Friday, July 30, 2010

Egypt in Afghanistan?


By Salama A Salama
Al-Ahram Weekly

"The war in Afghanistan is drawing to an end, with the US and NATO coalition forces practically admitting defeat. The Taliban and Al-Qaeda are now in control of much of the countryside, and inside the cities their combatants hide by day and fight by night.

Representatives of 70 countries, including Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit, were recently in Kabul, attending the Afghanistan Donor Conference, a gathering of all nations that, in one way or another, contributed to the war effort in Afghanistan....

Most of the countries that went to the Kabul conference want to have a piece of the cake. They want a chunk of the stunning resources, worth trillions of dollars, found hidden under the shifting sands of Afghanistan. Needless to say, no one knows where Egypt stands on this matter, or what it hopes to accomplish[part of the Obama Imperial "Coalition of the Willing"? Iran was there too!].....

Still, I don't quite understand what Egypt was doing in the conference. Have we ever donated anything to Afghanistan."

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