Afghan official replaced over inviting Israeli diplomat to event
Official at Afghan embassy in Germany says invite to Independence Day event sent to Israeli diplomat by mistake.
By Reuters Tags: Germany AfghanistanAn official at Afghanistan's embassy in Germany has been replaced for inviting an Israeli diplomat to a function, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
"He was a political employee of the embassy and has been replaced because of inviting the Israeli diplomat," said Sultan Ahmad Baheen.
Like the majority of Muslim countries, Afghanistan does not recognize Israel.
The invitation to a function celebrating Afghanistan's Independence Day in August was issued to the Israeli diplomat due to a "technical mistake", Baheen added.
Baheen said official was removed because Afghanistan had no diplomatic ties with Israel.
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I do not diasgree with you at all, but remember that the talibans/Alqaida attacked us on 9/11. I certainly would have prefered carpet bombing them to ashes than send or brave boys and girls in that corrupt country.
Yeah right! After the afghan talibans and their allies attacked us on 9/11 I would have prefered not to send our troops in that corrupt country. but carpet bomb it to rubbles and ashes. There is only one fith column, the islamist one with so-called home grown terrorists all over Europe and in the US. Obvioulsy you are one of them. Too bad you were not in Afghanistan, your taliban friends would have taken really good care of you like they did of all women.
And still our boyus and girls are dying for the afganis.
How stupid are we? ow many billions are we going to spend on trying to fight for freedom for a bunch of ignorant and racist people? I say if they want to be ignorant and stupid let them have their Taliban and their religious law. Then when they have murdered their last child for some minor indescretion or some affront to allah and all they have to eat is dirt and opium, maybe then they will be ready for freedom. And they can pull themselves up by their own boot-straps, because we have already spent enough on them. This is something they need to do themselves; we can not do it for them, as our recent experience shows.
Indrajya, don't you have anything better to do with your time than to daily spew hatred on Jerusalem Post? I think you would be happier with Aljazeera or any other Arab news source. Hpoefully in the future there will be comprehensive peace. But it is unlikely that your views will change.
Well that just makes me feel good about rebuilding these Muslim countries. I wish our politicians would wake up and realize they are our enemies as well as Israel's. No more rebuilding of enemies. We should just keep breaking their legs and stand by ready to smash their teeth if they threaten us again. No more rebuilding. Did Afghanistan help us rebuild the Twin Towers? No! I propose a new foreign policy, Punish those who threaten, and make sure they don?t ultimately receive the reward of a rebuilt modernized society. That?s their problem. We don?t need to worry about being bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan while Iran threatens us with nukes.
Its sad that "muslims" are their own worst enemy. to turn a phrase "the Muslims never loose a opportunity to loose an opportunity. The west spends our American blood to give you cave dwellers a chance at freedom; the muslims of Indrajaya's ilk would rather live back in the middle ages. It's funny how weak Muslims are. Just keep blowing yourselves up and go to your 72 virgin boys in heaven~ pedophile Islamist homosexuals lololol.
What was so special about an official being replace for violated his government policy on something so important for its strategic position among civilized nations?.
"Here we have an example of how tolerant the arab world is, regardless of who recognizes who." Jashua, please explain to us how you make the connection between Afghanistan and the Arab World. Please go back to your history books. Turkey, Iran and Afganistan are Muslim countries but are not Arab countries. To make it easier for you to understand, what the (Christian) French President says or does can not be blamed on (Chrisitan) British PM. Do you get it now?
All that taxpayer money from the US to defend them and build their infrastructure, yet they don't recognize the number 1 most reliable ally the US has in the region. Such hypocracy. The US taxpayer should be enraged.
It seems many followers of Islam are in for a massive surpise when the Jewish Messiah returns, vindicating His name and His people. Though man may start this war He shall finish it when He stands upon the Mount of Olives. To him every knee shall bow and His foes shall be vanquished before Him. Yeshua is His name.
Oh, get off your cowards' perch in the USofA. You have so much to say in favour of so-called Israel; yet you are merely a zionist fifth columnist, too cowardly to do much other than engage in idle and old-aged coffee-house conversation. 'Truth,' as you put it is not in the purview of those who have chosen zionist lies and fables over an open mind and truth. How dare you insult someone who is sitting in the mess that you neo-con, fifth columnists zionists have created throughout the Middle East? Pathetic. Sickening.
and the Muslem world knows this. Did Israel really expect everything to normalise after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein? Israel is a pariah state the same as apartheid South Africa was. It is only American money which allows Israel to survive.
Right you are, Afghan: however, so-called Israel is not merely Islam's enemy #1; it is enemy #1 of all decent humanity on the planet.
How dare we infidels defend ourselves and our lands from Allah's ignorant savages? Terrible, 'aint it. Of course, it wasn't Israel that prevented the Afghani govt from killing a man who committed the "crime" of converting from Islam to Christianity. That was Christian European pressure. It's close to Eurabia, but you still have some work to do...
With fools like you it is clear that Islam is its own worst enemy. Wake up. Grow up. Force yourself to prove that "Jews have tight control of the US Government". You will NOT be able to do it. But why try? Right? What the hell would you do if you discovered the truth???
Here we have an example of how tolerant the arab world is, regardless of who recognizes who. You can't have a Muslim function polluted by the presence of a Jewish official! His head may not remain attached for long.
With its nuclear weapons, and with Jews in tight control of the American government, Muslims should be very very careful.
It's good to see that Afghanistan is not a total American puppet and has dignity and self-respect. The first commandment for a Muslim nation who wants to have credibility in worldwide scene is not to recognize Israel. By showing coherence and fraternity to our oppressed brother in Palestine Afghanistan I can all but take my hat off to that brave people.
No diplomatic niceties were required then.
This poor official wasn't in on the secret and now he will pay with his career. That's how it happens that by far the majority of UN resolutions are concerned with Israel. That's how it happens that the Human Rights Commission has a permanent observer ONLY in Israel. It has been decided that Israel is to be a pariah state and that everything is to be done to keep it a pariah state. From not inviting Israel to parties to keeping a growing population in idleness and poverty on its borders to harass it so that it has to fight off incursions and erect barriers. Whether this agreement is tacit or spoken the thread is easily followed through the maze and identifiable with no trouble at all.