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| Terrorists Include Taliban and Criminals: Ghani |
| 2015-10-08 |
| [Tolo News] President Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. for the first time announced at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday that "terrorist groups" are made up of Taliban, criminals and foreign forces of Evil -- unlike his previous statements where he often referred to the Taliban as either brothers or political opposition. "Preliminary assessments by intelligence agencies show that terrorist groups in Afghanistan are criminal groups, Taliban and foreign forces of Evil who commit unforgivable crimes on behalf of outsiders and drug smugglers," said Ghani, who has made a U-turn on his public comments regarding the Taliban and also apparently changed his policy towards Pakistain after a wave of terrorist attacks in 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.... over the past few months. According to Ghani, Death Eaters that launched attacks in Faryab, Kunduz, Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. , Badakhshan, Uruzgan and Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... provinces aimed to accomplish the goals of outsiders. In addition, the Army's Deputy Chief of Army Gen. Murad Ali Murad and the acting governor of Kunduz Hamdullah Danishi briefed the meeting via video teleconference about the recent security developments in Kunduz city -- which recently fell to the Taliban following a massive and well-planed attack. Murad assured the meeting, chaired by Ghani, that security forces had not violated human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... laws. According to Murad, security forces were putting all their efforts into protecting the lives and properties of civilians in the embattled city. Referring to reports of crimes by the Taliban that include mass murder and looting in Kunduz, Ghani noted that the traitors were being financed by external elements behind the killings of Afghans and the looting of their properties. Touching on the advances being made by the forces in Kunduz, Ghani praised the troops and said: "Our courageous and brave forces are moving forward towards protecting the lives of Afghans to ensure their freedom, independence and prosperity." |
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