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| Hekmatyarâs breakaway faction wants peace |
| 2004-05-03 |
| A breakaway faction of a radical Islamic group linked to guerrilla attacks in eastern and central Afghanistan said on Sunday it wanted peace and to play a role in the US-backed government in Kabul. âWe abhor violence and understand that it will not serve to rehabilitate Afghanistan,â Khalid Farooqi, head of the radical Hazb-i-Islamiâs âdecision-making bodyâ, told a news conference after meeting President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace. Farooqi said Hazb-i-Islami had cut all ties with its past leader, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a former prime minister identified as a âterroristâ last year by Washington, and had thrown its full support behind the governmentâs reforms. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Thank you Seafarious and Frank G! I was wandering about the high deserts of New Mexico, clearing my head so I could write up some fresh, imaginative, and heavy-duty fatwas, but you know what happened? It was too nice and beautiful there for that. Maybe next time I need to go out into the Mohave desert during a haboob, where things are harsher and more conducive to great world-class fatwas. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-05-03 4:36:57 PM |
| #4 Good to see you back, Al-Aska Paul! |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-05-03 12:02:05 PM |
| #3 AP's BACK! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-05-03 11:18:48 AM |
| #2 âWe abhor violence and understand that it will not serve to rehabilitate Afghanistan,â Especially when their violence has got them nowhere but killed and jugged. Well, at least this splinter group is beginning to learn action and consequence. However, I would trust them as far as I could spit, which brings us back to the principle enumerated in comment #1, heh heh. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-05-03 11:09:53 AM |
| #1 watch them closely..... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-05-03 9:19:10 AM |