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| Afghan Insurgents Trying to Destabilize Elections: Nabil |
| 2014-02-09 |
| [Tolo News] Insurgent groups are actively trying to destabilize the Presidential and Provincial Council elections set for April, according to Rahbatullah Nabil, the head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS). "The enemies of the people of Afghanistan are trying to create problems, but I am sure that they can do nothing as long as the security forces are working together," Nabil said. Security officials recently submitted a report to President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtunface on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use... that assured over 90 percent of polling centers would be open on election day. More than 400 of the 6,845 total polling stations nationwide were said to be under serious security threat. However, a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all... the Independent Election Commission (IEC) has announced the introduction of some 300 new sites to compensate for those that will be closed due to security issues. One of the biggest fears heading into April is that insecurity around the country could keep voters from turning up to the polls or open the door to manipulation and fraud. Although the hard boyz have largely brushed off the elections as a "waste of time", in the words of Mullah Omar ... a minor Pashtun commander in the war against the Soviets who made good as leader of the Taliban. As ruler of Afghanistan, he took the title Leader of the Faithful. The imposition of Pashtunkhwa on the nation institutionalized ignorance and brutality in a country already notable for its own fair share of ignorance and brutality... , attacks on election officials would suggest they are not so indifferent. Regarding Taliban talks with the Pak government, Nabil said the perspective in Pakistain was much different than one might think. "Those who are killing people in Afghanistan, they are good Taliban, and those who killing in Pakistain, they are the bad Taliban," he explained. Many Afghan leaders have said that Pakistain is the key to peace with the Taliban. However, a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all... Islamabad has shown piecemeal commitment to facilitating the grinding of the peace processor for Kabul. Instead, Pak officials have seemed more focused on brokering peace with the gunnies in their own country. |
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