[Tolo News] The Taliban are positioning themselves in several areas in Afghanistan's north in preparation for an offensive against the Afghan government after foreign troops leave the country, General Abdul Rashid Dostum...ethnic Uzbek warlord who distinguished himself fighting the Soviets and the Taliban. The story that he had a bad guy run over with a tank is an exaggeration. It was an armored personnel carrier...
said Wednesday.
Speaking at a large gathering in northern Takhar province, Dostum, a founding member of one of Afghanistan's major opposition parties the National Front, said that the Taliban are human rights
...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions...
violators and anti-democracy, and they will never join grinding of the peace processor.
"The Taliban have taken control of some places in areas of Samangan, Shadyan Valley, and Ghormach Mountains and they are preparing for a battle after 2014," he said. "They don't believe in peace. We will not allow them once again to act brutally against women and burn schools."
He stressed that the country needed to ensure transparent and fair elections.
Other National Front representatives present at the Taluqan city gathering said that the party will have an independent candidate for the upcoming presidential election and also emphasised their hopes for a transparent and fair election.