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Senior Afghan Taliban leader says insurgents want peace
...Arabic for students... officials including the group's top political advisor met with Afghan political figures in Moscow on Tuesday, saying they were committed to peace in Afghanistan ‐ even as US-led talks appear to have stalled. "we're getting killed out there" In a message the Taliban have not altered since talks with the US started last autumn, Taliban co-founder and political leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar said the hard boyz want an end to 18 years of conflict ‐ but would only sign a deal after foreign forces quit Afghanistan. The Taliban are "really committed to peace, but think the obstacle for peace should be removed first", Baradar said in a rare televised appearance at the start of the two-day meeting marking 100 years of diplomatic ties between Russia and Afghanistan. "The obstacle is the occupation of Afghanistan, and that should end," Baradar added. Baradar ‐ who helped Mullah Mohammad BlinkyOmar  ... a minor Pashtun commander in the war against the Soviets who made good as leader of the Taliban. As ruler of Afghanistan, he took the title Leader of the Faithful. The imposition of Pashtunkhwa on the nation institutionalized ignorance and brutality in a country already notable for its own fair share of ignorance and brutality. Died of an unspecified ailment in a Pak hospital... found the Taliban ‐ was appointed its political chief in January following his release from a Pakistain prison. Tuesday's Moscow meeting once again cut out senior members of President 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. .. 's government, which the Taliban consider a US-backed puppet regime, though the head of the Kabul administration's high peace council had been slated to attend. Other Afghan politicians ‐ including former president Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ...A product, and probably the sole product, of the Southern Alliance... and candidates challenging Ghani in a presidential election slated for September ‐ were also present. Posted by: Fred 2019-05-29 |
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