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| Afghanistan |
| Haji Zaman gets out of Dodge |
| 2002-05-01 |
| The sacked security chief of the Afghan eastern Nangarhar province, Haji Mohammad Zaman, who was forced to leave the country on Saturday, has blamed powerful elements in the interim government for attempting to sabotage the forthcoming Loya Jirga and create anarchy in the country. "I did not want bloodshed for the sake of power, therefore I decided to leave the country," the sacked security chief said, who was escorted out of the country by US forces on Saturday night. Before leaving Jalalabad, Haji Zaman said he had talked to the interim government head Hamid Karzai on telephone and informed him about the situation. "Hullo? Hamid? Haji Zaman. Lookee here, I'm gonna get out of town, but I just wanted to tell you..." "Oh, you are? Good. See yah. G'bye." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |