Attack on Kabul UN led by al Qaeda

NY Times:

The deadly suicide attack at a United Nations guesthouse here last week was a joint operation directed by an Afghan warlord based in the tribal areas of Pakistan and by an operative of Al Qaeda, the Afghan intelligence director said Saturday.

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Mr. Saleh said the operation was jointly directed. One group was the Haqqani network, a Taliban-affiliated organization named for its leaders: Jalaluddin Haqqani and his son Sirajuddin. The group is based in North Waziristan, in the remote region that straddles Afghanistan’s eastern border. Jalaluddin Haqqani, a former minister in the Taliban government, rose to prominence as a commander in the war against the Soviet Union in the 1980s.

Mr. Saleh said the other leader was a Qaeda operative known as Ajmal, who fled to the Waziristan area. He said Al Qaeda and the Haqqani network are thought to have cooperated in many attacks.

This evidence suggest that Obama's attempt to limit US troop request will not work to stop al Qaeda attacks. It is pretty clear that the Taliban and al Qaeda are still tied to each other and they will continue to attack anyone who does not agree with their weird religious beliefs. The Haqqani group has been a leader of the insurgency in Afghanistan and they are not going to be bought off by the US. They must be destroyed and we need to continue working with Pakistan until they are. We also need to have an adequate force to space ratio in Afghanistan to be able to cut off groups like this from moving to contact.