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| Hek sez ain't nobody surrenderin' |
| 2005-05-09 |
| Leader of Afghanistan's Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) and a warlord on the US most wanted list Gulbadin Hekmatyar has scorned the government's claim about the surrender of 17 commanders of his party. In a letter made available to Pajhwok Afghan News on Saturday, Hekmatyar insisted none of his loyalists in Khost had walked out on him and those, who had already entered talks with the government, had weak faith. In the letter bearing his name and signature, Hekmatyar said: "No faithful Afghan would ever give in to foreigners. Either militias or the communists would surrender to the enemy," he added. On, April 27, 17 former Hezb-e-Islami commanders from Paktia, Paktika and Khost provinces reportedly extended their support to the Karzai administration, saying they had snapped all links with the HIA chief. But Hekmatyar rejected such media reports as groundless, accusing the Afghan national army and American forces of releasing inaccurate reports. "Americans have yet to give an honest account of casualties of its own forces and government troops in Iraq and Afghanistan." The letter held out this firm assurance to Afghans: "Hezb mujahideen would never abandon the long-oppressed Afghan nation. We will wage a continued jihad against the occupying forces until they retreat from Afghanistan with their heads down just like General Gromov (Lieut. Gen. Boris V. Gromov) left this country." Hekmatyar criticized the central government for failing to check the increasing bribery and corruption in institutions under its control, child abductions, the alcohol business, gambling, dancing, screening of porno Indian and western films, narcotics, AIDS, suicide incidents, theft and robberies, insecurity, poverty and hunger. He told the government: "You' are treating noble Afghans either as terrorists, kill them or send them to Guantanamo Bay." Pointing to the Mujahideen's Victory Day, Hekmatyar said the day was reflective of Afghans' heroic struggle. He hastened to add subsequent atrocities inflicted on this nation were the result of conspiracies Washington and Moscow hatched against Islam and mujahideen. He vowed the Hezb followers would celebrate Mujahideen's Day when foreign forces withdrew from all Afghan territory, his compatriots got real independent, elected an Islamic government and the green flag of Islam was hoisted in every corner of the country. He condemned the celebration of Mujahideen's Victory Day on April 28, when they were prevented from coming to power. "This was in fact a black day when CIA and KGB conspired to stonewall the formation of an Islamic government in this country. This was actually the seventh, not eighth, of Saur." |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #1 He told the government: "You' are treating noble Afghans either as terrorists, kill them or send them to Guantanamo Bay." The ClueBat has gone door-to-door. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-05-09 16:06 |