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| Afghanistan |
| Hezb-e-Islami Welcomes 2014 Withdrawal |
| 2010-11-25 |
| Hezb-e-Islami of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, ... who used to be known as The Most Evil Man in the Worldbut who now seems merely run-of-the-mill evil... hailing the 2014 withdrawal date, says it would have been better to consider as truce as well Haroon Zarghoon, a front man for Hezb-e-Islami, told TOLOnews in a telephone interview, that his party will agree if Nato announces a cease-fire. Mr Zarghoon approves of the 2014 target date set for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan, but he is doubtful of the forces will really leave on the target date. "I don't think foreign forces will leave Afghanistan, but if they do so, it will be a positive step. Foreign forces should declare a ceasefire first. If a ceasefire is announced, we will also try to observe it," Haroon Zarghoon, told TOLOnews. Although, some relatives of the Hezb-e-Islami leader, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, had taken part in the Maldives talks, but Mr Zhargoon denies participation of his party members in the talks. "No Hezb-e-Islami member had participated in the talks. We actually had not decided to send any representatives to Maldives," Zarghoon added. Meanwhile, ...back at the ranch... a Pak political analyst, Rahimullah Yosufzai, says the Afghan government doesn't have the authority to hold talks with the Taliban and Hezb-e-Islami. "All of them are Afghans. Whether the Taliban or Hezb-e-Islami and those in the current government. I think they all want to bring security, but do not know the approach, because they have no authority," Rahimullah Yosufzai told TOLOnews. The comments come after President Karzai recently said that if the people do not allow others to interfere in the affairs of their country, no one will be able to interfere. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 For real?!?!? Haroon Ze Goon?!?!? |
| Posted by: Admiral Allan Ackbar 2010-11-25 08:27 |