| Submit your comments on this article |
| Afghanistan |
| Hekmatyar sez 'Let's get some jihad goin'!' |
| 2002-05-30 |
| Former Afghan prime minister and chief of Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has called upon the Afghans to wage jihad against American and British forces to liberate their country. In a message sent from Kabul, Hekmatyar denied the US government claims that any member of his group had been killed in the rockets attack near Kabul. He said: "No rockets have hit the areas of our brothers, nor has any important or common person been killed in this attack. The American claims in this regard are as baseless and boastful as their fabricated propaganda about their aborted operation in Shahi Kot." Hekmatyar said this was part of their psychological warfare to overawe the Afghans and browbeat them into submission. The operation in Shahi Kot, Hekmatyar said, was a failure despite, what he termed, the gruesome fact that they (Americans) dropped more than 2,500 bombs on such a small place. "I call upon all the sincere Afghans devoted to the cause of their religion and country to rise to the occasion in a unified manner, trust in Almighty Allah and prepare for Jihad once again to liberate their homeland from foreign occupation," Hekmatyar said. "And I promise I won't rocket Kabul to rubble again. Really. You know I always keep my promises..." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |