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| Rasool Sayyaf Resigns From Lower House, to Run for Presidency |
| 2013-10-03 |
| [Tolo News] Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf resigned from the Lower House on Wednesday, in order to file his candidacy for the next spring's Presidential election. Mr. Sayyaf said that Muhammad Ismail, the Minister of Water and Energy, will be his First Vice-President and the name of the Second Vice-President would be announced soon. Rasool Sayyaf was the mujaheddin commander most closely backed by the Saudis (i.e., closest to the Osama bin Laden turbans) during the war against the Soviets. If I recall correctly, the Abu Sayyaf group in the Phillipines is named for him. Mr. Sayyaf has announced his candidacy a day after Dr. Abdullah Abdullah ... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun... , the leader of the National Coalition of Afghanistan (NCA), officially filed his nomination for Presidency. He is the second Parliamentarian to have resigned from the post, to contest the 2014 Presidential election. Hajji Muhammad Muhaqeq, the leader of the Hezb-e-Wahdat-e-Islami Mardom Afghanistan (HWIMA), tendered his resignation from his Lower House membership on Sunday and will contest for the post of Second Vice-President in the upcoming election. Mohaqiq was the leader of the Hazaras within the Northern Alliance. "I want to file my nomination for Presidency. I am officially resigning from my Lower House membership. My goal is to serve the people and protect my country. I will do my best for the country," said Mr. Sayyaf. It is being reportedly said that Mr. Sayyaf will go to the Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Thursday and submit his nomination papers. Mr. Sayyaf while announcing his resignation said that if he wins the election, he will ensure that women's rights are protected in the country. "Islam grants one right for the father and three rights for the mother. I will put in my best and fight for the cause of women," Mr. Sayyaf added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 The history of the Afghan resistance to the Soviet invasion can be dated from the nineteen sixties and the intersecting lives of three members of the Muslim Brotherhood (al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun): Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf, Burhanuddin Rabbani, and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. These three Islamist military leaders led the most active mujahideen forces that emerged following the Soviet invasion, and their influence continues to this day. |
| Posted by: Deadeye Omose9903 2013-10-03 11:22 |