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| Afghan Taliban optimistic about peace process, ex-senior leader says |
| 2016-08-05 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] A former top leader of the Taliban group Agha Jan Mutasim has said the group is optimistic about grinding of the peace processor with the Afghan government. Mutasim was serving as the minister of finance during the Taliban regime and political head of Taliban’s Quetta Council. The remarks by Mutasim come as the group rejected the earlier calls by Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) consisting of Afghanistan, Pakistain, US and China to participate in peace talks. "Taliban are optimistic about the grinding of the peace processor and they believe China could play a key role," former Taliban minister Agha Jan Mutasim told The Express Tribune. The latest remark by Mutasim comes as the Taliban-led insurgency has been rampant since the group announced its spring offensive in mid-April this year. The Afghan government was expecting to participate in direct peace talks with the Taliban group earlier in March this year but the group responded the Afghan government call with deadly attacks. Afghanistan was forced to stop peace efforts following a series of deadly attacks in the country, including a major attack on VIP protection unit 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.... that left at least 64 dead and 347 others maimed. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I am optimistic about regaining enough eyesight to hit a good sinker. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-08-05 15:14 |