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Afghanistan
Talibs issue bloodcurdling threats, using an alias
2002-04-02
  • A previously unknown Afghan Islamic group on Monday launched a tirade against Afghanistan's interim government, branding it an un-Islamic body led by hypocrites who deserve death, the Afghan Islamic Press reported. The ferociously-worded fax message was sent to the Pakistan based private news agency by an organisation calling itself Tehreek-i-Afghaniat Islami (the Afghan Islamic Movement).

    Despite the group's obscurity and the fact the statement was written on plain paper with no official markings, AIP's report indicated the credible news organisation was taking the group seriously. The unsigned statement, typed in the Dari language of Afghanistan, said that Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai along with his defence, foreign and interior ministers supported Christianity and fatwas (religious edicts) had been issued against them. "They are apostates and hypocrites because they have abandoned their religion and joined Christianity," AIP quoted. The fax, which also named the governor of southern Kandahar province Gul Agha, and Hazrat Ali, who is security head of several eastern provinces, went on to warn against disrespecting the beard and the veil.
    Oh, who could these people be? Golly, it couldn't be the Talibs because the message wasn't in Pashto. It's not like AIP is a wholly-owned Taliban subsidiary. Why, there must be a nationwide preference for Islamism! Yeah, that's it...
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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