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| Afghanistan |
| 10,000 Rally In Kabul Against Peace Deal With Taliban And Pakistan |
| 2011-05-07 |
| The meeting was organized by a former intelligence director, Amrullah Saleh, and attended by Abdullah Abdullah, a former presidential candidate, and was a frontal attack on the current government’s policies. Speakers denounced both Al Qaeda and the Taliban. The organizers promised that if they were not listened to, they would “go to the streets and protest.” Called A Gathering For Justice, the meeting was attended overwhelmingly by Afghans from the north and particularly from Panjshir Province, the home of the Afghan icon Ahmed Shah Massoud, who was a national hero for strongly resisting the Soviet occupiers, and who was killed by suicide bombers backed by Al Qaeda two days before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Panjshir is also the home province of Mr. Saleh and Mr. Abdullah. |
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