers were involved in the Kabul assaults.
Three policemen were wounded in those attacks, the interior ministry said.
A Taliban spokesman told AFP by text message that the targets were ISAF headquarters, the US embassy and Afghanistan's intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) and other "sensitive government places".
Afghan officials said four attackers wearing suicide vests and carrying guns were hunkered down in a multi-storey building under construction, exchanging fire with security forces as two helicopters flew overhead.
"Today at one o'clock at Kabul's Abdul Haq roundabout a massive suicide attack on local and foreign intelligence facilities is ongoing," wrote Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid in the text message to AFP.
The ISAF headquarters in Kabul oversees the operations of the bulk of the estimated 140,000 foreign troops fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan.
"I was sitting in my shop when suddenly I heard an explosion and then another one. Then there was gunfire," said Abdulbaqi, a local shopkeeper.
"People on the streets started running. I had to leave my shop to get to safety," he added.
Cars were left on deserted streets, while open shops had been abandoned as sporadic gunfire burst out.
Officially, Kabul is under the control of Afghan security forces, along with most of its surrounding province and six other parts of the country handed over by NATO-led troops in July as part of a staggered, timetabled withdrawal.
But in June, Taliban militants also stormed the luxury Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, sparking a fierce battle that left at least 12 people dead.
The US military has blamed some of the worst attacks on the al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani network, whose leadership is based in neighbouring Pakistan and enjoys the protection of Pakistani intelligence agents.
Taliban target NATO, US embassy in Kabul
By Usman Sharifi, AAP September 13, 2011, 11:36 pm
Taliban gunmen armed with suicide bombs and heavy weaponry on Tuesday launched coordinated attacks in Kabul, targeting NATO's headquarters, the US embassy and the Afghan intelligence agency.
About three hours after the attack began, gunbattles were still ongoing.
The Afghan government confirmed the deaths of one policeman and two insurgents, and said that up to four militants were still resisting.
Two suicide attacks also struck police in what is usually the most heavily protected part of the capital, with a Taliban insurgency at its deadliest since US-led troops ousted the Islamists' regime after the September 11 attacks 10 years ago.
Any simultaneous attacks that succeeded in hitting NATO headquarters, the US embassy and Afghan intelligence would be the Taliban's most ambitious commando-style operation yet in their fight to evict the Kabul government and defeat Western troops.
In any case, the attacks underscored plummeting security in Kabul, where insurgents have staged increasingly brazen commando-style raids on Western targets in recent years, most recently on the British Council last month.
Agence France-Presse reporters heard a string of loud blasts shortly after 1.30pm (1900 AEST).
"ISAF HQ is under attack at the moment," a Western military official earlier confirmed as terrified residents and shopkeepers told how they dived for cover.
The US embassy - one of the largest American diplomatic missions in the world, one of the most heavily protected compounds in Afghanistan and home to hundreds of diplomats - confirmed only an attack "in the area".
"There are no casualties at this time among embassy personnel," added spokeswoman Kerri Hannan in an emailed statement, providing no further details.
Afghan interior ministry spokesman Siddiq Siddiqui told AFP that two attackers were killed while "three or four are still resisting".
"A clearance operation is ongoing. So far one policeman has been martyred," he said, adding that five civilians had also been wounded.
Afghan police and soldiers attempting to approach the Abdul Haq roundabout about half a kilometre from the NATO base were retreating under a volley of mortar rounds, gunfire and explosions, an AFP reporter said.
The US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) later confirmed it was responding and providing "air support" but reported no casualties.
In Brussels, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen initially said he was confident that Afghan forces, who officially control security in Kabul, could deal with the ongoing assault.
Afghan officials said two separate suicide attacks targeted police, one near parliament and both in the western part of the capital on Tuesday, which would suggest that up to eight attackers were involved in the Kabul assaults.
Three policemen were wounded in those attacks, the interior ministry said.
A Taliban spokesman told AFP by text message that the targets were ISAF headquarters, the US embassy and Afghanistan's intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) and other "sensitive government places".
Afghan officials said four attackers wearing suicide vests and carrying guns were hunkered down in a multi-storey building under construction, exchanging fire with security forces as two helicopters flew overhead.
"Today at one o'clock at Kabul's Abdul Haq roundabout a massive suicide attack on local and foreign intelligence facilities is ongoing," wrote Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid in the text message to AFP.
The ISAF headquarters in Kabul oversees the operations of the bulk of the estimated 140,000 foreign troops fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan.
"I was sitting in my shop when suddenly I heard an explosion and then another one. Then there was gunfire," said Abdulbaqi, a local shopkeeper.
"People on the streets started running. I had to leave my shop to get to safety," he added.
Cars were left on deserted streets, while open shops had been abandoned as sporadic gunfire burst out.
Officially, Kabul is under the control of Afghan security forces, along with most of its surrounding province and six other parts of the country handed over by NATO-led troops in July as part of a staggered, timetabled withdrawal.
But in June, Taliban militants also stormed the luxury Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, sparking a fierce battle that left at least 12 people dead.
The US military has blamed some of the worst attacks on the al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani network, whose leadership is based in neighbouring Pakistan and enjoys the protection of Pakistani intelligence agents.
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