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Afghan War Being Financed From Abroad: Hekmatyar
[Tolo News] In his second address to thousands of his supporters in Kabul, Hekmatyar once again urged all anti-government gangs to lay down arms and join peace.The leader of Hizb-e-Islami,  Gulbuddin Hekmatyar... who used to be known in intelligence circles as The Most Evil Man in the Worldbut who now seems merely run-of-the-mill evil... , in an address to thousands of his supporter in Ghazi Stadium in Kabul on Friday, recalled his recent remarks about gunnies and said the Afghan war is being financed from abroad. Hekmatyar said there are good as well as bad elements among anti-government armed gunnies and that this fact should be accepted. "We should pay attention to this and we should accept it as a fact that every group has good and bad [figures] amongst them. Government’s oppositions and supporters have good and bad [figures] amongst them," he stated. Referring to the war in Afghanistan, Hekmatyar said: "We hate those who insist on continuing the war in Afghanistan ‐ the war which sacrifices only Afghans and the war that is being justified and financed from abroad." The Hizb-e-Islami leader once again called on the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... to quit insurgency and join the grinding of the peace processor. "Anyone who wants an end to the war, anyone who wants a just peace and a fully Islamic administration in Afghanistan, is our brother, and will be with us and we will jointly strive for this goal," he said. Meanwhile, ...back at the saloon, Butch got the bill for the damage caused by the fist fight, the mirror broken in the shootout, and drinks for everyone...... Hekmatyar criticized the decision based on which the National Unity Government was formed, saying that he is in favor of a ’centralized’ government in Afghanistan. The Hizb-e-Islami leader appeared among his supporters for the first time in 20 years in Laghman ...It has a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for Laghman.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a reputionagreat wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin. He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property.province last week. On Thursday, he arrived in Kabul with a caravan carrying dozens of gunnies. At a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on Thursday, Hekmatyar pointed out to many issues including peace with the Taliban where he called group as "brothers". The peace delegations of Afghan government and Hizbe-e-Islami signed a peace deal in September last year. As part of this agreement, the first batch of the Hizb-e-Islami prisoners ‐ which included 55 inmates ‐ were released from Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul. Posted by: Fred 2017-05-06 |
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