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Hek's plot to kidnap Karzai foiled
IslamOnline & News Agencies Afghan police have discovered a number of hideouts in and around Kabul apparently intended to hold President Hamid Karzai and other top officials captive following a kidnapping, the German newsweekly Focus reported Sunday, January 19. Citing a report by the German foreign intelligence service (BND) made to the defense committee of the Bundestag lower house of parliament, Focus said that former Afghan prime minister and warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar was believed to be behind the plot. Hekmatyar, a fierce opponent of Karzaiâs multi ethnic coalition, commands troops that control the Afghan-Iranian border region, Agence France-Presse (AFP) quoted the Focus report as saying. According to the BND report, Hekmatyar has joined forces with fighters of the former Taliban regime who rely on support from allies in Pakistan. I think Hek's finally lost it. It was probably getting tossed by his own party that pushed him over the edge... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-01-19 |
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