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Ghani issues execution order of 11 Haqqani and Taliban prisoners after Kabul attack
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..has issued an order for the execution of eleven Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... and Haqqani terrorist network prisoners after deadly Kabul attack. Sources privy to the development have said the step by the President was taken after the deadly attack in Kabul that left at least 80 people dead. The Afghan intelligence said late Wednesday that credible intelligence information confirms the attack was carried out by the network on direct instructions and with the support of the Pak military intelligence, Inter Services Intelligence. The incident in the diplomatic area of Kabul took place around 8:30 am local time after a vehicle packed with explosives exploded, leaving at least 80 dead and nearly 400 others maimed. President Ghani earlier said the time has come to take a decision on national level against the terrorist groups waging war and violence in Afghanistan to destabilize the country and the region based on the instructions of the foreign intelligence in an undeclared war. Posted by: Fred 2017-06-02 |
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