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| Afghan Peace Jirga Will Result in No Achievements |
| 2010-06-04 |
| [Quqnoos] Some Afghan analysts believe that the launch of the Afghan Peace Jirga will not produce good results -- that it was just a way to kill time Afghan analysts warned that the Afghan government will make the insurgents even more active by holding such conferences. While accepting the challenges facing the Afghan Consultative Peace Jirga, the Afghan government said it is optimistic in terms of the possible outcomes. A number of analysts point the finger to President Karzai's scattered talks in the Afghan peace conference, appointing Burhanedin Rabani, a former Afghan president and participant of the Kabul conference, as the head of the Afghan Jirga. "The Taliban rejected the idea of the Jirga immediately, and their stance was totally clear. They said these kinds of Jirga will legitimate Afghanistan's occupation and we refuse it," said an Afghan political analyst, Wahid Mujdea. On its very first day the Jirga did not point out the conditions set by the anti-government groups, therefore there is no way for an understanding to form between the Afghan government and the insurgents. "Afghan bodies, Afghan distinguished individuals and our own people have organized the Jirga, and this could be a good achievement. Gaining the backing of the international community is a success," said a deputy spokesman for the Afghan president, Hamid Elmi. After Abdullah, Afghanistan's most prominent opposition leader, Gen. Abdul Rashid Dustum, President Karzai's ally in last year's presidential election, Ata Mohammad Noor, governor of Balkh province, and other influential characters declined to participate in the Afghan peace Jirga, the legitimacy of the Afghan Jirga has come under question, according to reports. |
| Posted by:Fred |