NNI: Afghan security forces foiled a plot to kill Defence Minister Mohammad Qasim Fahim and Planning Minister Mohammad Muhaqeq after Afghanistan's New Year celebrations, a local commander said. On March 22, after the new year celebrations, three rockets were fired at Mazar airport from Gornar village, four km from the main city in northern Afghanistan, reports The Australian. Four suspected extremists of former premier Gulbuddin Hekmatyar were arrested for plotting to killed the two ministers. One of them today confessed they had been plotting to kill the ministers, who were returning to Kabul, Commander Majit Rozi said. "They said then they were soldiers of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, but didn't say anything about killing Marshal Fahim," he said. "Then, after a report on Balkh television (earlier in the week), one of them confessed that they had come to kill Marshal Fahim and Hajji Mohammad Muhaqeq."
| Hek is sitting in a madrassah in NWFP, saying something witty and Islamic right now. Something like, "Curses! Foiled again!" |
The provincial television station had reported that Afghan security forces foiled an assassination attempt as the ministers left Mazar for Kabul after attending new year celebrations. Renegade warlord Hekmatyar is attempting to undermine the government of President Hamid Karzai. The International Security Assistance Force blamed Hekmatyar extremists for a rocket attack on its Kabul headquarters last month.
| He's trying to undermine Hamid and his gummint, but he's obviously not paying top dollar for his snuffies. |
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