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| Afghanistan |
| Mutasem to be Transferred |
| 2014-04-22 |
| [Tolo News] Former Taliban leader Mutasem Agha Jan who was reportedly brought to Kabul on Saturday after being detained in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) under murky circumstances last week will be transferred to Turkmenistan, a member of the Afghan High Peace Council (AHPC) said. There is no official statement out yet detailing the transfer of Mutasem. Mutasem is part of a last ditch effort by the 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... administration to get peace talks on track before Afghanistan's new president is elected. Mutasem's disappearance was just one of a number of challenges that beset efforts at reconciliation with the Taliban. According to some reports, Mutasem has been excommunicated by the Taliban, who have shown little interest in negotiating with Karzai and the High Peace Council (HPC). A number of analysts have now suggested that Pak intelligence has actively tried to derail negotiations, by attacking and arresting Taliban leaders interested in talks. "Most of the people who wanted to take part in the peace talks were killed by the intelligence agency of Pakistain," military analyst Atiqullah Amarkhail said on Sunday. Kabul has long implored Islamabad to help in efforts to negotiate with Taliban leaders, many of which are thought to reside in Pakistain, but little if any tangible aid has ever been given. Most in Afghanistan still see Pakistain as the Taliban's key patron. |
| Posted by:Fred |