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| Delay Signing BSA, Afghanistan Loses: Mujadadi |
| 2013-11-24 |
[Tolo News] The Chairman of the Loya Jirga being convened in Kabul this week in order to discuss the Kabul-Washington security pact, Sebghatullah Mujadadi, has criticized the recent statements of President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtunface on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use... about delaying the signing of the pact until after the April elections. Mujadadi has maintained that officials in Washington have accepted all the demands of Kabul and Karzai doesn't have the right to delay the signing of the pact. Just two days ago, Karzai caught U.S. negotiators off-guard by telling the Loya Jirga that the BSA, even if approved by the gathering, would not be signed until after the spring Presidential and Provincial Council elections. U.S. officials have said the agreement must be signed before the end of the year. According to Mujadadi, delaying the finalization of the agreement would only hurt Afghanistan. "Karzai doesn't have the right the say this," Mujadadi said. "I say he is making a mistake because they have accepted all the wishes that Mr. Karzai had and we had. If they [Karzai] delays it, it would hurt Afghanistan and we won't accept that." The Loya Jirga has brought together some 2,500 leaders from around the country to deliberate the BSA over the course of four days. Although the recommendation gathering concludes with must ultimately be voted on by the two chambers of Parliament before being signed, the thought is that how the Jirga decides is likely how the government will proceed. A number of Loya Jirga members on Saturday spoke out in favor of the BSA and emphasized the need to sign it soon. "The next President that will come after elections has his own programs to address," a Jirga participants from Daykundi province named Bostan Ali Ferozian said. "The other thing is that this Advisory Loya Jirga was held during the period of President Karzai and could be signed in the next month." U.S. officials have said the importance of signing the agreement sooner rather than later is that they must coordinate with other NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... allies the logistics of residual troop forces as the December 2014 deadline for the current mandate draws ever nearer. "What has been said in regards to the delay in signing of this agreement is dangerous, this agreement must be signed soon between the two countries," another Jirga participant from Kabul province named Amruddin Haq Panah said. |
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