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| Taliban warn residents against vehicle movement |
| 2006-04-19 |
| In tit-for-tat reaction to the government's ban on pillion riding, Taliban in the Andar district of Ghazni province have warned residents against vehicle movement. The provincial authorities have banned unregistered motorcycles in the province after the killing of former governor Taj Mohammad, alias Qari Baba about a month back. A number of residents of the Andar district told Pajhwok Afghan News over the telephone that Taliban went into villages and warned people against riding vehicles in the district, which is adjacent to the provincial capital. Amin Khan Qayumzai, resident of Andar and a doctor, who is running his clinic in Ghazni City, said he had been informed by his family not to come to house in his car. Another resident of the district Haji Sher Mohammad said they had seen no vehicle plying roads in the district today (Monday). The warning was issued by Taliban last night. Confirming the ban on vehicle movement by Taliban in Andar, provincial Governor Sher Alam Ibrahimi said the militants did so in response to the government's ban on pillion riding. He said the Taliban were involved in killing of innocent citizens and sabotaging the peace of the province. "Taliban have further weakened and they want to hide their weakness by teasing and threatening the common citizens." An officer in the provincial police headquarters, on condition of anonymity, said no vehicle had come from the Andar district to Ghazni City or other districts today. He said the law-enforcement agencies were ready to launch an anti-Taliban operation in the district. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #1 Time for Q-motorcycles? |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-04-19 21:04 |