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| UN Needs Evidence to Delist Taliban Leaders |
| 2010-06-25 |
| [Quqnoos] The UN Security Council is considering removal of the names of Taliban leaders from the UN black list Members of the UN Security Council say that decisions about removing the names will only be made when the Afghan government presents sufficient evidences to prove innocence of the blacklisted ones. The UN Security Council members who are in Kabul to investigate Afghanistan's situation, called their Afghan visit important in a press conference in Kabul, and pledged their firm support for peace and stability in the country. "During our contacts, we have arbitrated the UN Security Council's support and enduring commitment to the people of Afghanistan and its government in furthering peace, development and stability," said a member of the UN Security Council, Urtughal Ipkan. Although, the Afghan government has demanded from the UN Security Council to remove the names of the Taliban leaders from its blacklist, the UN Sanctions Committee said they will soon finish investigating the list of the names. "People who are to be delisted, have to renounce violence, have to lay down arms, break all links with Al-Qaeda and fully accept the Afghan constitution. For any delisting to happen, this requires the consensus of all security members of the UN Security Council. And it is evidently important to have exact information that this criteria has been fulfilled and in this instance, of course the information that can be provided by the Afghan government is of paramount importance," said Chairman of the Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council, Thomas Mayor Herting. The Security Council members said the Afghan government has not handed over any list to them. Of the 500 names on the UN black list, 137 of them are Taliban leaders, including Mullah Omar, the Taliban leader and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of the Islamic Party (Hezb-i-Islami). |
| Posted by:Fred |