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| Mohaqiq Points Blame at Pakistan for North's Security Woes |
| 2015-06-04 |
| [Tolo News] Mohammad Mohaqiq, Second Deputy to Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah ... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun... , spoke on Wednesday at a gathering in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province. He said the government of Pakistain has forsaken its promises to Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... , failing both at getting the Taliban to the negotiating table and stunting their summer military offensive. Mohaqiq's comments come at a time when relations between Kabul and Islamabad are shifting behind the scenes, at times offering promise and at other times reverting back to familiar animosities. Even among Afghan leaders there seems to be very little coherence in vision and strategy when it comes to dealing with Pakistain. Indeed, the only consensus that has emerged is that Pakistain is the key to reconciling with the Taliban. "Our neighbor country Pakistain promised that it would do two things: first, bring the Taliban to the negotiation table, and then, try stop summer the summer offensive [...] but unfortunately none of these promises have been fulfilled," said Mohaqiq, considered the preeminent leader of Afghanistan's Hazara communities. The location of Mohaqiq's appearance was in part a reflection of Pakistain's inability - or lack of desire - to follow through on the promises it has made to Kabul regarding the Taliban. Over the past few months, Balkh province, along with a number of other northern provinces, has seen security conditions rapidly deteriorate as thousands of Afghan and foreign However, you can observe a lot just by watching... Mohaqiq did not focus on military stratagem or geopolitics in his speech. Instead, he looked to appeal to the better nature of his audience. "First we should love all human beings and should be brothers and prevent any form of violence against each other," Mohaqiq said on Wednesday. "We should consider all human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... equal and consider them members of one family." In addition, Abdul Rauf Tawana, the secretary of theShura-e-Okhowat Isalmi (the Islamic Brotherhood Council) in northern Afghanistan, also spoke at the gathering. Speaking as a holy man, Tawana called on the religious scholars community in Afghanistan and around the Moslem world to help bring peace and justice to Afghanistan. "The Second Deputy Mohammad Mohaqiq must deliver the message of this city's people to the president and CEO: we agree with the constructive engagement with the Moslem world [...] we are people of logic and we are against making enemies," he said. |
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