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Afghanistan
HIA prisoner’s release to start next week as govt waits for Hekmatyar’s return
2017-04-03
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Some of the prisoners of Hezb-e-Islami will be released next week as the Afghan government is waiting for the return of the party’s leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
... who used to be known in intelligence circles as The Most Evil Man in the World but who now seems merely run-of-the-mill evil...
Shah Hussain Murtazawi, a front man to President Mohammad 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. ..
, told news hounds that the peace deal with Hezb-e-Islami is being implemented.

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani chaired the National Security Council meeting late in February and instructed the relevant authorities to take immediate steps in implementation of the peace deal with Hezb-e-Islami.

It was also concluded that all provisions of the agreement, specifically the release of the prisoners must be implemented.

The peace agreement with Hezb-e-Islami was signed late in the month of September last year.

The United Nations
...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society...
Security Council further paved the way for the proper implementation of the peace agreement provisions by remove Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s name from the sanctions list few weeks ago.

The peace deal was signed amid optimisms that the other myrmidon groups will follow Hekmatyar in participating in an Afghan-led grinding of the peace processor.

Posted by:Fred

#1  Just in time for Opening Day.
Posted by: Shipman    2017-04-03 04:06  

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