[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum...ethnic Uzbek warlord who distinguished himself fighting the Soviets and the Taliban. The story that he had a bad guy run over with a tank is an exaggeration. It was an armored personnel carrier...
has asked the acting provincial governor Ata Mohammad Noor not to spark tensions among Jamaat-e-Islami
...
The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka
The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an
independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
and Junbish-e-Milli parties.
Ata Mohammad Noor is a prominent political figure and Chief Executive of Jamaat-e-Islami who has reportedly blamed Gen. Dostum among several other prominent political figures for the recent upheavals in Balkh province.
However,
Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried...
Gen. Dostum dismissed the allegations by Noor as baseless and inappropriate, saying he is involved in some of other major national issues related to northern parts of the country, apparently pointing towards his efforts to suppress the growing threats posed by the Taliban group.
The Vice President also added that he is thinking about resolving the issues of Afghanistan and asked Noor not to further spark tensions among the two political parties.
He also advised Noor not to be deceived by certain individuals who are attempting to brainwash him and further spark tensions among Jamaat and Junbish parties.
This comes as tensions have heightened among the two prominent political parties during the past recent months.
Tensions among Junbish and Jamaat supporters ensued earlier in March after the portrait of Gen. Dostum was removed from Mazar-e-Sharif city which led to widespread demonstrations by his supporters.
Meanwhile,
...back at the wine tasting, Vince was about to start on his third quart...
a deadly clash erupted among the supporters of the two parties in northern Faryab province last month which left several people dead and numerous others maimed.